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Old Sep 12, 2025 | 4:39 pm
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mekhare
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Originally Posted by guv1976
Since some FFPs now base status on annual pre-tax spend on flights, perhaps you can provide us with an estimate of your annual pre-tax spend on oneworld flights. Also, do you have much in the way of hotel stays and/or car rentals during the course of a year. Those can count towards status in American's AAdvantage program.

In the meantime, I'd take a look at Iberia's program to see if your annual paid flying would get you to oneworld Sapphire (Iberia "Oro") status.
Good point and thanks for ​the quick reply. Based on my usual travel patterns and the taxes (£60 or £84 to my most usual destinations), I’d estimate my annual pre-tax spend on BA flights at around £2,500 each year.
As you can see that's really far from the £7,500 needed to reach BA Silver nowadays

On top of that, I normally take one or two long-haul trips a year, usually costing somewhere between £900–£1,300 each (pre-tax). Since the airlines vary, it’s a bit harder to pin down the tax portion on those.
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