Over the next several months I will be flying roundtrips in QF domestic business class, BA TATL business class and AS domestic economy. My initial instinct was to credit all miles to AS but I am a little miffed that I won't earn EQM for the BA or QF flights (after all who doesn't love EQM?). That being said, if I credit everything to BA I will also fall short on silver. It appears that I would earn enough points to get silver on QF which appears to use a 12-month rolling calendar instead of a calendar year, though I would be short 2 QF flights. So that leaves AA as perhaps the best option for EQM, particularly if I add a DEQM mileage run to ORD.

Any thoughts on the best option for RDM? Am I missing anything on the status front?

Note I have large mileage balances on AS, AA and BA so I'm fairly indifferent as to where the RDM go.

If you use the AA codes on the BA TATL flights (e.g. AA 6187/88 for SFO-LHR-SFO) you can take the AA Platinum Challenge and make Plat (Oneworld Sapphire) on the first round trip. Then it's EQMs and Plat bonuses (100%) on everything else, including AS flights should you so choose.

Allow me to bump this thread as it seems to be the most relevant.

I just recently flew BA and I didn't request for mileage crediting: I have an Asia Miles account and my flights will not earn any miles with CX. I'm also flying MA this week. If I presume correctly, standard procedure would dictate that I have six months to request retroactive crediting of miles, hence why I'm program-hunting for oneworld.

My shortlist so far seems to be BA/IB or AA. Which program is the best for me?