Hello,

Having travelled a lot with work, I am fortunate to be a Gold Executive Club Member with British Airways. I would like to purchase a personal Qantas flight and am looking for advice on the best way to book it.

I think I know the answer to this but I've had trouble finding the specifics online. Am I right in thinking that my BA Gold account automatically gives me access to oneworld Emerald, or does that need to be gained separately? For example, if I book an economy seat, am I still able to use priority boarding and have access to the lounges, or do I need to accrue that through the Qantas system?

Also, since I don't have any airmiles with Qantas, would you recommend that I start to earn them or should I nominate BA as my frequent flier and consolidate them in one place?

Realistically, I'm going to maintain my BA Gold account through work, but I'm likely to use Qantas quite a bit from a personal perspective.

Many thanks,
Jim

Welcome to FlyerTalk Mick Jim

BA Gold = Oneworld Emerald. (Automatically, you don't need to do anything.)
See this page Frequent Flyer Perks: oneworld Emerald & oneworld Sapphire | oneworld

If you are flying out of Sydney, enjoy the Qantas First Lounge, it is one of the best

IMO certainly stay with BA, there is no sense in splitting your mileage earn between different Oneworld airlines.

JimJagger Welcome to FT (and the QF forum)
BA Gold = OW Emerald (top tier)
QF Gold = OW Sapphire (mid tier)
https://www.oneworld.com/members/british-airways#tiers

Just enter your BA freq flyer number in the QF reservation and you will get Oneworld~QF benefits, including lounge access.
For international flights from MEL & SYD that will include the QF first class lounge, that have a good reputation.

Keep crediting to BAEC. Having multiple ffp's in one alliance is generally not a good idea.

Edit
From your profile noticed you have AU listed. In AU for ever?
You will need to get 2/4 qualifying BA/IB flights to maintain BA status. Can be harder if living in AU.

Thank you for responding to my first world questions! It's great to know that it's handled automatically. I'll keep logging the miles through BA and look forward to making good use of oneworld.

@Mwenenzi, I am based in Brisbane. However, I regularly travel to the UK for business, so I hope to retain my status.
[MENTION=165293]pandaperth[/MENTION], thanks for the advice. Appreciate the feedback!

You're both very kind.

Thank you,
Jim

off topic

Got a few days spare days in May? --> Oz Fest 20 Cairns, QLD, Australia. USA Memorial Day Weekend May 24 to May 26, 2024
A lot of discussion, over food and drink, about frequent flyer programs, including BAEC.

I would still get a QF account, as you can also earn QF miles for shopping (woolies), credit cards, wine, and esp. keep the tracking over for free with the fitness app.
But I would continue to use BA to earn, esp. if you are close to LT Gold etc.

I keep my BA Gold GGL based in AU

And BP for fuel. And even from some bank accounts.
An article on AFF stated for QF points more than half were from non-flying activities.

In my experience, I find BP is a very expensive place to go for fuel. Just not worth going there if it�s just to get a small number of QF FFPs.

OTOH BP does offer quite regularly "specials" that boost the return to adequate level. But then I mostly buy 98 RON and the local competition is more restrained with that fuel....
The addition of a couple discount fuel outlets helps "keep the .......s honest"
even when wandering
Fred

just as a follow up, also BA gold here and had a great time in the lounges this week whilst travelling in economy domestically across Australia and long haul. Tier points and Avios credited the day after the flight.

Plus QF Hotels, AirBnB all count towards Points Club�.(but the last one is probably academic).