Thank for all your advise, but I am still uncertain. Everything looked so nice for CX (out of the way of the AA/QF dispute) but then I saw the CX rules for obtaining status miles and forgot about it. AA seems to be the best bet, BESIDES, Dave, if you are really sure with their requirement of showing 4 segments with AA per year. I cannot find this on the AA website. Is this the same game for BA?