Originally Posted by
AlohaDaveKennedy
The card is coinworthy
and the miles thus run up on BA can be used on partner airlines to avoid BA surcharge charges. It also comes in handy to scrape ice from your windshield, remove bee stingers and clear crumbs off a table cloth.

Not any more. Effective Oct 1 after ATI, BA charges YQ on ALL PARTNERS flights.
There is a thread in BA forum on this subj. You may want to change your smiley once you read that thread.