Originally Posted by
capin
I am flying Qatar Airways LHR-DOH-BKK in business on Sunday and returning on Sep 2nd.
I am flying AA one way Business LHR-JFK on September 3rd and then flying down to Charlotte with US Air in coach. I think these flights will bag me 700 tier points and instant silver status again for 2 years??
You need 4 eligible flights as well as 600 TP's for Silver. An eligible flight is either a BA operated, BA marketed or IB marketed/operated flight. So although you'll have enough TP's based on the above, you won't have Silver until your 4 eligible flights.
Originally Posted by
JDiver
Qantas and American are somewhat unique in having paid lounge membership programmes, which trammels their flyers with rules that do not allow lounge access (even based on status) during domestic and mid-haul travel.
For AAdvantage this is true. For QFF this is completely incorrect.
Although Qantas offers a paid lounge access program (Qantas Club), if you are Qantas Gold (oneworld Sapphire) or higher you have lounge access as per oneworld rules for all travel whether it is domestic, international, shorthaul or longhaul.
http://www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access
Exception 1 of the above only relates to Qantas Club members (and AA/US Admirals Club members), not to passengers with Qantas status.
Exception 2 only applies to AA/US status passengers which prohibits lounge access for domestic/midhaul flights. This does not apply to QF status passengers.
Exception 3 is redundant and potentially misleading and does not mean Qantas Gold's do not have lounge access on domestic flights. The Qantas Domestic Business Lounges are for paid J and Emerald status passengers. There is always a Qantas Club (Sapphire status) lounge available.
The exception is redundant as it applies to all Sapphire's not just QFF, and is already listed higher up on the page: "
Sapphire tier frequent flyers are welcome in Business Class* or frequent flyer lounges. (*does not include Qantas Domestic Business Lounges)"