Originally Posted by
Frayed_Yak
Sounds like it's a bit inconsistent. I'm trying to plan out the rest of my year in business/personal travel, but I don't think I will get to the 57k on BMI. So I was hoping to qualify based on status matching from AA Gold, and then worry only about requalification for BD Gold.
Are there things that will bolster my case for BD Gold from AA Gold?
You might be able to burn a status match with a ST carrier to and get Silver on one of them. Then, use the basis of your NW/CO/DL Silver and AA Gold to see if BD will get you something.
Also, you can simply ask for BD Silver, which then only requires 38K status miles to reach gold. Silver won't get you much on non-BD metal, but with BD you get lounge access and some other bennies. It only takes 3-4 domestic QUPs/A fares on UA or US to reach BD Gold, and even less if you find a good A fare East Coast-Hawaii (BWI-ORD-LAX-HNL r/t would be pretty fruitful, for example).