Best mileage rewards program to apply flight to?

[seemorehabs]

which airline rewards is best to use to accumulate miles for s/o based out of Israel?
Flight is elal but codeshared with AA?

[YudiG]

I'd say AA but YMMV

[daganster]

which airline rewards is best to use to accumulate miles for s/o based out of Israel?
Flight is elal but codeshared with AA?

Not Elal! AA should be a good option.

[PlatinumGuy]

If this person is only flying once, consider Qantas as they will allow you to combine the miles to another account. They also have a distance based award system, so its no good for domestic flights except for short haul like NY-Canada where its great.