Originally Posted by
Thunderroad
Thanks again for this useful information, folks. Just to keep things as simple as possible, I think I'll advise my friends to book BA unless someone advises a good reason not to. But it's good to have all this info in hand, just in case.
If you're helping them, and you have AA elite status to help get to an agent quicker in case of a flight irregularity, that would push me to recommend booking with AA. Much more important IMO than the record locator (especially given the Qantas trick).