Originally Posted by
seanthepilot
About to fly my first oneworld flight in quite some time. Looking for advice on which airline to collect with.
BA SYD-BKK-LHR-FCO in Business Class
Don't know if I'll fly enough this year to get status, so my question may be, which oneworld partner is easiest to get status with, flying premium cabins?
I live in Asia. Travel a few times a year to North America. Fly Inter-Asia occasionally.
thanks in advance, stp
If you want status, try QF. Earning status in premium cabins is rather quick (although points are worthless).
SYD-LHR-FCO in business is 280 status credits each way (320 if ticketed as SYD-BKK-LHR-FCO. Need 350 for silver status (one world ruby) and 700 for gold status (one world sapphire). Once have status need less to requalify (300 and 600 respectively).
You need sapphire status to get lounge access (when not flying business or first). As a comparison *G has more benefits than one world sapphire and is roughly equivalent to one world emerald.