Originally Posted by
hairpeace
Thank you for the informative post. ^
How do QF Plat and BA Gold compare, then?
BA Gold can be easier or harder to attain than QF Platinum depending on the travel patterns and where he has his account maintained
If the account is based in Mainland Europe , the requirements for Silver are 400 Tier Points and then 800 for Gold ( total 1200 )
If the account is based elsewhere, the requirements are 600 and 1500 respectively do total of 2100 TPs
Also, he will need to fly 4 sectors on BA to attain Silver status plus then another 4 sectors on BA to attain Gold ( total 8 ) whilst to get to QF Platinum he will need 4 total
also, should he attain QF Platinum early in membership year, he will get the rest of current membership year as Platinum and then the following year, so depending on the travel could get up to 2 years of Platinum
With BA, as soon as he attains gold, his membreship year will reset and so he will then have only 1 year of gold ( unless he attains another 800/1500 Tier Points to renew )
BA does have some decent upgrade awards which may be worth looking at
Overall, if it is a pretty status that is wanted, QF will probably give him the longest of that status ( unless he will requalify ) but for points value they are not very good
What is the primary desire that he has; to get a premium class award ticket somewhere plus have OW Saphire status or to have OW Emerald status? Personally, I'd suggest the former
Dave