Originally Posted by
irishguy28
The OP seemed to want/expect to earn Silver with Aer Lingus on this one ticket, and decided to use their Aer Club account rather than their Executive Club account because they already had BA Gold sewn up.
However, upon discovering that the manner in which this trip was insufficient to earn EI Silver, the OP now appears to regret not having earned into their Executive Club account although they didn't need the TPs there.
(But who knows - another [unexpected] EI trip and they may still earn Silver. No mention of when their membership/collection year ends so it's not exactly impossible to still earn Silver)
Yes 100% correct.
I fly mostly with BA and QATAR and bar maybe a short trip to Europe won't get the tier points to make Silver with EI.