Originally Posted by alwaysinvogue
I've recently been enlightened to the wonders of the AA Platinum Challenge, so am going to use the outbound flight to gain Platinum status with AA, and then the return flight to gain enough status credits to go up a level on the Qantas FF program.
I'll be able to achieve both these things anyway with later flights, but I figure it's better to get AA Platinum ASAP for lounge access, and then use the other flight to up my Qantas level to increase my chances when applying for upgrades.
Does that make sense? I'm getting so confused by all these point allocations that it's not even making much sense to me any more!!
Personally I wouldn't bother with going from bronze to silver...assuming that is the next level up I would just bank them all to AA, also afaik some of the very cheap fare buckets on QF only earn 0.5 EQM's, which would mean that you would need to fly the entire flight on your AA #, as one leg will not qualify you for Plat.