Greetings:

I am planning a DONE4 from the US. I have business stops in TLV and FCO, so the plan is the following:

JFK-LHR, LHR-TLV || TLV-LHR, LHR-FCO || FCO-LHR, LHR-SIN || SIN-PER || PER-MEL || MEL-AKL || AKL-SYD, SYD-JFK

From AKl, I will go back to SYD to get the QF flight to JFK rather than changing to AA in LAX. I may also add Hobart or some other destination in Australia if time permits.

My overall objective is to make the two stops in Europe and then visit parts of SWP that I haven't been to.

I am currently a lowly blue with BAEC. Can anyone help to answer the following questions? ( I can't find definitive answers on the QF web site).

1. Will I get lounge access for domestic QF flights?

2. If not, will BA silver get me lounge access for domestic QF flights?

3. If yes: As I calculate it, I'll only attain silver after the LHR-SIN leg. Will the QF gatekeepers be able to verify this without a card?

Thanks in advance for any help.