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Best OW program for partner flights (no status)?
Over the next several months I will be flying roundtrips in QF domestic business class, BA TATL business class and AS domestic economy. My initial instinct was to credit all miles to AS but I am a little miffed that I won't earn EQM for the BA or QF flights (after all who doesn't love EQM?). That being said, if I credit everything to BA I will also fall short on silver. It appears that I would earn enough points to get silver on QF which appears to use a 12-month rolling calendar instead of a calendar year, though I would be short 2 QF flights. So that leaves AA as perhaps the best option for EQM, particularly if I add a DEQM mileage run to ORD.
Any thoughts on the best option for RDM? Am I missing anything on the status front?
Note I have large mileage balances on AS, AA and BA so I'm fairly indifferent as to where the RDM go.
Last edited by Boraxo; Nov 8, 2011 at 6:22 pm