Originally Posted by pdxerinsaarland

Ah yes you’re absolutely right Hence I’m still mulling over whether to go TK or A3. That probably depends on where my top-priority leisure destinations in the next 2-3 years will be. It does seem trickier though if your *A flying is mostly in the Americas vs EU/Asia regions. There’re some good deals (sub 2K) e.g. TAP/TK where business class earnings can be 150-200% between either EU-US or EU-Asia, knowing to avoid the dreaded P class, and I’ve been using something like that + PE flights to do OZ status. I’m kind of leaning towards A3 though and probably will have to do it in 2 stages: silver then gold as the prospect of needing only 4 segments + 12K every 12-month period for maintenance after the initial qualification hump is enticing. (A *Gold from TK status match that lasts 2 years should make it more palatable during the status building years.)