BAEC or AA or Privilege Club
May 19, 2019, 5:46 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Muscat/Doha/Manchester
Programs: Oman Air Gold, Qatar Airways Platinum, Marriott Ambassador, HH Diamond, GHA Black, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 432
BAEC or AA or Privilege Club
I need advice please, I have been with QR Privilege Club since 2006 in their top level tier and have gone out of my way to fly them. I have according to their dashboard thing over 800K + miles I have flown with them, so I am loyal but I have reached enough with their service levels when anything goes wrong. As I wrote in another thread in this forum, they refused to honour a promotion despite getting written confirmation from their customer service agent and for me there is no trust anymore despite me repeatedly requesting them to resolve the matter.
Therefore I am now contemplating crediting my flights to BAEC or AA. I know this has been discussed previously at least with BAEC or Privledge Club but I could not find a thread that threw in AA.
I would normally have chosen BAEC as I am originally from the UK though I live in Muscat and work in Doha. However with AA tying up with Hyatt and thats a chain which I would love to get elite status with (they do not offer to status match my Hilton Diamond or Marriott Ambassador membership).
As I understand I need to fly 4 flights on BA planes a year is there a similar requirement for AA? in terms of benefits I really utilize the luggage allowance and occasionally lounge/al maha with QR, I am assuming with AA and BA I would need to forgo those?
Also will I need to start from the bottom or can they status match?
Another thing that is playing on my mind I saw a thread in the BA forum that kids can get gold status and thought would be cool if my kid reaches lifetime by like 18 iA!
So yes if I fly mainly shorthaul (Doha to Muscat everyweek in economy) and say once every 3 months in J back to Europe or Asia on holiday which program would be better to credit to?
Therefore I am now contemplating crediting my flights to BAEC or AA. I know this has been discussed previously at least with BAEC or Privledge Club but I could not find a thread that threw in AA.
I would normally have chosen BAEC as I am originally from the UK though I live in Muscat and work in Doha. However with AA tying up with Hyatt and thats a chain which I would love to get elite status with (they do not offer to status match my Hilton Diamond or Marriott Ambassador membership).
As I understand I need to fly 4 flights on BA planes a year is there a similar requirement for AA? in terms of benefits I really utilize the luggage allowance and occasionally lounge/al maha with QR, I am assuming with AA and BA I would need to forgo those?
Also will I need to start from the bottom or can they status match?
Another thing that is playing on my mind I saw a thread in the BA forum that kids can get gold status and thought would be cool if my kid reaches lifetime by like 18 iA!
So yes if I fly mainly shorthaul (Doha to Muscat everyweek in economy) and say once every 3 months in J back to Europe or Asia on holiday which program would be better to credit to?
May 19, 2019, 5:02 pm
#2
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: MEL CHC
Posts: 21,024
What are your objectives from a ffp?
AA does not have the 4 own airline flight requirement. AA is a revenue based ffp.
Effectively no hope of a status match in an alliance. But LA was offering for a while. AA has a status challenge, but you may not have flights that qualify
Oneworld:- Deciding on a Oneworld Frequent Flyer Program? Help is here
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The grass in not always greener on the other side
AA does not have the 4 own airline flight requirement. AA is a revenue based ffp.
Effectively no hope of a status match in an alliance. But LA was offering for a while. AA has a status challenge, but you may not have flights that qualify
Oneworld:- Deciding on a Oneworld Frequent Flyer Program? Help is here
Be mindful of expiry Miles/Points that Do and Don't Expire. Click to open the wiki.
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