Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
BA IB IE QR Qatar and next year AY uses avios as the common ff currency. With BA IB IE QR avios can be moved between the airline ffp, but not status. But status recognised by the others.
With BAEC will need mid tier BAEC Silver / OW sapphire for those status objectives in Q1.
Check the BAEC status earning rules when flying QR (---->BA forum and BAEC web site)
BAEC has "own flight rule" for status. IB does not. No idea for QR status.
I'd very unlikely be flying BA, but they require 4 qualifying flights per year for Silver. Would you recommend that BAEC is most appropriate FFP in this case even though I'd fly to South East Asia?