Originally Posted by SimonsMiles

Just repeating my questions since this thread makes it easy to lose things -- would appreciate thoughts on the first and third question if anyone can help please (if I'm being stupid and it's obvious then please just tell me so I can go and get my dunce hat and sit in the corner!). (Thanks to [MENTION=10059189]jaro[/MENTION] for confirmation on question 2 that we'd just lose the 40TPs).

1. We will fly out to Budapest on a flight the evening before. I would like to do this hand luggage only. We'll come back BUD-HEL-LHR, and then go home. Can I assume that the next morning when boarding LHR-SEA we will be able to check our luggage in as normal, and we don't have to take it to BUD to check it in?
3. I'll be booking via AA and crediting to BA -- do the BA-operated flights count as the four flights for Silver?