Originally Posted by
theseatbelt
And this is where the AC bleeding starts.
If I were you I would not even credit this flight to AC. You can get gold status without AQD by crediting to UA or Aegean. Or many others. Get the bonus on Aegean and get your gold status faster.
Don't you need to actually FLY Aegean to get gold now? That's often a bigger hurdle than the actual qualifying miles there for NA-based flyers.