I moved to the US from the UK a couple of years ago. I have BA Gold status (OW Emerald) and asked AA if I could switch to their program. They told me do 10k miles in 3 months & they'd give me AA EXP. Nearly there. Today though they told me that was a mistake, & they don't do status match or challenges for EXP only Platinum.

I have a OWE FC trip in Dec Jan & if I booked the flights to my BA Gold it would renew. If I use the AA card it won't get me EXP but could probably (maybe) get this later in the year... but meanwhile my BA Gold will drop to Silver.

Question is: is it worth going for it with AA to get EXP and losing BA Gold, or should I just keep Gold. Anyone have expeience of both programs? Which is better. Should I switch (the hard way) or stay (the easy way)?