<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JuPe:
Your elite status won't probably make any difference on board. BA and IB will first see that their own elite status passengers are accomodated IF there's a need to do operational upgrades.
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I have AA EXP, and no status at all on BA. Despite this BA has upgraded not only me, but also someone traveling with me (who had only Gold status on AA). I recall upgrades both from business to first and from economy to economy plus. By the way, if you get the right seat in economy plus it is actually more comfortable than business on AA, although the food is strictly economy.