It seems that the general consensus is that if I am close to BA LTG then I should keep crediting. Unfortunately, I’m only on 4.3k LT tier points so not even close although I do work for a company that travels a lot and very junior still so do think this could play a part but probably too far off to consider this.

With that in mind, it seems that although QF is a worse program, it may be worth trying to build status with them and use BA card for lounge access.

I guess what I’m not sure on is the benefits of being QF status member over BA… that doesn’t seem clear.

finally, in terms of ‘permanent-ish’ - I have a perm job but won’t be there forever. If I was to estimate, it would be 5 years.