Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
Is QF Plat (OW Emerald) so much more value to you compared to QF gold? QF gold gets lounge access.
As for good earn/burn
AA awards are a long way ahead
Fly enough to get QF gold and then the rest to AA for earn/burn is an option.
On the AA challenge thread it is written no need to fly 4 AA flights. AA does not have status soft landings: you fall to the lowest level. QF has soft status landings.
I really do like the QF First lounges at SYD and MEL!!!
I was also thinking about the soft landings. Especially if I am only able to make enough SC's (or miles) every two years, at least starting at OWE I will have some sort of status for two years with the soft landing to OWS...hence why I was looking to achieve a top tier status with a programme that has a soft landing policy.
I looked at MH and QR and even CX but to me it looked like it was much harder to attain OWE with these (my status run wouldn't achieve AA EXP for that matter).