Unfortunately, I never made it to TC, even though I will now have about 400'000 miles in my account (once the promotion gets credited), so the added benefits are not so important to me.

What I was wondering, though, is if I could achieve an elite level with another airline of the alliance (whichever it's gonna be). In certain US programs, the threshold is lower for elite status. I guess I couldn't get status on AA and collect miles in Qualiflyer, could I ? Would be too good to be true.