Thanks WilcoRoger, feels good to have first status ever with our home carrier after 3 years with AA where my OWS period ended 28/2/2017 (so I managed one full day without it). I used quite a lot of points, because I have a lot of upcoming intra-EU sh flights where ASR & Lounge access are important.
...And if there will be some longhaul J holiday trips in sight, I can always aim for AY platinum and in worst case exchange the last tier points needed through CS. Actually I really should plan a ~ 20-25k tier point run to get this done.