Originally Posted by Spanish

[MENTION=212762]Seattle[/MENTION] David: What is your reason for switching? ... /QUOTE]

Simply the fact that I have moved from California to the UK and (with no AA credit card) I will never earn enough Loyalty Points or segments to earn benefits on AA. BA, with a discount J trip with a few segments can get one to silver in one go and Gold in two trips (this year at least) – and BA has a soft landing system so Gold this year (on reduced TPs) will give me OWE till December 2023 and OWS till December 2024.

I find very little use for either AA miles or AVIOS. SWUs were nice, but were not going to happen this year. Lounge access and a faster phone line are the two main benefits for me.

But I found it quite difficult working out the best way to book my discount J trip, with 4 BA flights, while not wanting to lose my AAdvantage benefits. And it is clear from comments in various other threads that others find this process difficult too – and at least with the experiences recorded here so far, it really doesn't seem to be as difficult as some would make out.