Originally Posted by
nitrobass24
Would like to get free lounge access and though that getting status on a OW partner might be a better choice than just buying an AC membership as i could use BA/QF lounges as well.
AC membership gives you access to QF lounges (although not BA -
http://www.aa.com/i18n/travelInforma...ungeAccess.jsp)
If you fly paid J or F, you'll get status quickly on Qantas but you need to fly 4 QF coded flights in any membership year (hard if you just fly domestically in the US).
The AA Mastercard gets you AC access for $450 pa (
http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/citiexecutive.jsp)