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Old Jul 14, 2019 | 10:25 am
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Originally Posted by guv1976
As I indicated in Post #13 , two Business Class SFO-JFK-MXP round-trips on AA credited to Iberia Plus would yield oneworld Sapphire status; one such trip would yield oneworld Ruby. IB has no minimum-spend requirement; and unlike BA, IB does not require any IB flights to attain status.
Sorry, I didn't catch this before. This may be a good option for them because they've also been flying Air Italy and they can credit their miles there to Iberia. How are redemptions with Iberia? I've never used their program.

Originally Posted by guv1976
Even the OP recognizes that his low-tier UA status is valuable.
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