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Last Sept/Oct I flew YYZ-HKG-SYD and back. At the time of booking, I chose to have it credited to my BA Executive Club mileage program rather than Cathay's - of which I am also a member. Wasn't planning any Asia travel after that trip, and didn't see a need to pile up miles with Cathay. However, I didn't consider the Status issue, and how it would be useful with all One World carriers. Those flights were worth 600 Tier Points in BA, but because those specific flights were not marketed by BA of Iberia, the 600 Tier Points are worthless unless I take 4 flights on BA before my membership anniversary - March 8. Is it possible, since the flights were actually with Cathay, to have those miles and points reversed - moved out of BA and into CX? Had I simply taken it all in CX points, I would have earned One World Sapphire status for the coming year. At the time of booking, Status was not even a consideration .... we haven't traveled enough in the last 10 years for it to have mattered. Now retired and wanting to plan a lot of travel, it matters. Thanks.
Getting miles already posted on a programme to be redirected to another programme is a tedious process. Some report success; others do not. I do not know about the specifics with BA and CX, but you will need BA to agree to take these activities out of your BAEC first before it can possibly be credited to CX. CX cannot take these activities out of your BAEC once it has been credited.
CX used to limit retro-claim to 1 month before you become a member. I can no longer find this in the current T&C, though there are definitely still restrictions. Also, even if you bought the most expensive YYZ-HKG-SYD-HKG-YYZ ticket on CX, I believe you can only get 410 status points in the CX programme, not 600.
If you want to be safe and need the status, best to take 4 BA or IB flights.