Hello, I will try to keep my story brief but it is needed to understand my current situation. I started to fly over a year ago mostly on SQ. I did not subscribe to Krisflyer by then as I already was US Gold and wanted to continue to enjoy the benefits. This year I have achieved US Platinum status (over 75000 qualifying miles) exclusively on SQ flights but there are some benefits I do not get as a result (ie bonus miles for being platinum). If I fly CDG-SIN in Y I am therefore only credited with 6666 miles which would be 8333 if I was a Krisflyer member with the 25% tier bonus on actual miles flown (and may be even more if I was Miles and More as I see a 150% bonus for flying on a Y fare). My flights are usually a mix of B, Y or J fares.

I am now considering switching to Krisflyer and since I know they do not do status match or points transfer within *A I was curious to know if I could consider crediting my forthcoming points to Krisflyer while showing my US card to enjoy some of the benefits I would not get with Krisflyer at the beginning (like Lounge access and priority tags on the luggage). Does it make sense? Should I bother? Was anyone faced with a similar dilemna? Should I even consider switching to Lufthansa which seems to be even more generous with miles thanks to their S and Y policy? Or should I stay with US knowing I am not likely to fly with them within the coming years?

Thanks in advance for your tips regarding the above subject.