Originally Posted by Traveloguy
The only thing I would state is that it is not worth having BD Gold for the sake of the gold coloured plastic card. If your going to match, make sure you can keep it.
With a little careful planning and a few BD and other *A flights, it's not that hard especially if you are travelling in J (or PE on BD) or above.
Want to do this for my sister who is flying on SQ in J (AMD-SIN-MEL) & then in F (SYD-SIN-BOM). I thought it might be good for her to have *A status as SQ flights are quite full in that market and if she has any change in plans at the last minute, it is not easy getting a seat.