BA hasn't been my primary long-haul airline since before COVID, but I still need a consistent short-haul product - I'm not a fan of LCCs or connecting in Amsterdam, and my local airport doesn't have great coverage anyway.

For now that means BA/AY/IB cover everything in Europe nicely, which is why I'm reluctant to leave BAC unless I can't even make silver (plus LT gold with BA (i.e. ,OWE) is as attainable for me as LT gold (i.e., OWS) with Qantas would be, for instance.