Moving to Thailand. Who should I fly with?

[Timsboot]

Hi all.
I am an Australian moving to Bangkok for a new role. I will be doing a lot of flying to the US east coast, Europe, Australia and around SE and North Asia. A range of 120-200k miles per year. I am looking for advice on which airline, network and FF program is the best for my new home. My aims are two fold. To get the best out of th status I can generate and to generate the most miles for "free" trips for me and the family back to Sydney


I am already lifetime gold on QF. I used to be gold with both SQ, UA and DJ but those all expired in March.


Any advice would be great

 

[yohy?!]

I would join Aegean to get Star Gold status for 3 years after 20k miles then credit to another program in the alliance

 

[browski]

Don't think about this too hard. TG is really your only choice; and a good one too.

 

[Happy Trails]

Browski is probably right but I would also consider CX.
Plenty of connections and and you'd have MPC diamond status which IMO would trump TG gold. (This is assuming TG platinum is unattainable.)
Not sure how the earn / burn ratios compare though.

 

[travelislife]

If you can combine with the TG American Express platinum card you can increase your earn exponentially. Also when you are on your way home you will not want that extra connection and time spent wasted in airports, so TG will provide the most direct service except in the case of the USA.

 

[docjames]

Go TG as they will by far have the most options from BKK and you'll get most everywhere with *A.

Plus you have QF SG to fall back on if on Oneworld for some reason.