Hi all,
Some advice sought from esteemed members...

Background:
I have been a BA Gold on and off for several years, although not anywhere near lifetime Gold under the BA scheme.
I am now resident of New Zealand and hold my BA Gold via a UK address.
I have recently applied for and received QF Gold (via NZ gold card).
I am now contemplating in setting my sights on QF WP and quietly dropping my BA Gold status.
The main issue being having difficulty achieving the minimum 4 BA flights.

So, I have carefully crafted a truly epic status run to coincide with a trip back to the UK this July / August. This involves flying around Asia and India / middle east in three chunks (taking in QF, UL, MH, QR, BA, CX mostly in J). By the time I get back to NZ after my holiday, I will have achieved QF WP and attained the required 1400SC's and 4QF flights.

I just want to consult you all on whether I am doing the right thing and shouldn't direct my flights to another OW airline's FFP? I thought of an AA challenge and still would struggle with the min 4 AA flights (I cant see a way around this and travelling to the States just for the 4 flights is potentially excessive!)...I do however buy substantial AA miles to pay for premium travel for the whole family between SWP-Europe as this is currently excellent value.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Am I missing other FFP's? I figure that QF is the easiest to attain Emerald status with (after BA).

Questions

(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Reply: Status and lounge access is the most important aspect for me. I am also keen on securing a good earn/burn ratio (thus torn on QF versus AA!).

(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
between 40k and 75k miles every other year (if going to Europe), otherwise less than 25k.

(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
long haul mostly Discount Biz and short haul (trans-tasman in discount Y).

(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Mostly pleasure so can choose. Work policy (rare overseas trips are in short notice Y)

(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
Transtasman and NZ-UK every other year going forward.

(6) What is your home airport?
WLG

(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
BA Gold (til Jun 2016), QF Gold, NZ Gold (expiring very shortly) AA Cardboard.

(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
QF and BA most common, Prefer CX