Originally Posted by
brosephine69
Appreciate all the replies.
Long time Lurker, since I moved to USA 10 years ago, haven't traveled much back to Aus, so doing the QF 4 segments will be difficult. No plans to return to Aus, at this stage. Have kept QFF Account active, by redeeming on AA, but there's minimal points there now.
I may be able to do a UK run, for the 4 BA flights, later this year, but that'll be difficult to make sure I do, so AY and IB seem like the best contenders.
All I need is OWS, OWE is a stretch goal, but likely not that useful while in USA.
Leaning towards AY at this point, But if status is easier with IB, then let me know and I'll sign up for IB instead.
IB Oro status (oneworld Sapphire) requires 2,250 Elite Points. In my previous post, I included a link to an Inside Flyer article which includes the Iberia Plus Elite Points earning chart. Based on the distance of your domestic Business Class segments, you can calculate how many Elite Points you are going to earn from your expected flights. You can do the same calculation for Finnair's program.
Re: achieving status with BA: Courtesy of Head for Points, here's the definition of "eligible flight," of which you'd need four before you could earn BAEC Silver (oneworld Sapphire) status:
"An ‘eligible flight’ is:
any British Airways operated flight
a flight with a British Airways flight code but operated by another airline
an Iberia operated flight with an Iberia flight code"
So if, for example, you were to book an LAX-LON roundtrip with a connection in each direction, you would have your four eligible flights, as long as your connecting AA or AS flights were BA-coded. And if you were to make such a a roundtrip in Business Class, you could earn 560 of the requisite 600 Tier Points needed for BAEC Silver, provided that you connected somewhere on the Eastern Seaboard.