Originally Posted by
Flying Yazata
Have I understood it right: booking any JV cheapo Y over the pond as OWE and it being BA marketed is the worst option, except for Avios and TPs? So there's no checked luggaged with any operating carrier, when it's BA marketed. And if I remember right from the original thread, there was also on BA flights some benefit over BAEC for holding OWE issue by some other OW carrier, like e.g. QR or CX?
In reality I know that IB and AA operated services give baggage allowances to BA marketed flights. I can't really reconcile the different pointers above (and obviously I don't have personal experience). Clearly flying BA with BAEC gives seats, lounges, First Wing and what not. For your last sentence, as far as I know, BA metal gives the same benefits to OWE, the only difference I can think of is any local arbitrage on miles (etc) crediting, but usually BAEC tends to do well in these apple-pear comparisons.