Originally Posted by
number_6
BAEC has a lot of informal benefits at the top end, and partner gold is one of them (case of wine at xmas is another). Most (maybe all) Premiers have partner gold, and some BA golds who are premier candidates but aren't premier also have partner gold. Weekly F travel on BA seems to do the trick. Unless you forget to credit it to BAEC. QF doesn't do anything similar for CL. I keep hoping for lifetime platinum (then I'd start crediting back to QFF instead of AA).
I don't believe this to be the case - and I know this from personal family experience.