Originally Posted by Too much travel

CX Gold (Sapphire) vs BA Gold (Emerald):
- CX Gold I think puts you higher up on the CX op-up list than OW Emerald
- CX Gold gives you the guaranteed economy class seat (as least for full fare economy)
- CX Gold doesn't require the 4 sectors on BA
- BA Gold gets you OWE benefits including F lounge access
- BAEC generally has better earn/burn ratios
- BAEC eventually gets you lifetime Emerald but it sounds like you are borderline Sapphire so it will take you a long time to get there