[QUOTE=number_6]You cannot join BAEC now until you fly on a qualifying fare; almost certainly YVR-LHR-CAI will not qualify and cannot be credited to BAEC (unless you are paying USD 4000 or thereabouts for that ticket).


On Travelocity, for example, I get a fare of US$1511 for the dates (approx 9 months apart) that I am considering --it is for BA 84/155-BA154/87. Is your point that the class being quoted is too cut-rate to qualify? Is there any way on Travelocity or other sites to tell the class that is being quoted?
BTW even on BA's own site, I get a WT+ quote of CA$2600. Are there WT+ fares that are "qualifying" and those that are not? How can one tell- even on the BA site?