YVR-SFO is operated by AS with an AA codeshare (thus never eligible for OWE travel); the QF SFO-YVR-SFO service can be used, but it is seasonal (operates July/August and again in December). You could fly your 4 segments on that flight. Otherwise QF codeshares on AA can only be booked as part of a ticket that has QF flight trans-pacific (which you obviously do not have), and the same applies to QF107/108. You would have to fly QF to or from US to book any QF flight or codeshare in NA.

But, if you are flying AONEx, there is little benefit for having WP status, and you still get credit for lifetime SC. So it doesn't seem to be of much impact to you if QF refuses to renew WP (other than loss of the status bonus).

Thanks - sorry to go on about everything but sometimes ONE makes me mad!

Ok understood but still annoying as I have been loyal to them for 7 years and status bonus adds up. If you were in my position globetrotting for at least another year from the UK often via canada or S America who would you go with? I'm about at Ruby status lifetime so I should change after this I reckon.

Last question, slightly out of this thread but need to get to sleep - Once an ONR has been issued when you pay a $125 for a re-route can you re-route continents?

Now - Africa -E-SA-NA-SWP-Asia-AF (1 flight taken MRU-LON)
Want - Africa E-SWP(transit in Asia)-SA-NA-Asia-Africa
Or- Africa-E-Asia-SWP-SA-NA-Africa
is that possible?

thanks for any advice
Searching for a routing thread, know of any?

To answer your last question - yes you can reroute continents. I once had a ticket issued CAI-xLHR-Asia-NAm-Eur-CAI and when I landed in London my TA had found me an A seat on the Concorde flight going that day (which was my last chance to fly on it) so I did a reroute at LHR T4 to go CAI-xLHR-xNAm-Asia-Eur-CAI.

BA transit ticketing desk took a couple of hours to do it, but I had time and they let me go through to the Concorde room to wait while they did the reissue.

Rerouting including changing order of continents is fully allowed, however the new routing must match the fare rules. This includes the rule about moving forward Area1/2/3 ... so Africa-Europe-SWP-SA-NA-Asia-Africa is not legal, while Africa-Europe-Asia-SWP-SA-NA-Europe-Africa to certain cities (not MRU!) is legal. For returning to MRU, you must not go to Europe first (you have to leave Africa to either Asia (CX on JNB-HKG) or to Australia (QF on JNB-SYD).

If already taken MRU-LHR, and wishing to return to MRU, then you must go WEST and fly Europe-NA-SA-SWP-Asia-Africa (no 2nd entry to Europe is allowed!). You cannot go east as there is no way to reach Africa except via Europe, which is not allowed for MRU (it is allowed only for the cities listed in the OWE fare, Nairobi is the closest to MRU).

It depends on the travel patterns and how you an obtain status.

I actually am Ba Silver first - main reason lounge access even on AA flights - and now am AA Gold, will go for Plat by challenge on the next flight (due to the duration of Platinum I decided not to go for Plat on the Gold challenge).

I will keep BA Silver but try to look at how to obtain it cost effective. Having both BA and AA allows me some benefits when flying with either of them and having the difference of BA / AA on the crossing of the atlantic there is even more reason to keep both.

With EXP you could think about retrieving more miles for the million mark, if you are satisfied with normal lounges in america / canada you for example do not need to retain emerald but a mere saphire is enough for lounge access on AA. :)