So I'm booking my next trip to BKK which is at the end of next week and call my friendly consolidator who besides being great at BR also books my CX and JL trips. I just need a one way this time since I already have a CX ticket for the flight home. She looks at all my options and says that she knows I'd rather get my AA miles, but BR really had the best fare option for Elite class this time around (less than both regular Y on both CX and JL), so I agreed.
Now I'm starting to think about keeping Gold with BR (which is relatively easy for me by flying the bare minimum 80K over two years). I'll be curious to see how I'm treated as a Gold compared to a Diamond. At least I get to use the same TPE lounge I'm used to even with a different name.
