I have some travel planned for this year that I’m going to credit to AA (unless there’s a better program to credit to that will get me OneWorld status?) and I’m trying to figure out if either my planned travel will get me to Gold (I just want free checked bags without having an AA CC), or if I should look into a challenge.
I’m based in PHL so AA is usually going where I want to go. I had a Platinum promo/challenge a couple years ago but I’ve never applied for a challenge otherwise.
My AA YTD:
EQDs: 774
EQMs: 6460
EQSs: 4
My planned travel (everything is non-award, and all within about three months):
BA PHL-LHR in I
BA NCE-LHR in J
BA LHR-PHL in I
AA PHL-FLL in G RT S
I suspect I might get there based on just the miles flown plus dollars spent, but I couldn’t find any conclusive information about what I’ll be earning for the BA travel in business.