Newbie question from a big FT fan...

I just accepted a job offer from UW-Milwaukee and will likely be based there for a few years at the least. Am wondering what is the best airline program for MKE based travellers. I expect to make one trip to Asia every year, perhaps one trip to Europe and several domestic trips (say 8 roundtrips). I know that Midwest airlines is based out of MKE - but am not sure how good it is. My solitary experience on Midwest has been the FNT-MKE route where they used a horrible Turbo Prop Beechcraft - with all the noise, vibration and cold!

Right now I am based in Detroit and last year just missed to cross 25K miles on Northwest. I have started this year well with some eight flightls already and am hoping to get elite status by the end of the year. I have some miles balance on US Air as well and little balance in AA right now.

All responses are welcome. If the questions has been answered before then I apologize - pls do point me towards the right thread.