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Gardyloo.
Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
So IMO it would boil down to your own flying patterns. The RTW route you indicated wouldn't get you all the way to EXP - you'd still be around 13,000 EQP short, so you'd have to allot some additional flights to AA to hit the 100K mark.
After another look at MileageMonkey, I did realize that I wouldn't have enough EQP's to make AA EXP. Also, with most of my flying within N.America likely to be in conjunction with this or future RTW's, the SWU Vouchers aren't much of an attraction. Also, even within N.America, QF WP seems to have more benefits in terms of lounge access as compared to AA EXP. Having compared that, I might just credit the RTW to QF and make QF WP.
Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
Note too that all AA elite qualifying must be done in one calendar year (we're all sitting on 0 balances at the moment) so your timing might also be an issue.
I did look that up on AA.com a couple of days ago. Then again, AA status also seems to last for close to two years (if you qualify in Jan/Feb)? or do I have that wrong?
Qantas seems to work off the anniversary of when you joined QFF, and status applies immediately, and lasts for atleast 12 months. Does the status then reset on the next anniversary after qualifying, or the subsequent one? The wording leads me to believe its the latter.