<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Hagbard Viking:
Just remember that regardless of how many zillions of points/miles you rack up in your QF account by flying AA you need four segments per year on QF metal to get any status (just like you need four AA-metal-segments per year for AAdvantage status).</font>
There is no requirement to travel on QF metal at all for status. There is a clause saying that to attain/retain status , at least 4 flights have to be on QF ( whether that be their equipment or codeshare ) but it is a clause that seems to be unenforced
Dave