<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Globaliser:
You might want to be careful about "status" - not all status is the same. For example, QF Silver/OW Ruby will get you priority check-in across all OW carriers - IMHO the best FF perk for a discount economy pax, especially on long-haul flights where check-in queues are often nightmares. You'd need to reach BD Gold/*A Gold to get that perk across *A, and BD Silver/*A Silver to get that on BD alone. Check carefully to see what you'd get and what you think would be useful to you. </font>
Yes, I know what you mean, but it kind of depends what you usually fly. I fly domestically in the UK a fair bit and lounge access/speedy check-in/priority baggage would be well worthwhile for me. As would a shot at BD Gold and the free upgrades to J-class! I wouldn't even be able to make OW Ruby on this trip with either AA or QF, and even then, I'm only looking at priority checkin (always use OLCI with BA anyway...).