I am BA gold, doing about 5-8 longhauls in J per year (on BA), mostly Europe-India and Europe-Caribbean (on BA/AA) and a lot of UK-Europe, about half in full-fare Y and half in C (or I, for that matter), on BA as well and the occasional leisure travel in whatever is cheap.
While I like BA NCW

, really their FF program is not too exciting and I was wondering switching to QF or AA with the 100% Emerald bonus, a lifetime elite on QF, etc. However, as I am not travelling to Oz at all, could I just use code-share segments QF/BA to make up the 4 segments required per year? 4 AA segments is no problem.
Any thoughts what would be the best match? Maybe another OW member?
Could I just call and get comped or do I have to earn up first until I can enjoy priviliges?