<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ph-ndr:
Thanks for the quick reply. Im joined as a Norwegian resident, and that should be the same scheme as the continental one I believe... i.e. I'm getting gold status from this trip 
The only problem with that one, the rules in the book state 4 segments on BA metal for change of tier, and since there are only 4 segments on BA for the whole trip (OSL-LHR-DXB-LHR and NRT-LHR), does that mean I need to do another trip with 4 segments to get the gold card?</font>
If you are signed up as a Norwegian member then , yes you are fine as far as the tier statuses go.
You will need to do 4 BA sectors to get the Silver status plus 4 for the Gold after attaining silver which could actually mean that you wouldnt get your silver status until you get to LHR. Perhaps you could change your route a bit and do OSL-MAN-LHR-DXB-LHR to guarantee meeting the sector requirements.
Codeshares do count towards the 4 BA sectors required and BA do codeshare on SYD-BNE , so perhaps you could use BA on SYD-BNE, BNE-SYD as well as NRT-LHR and LHR-OSL to ensure Gold status which will save you doing another trip to get it.
Dave
[This message has been edited by Dave Noble (edited 12-07-2002).]