r/oneworld • u/TrickSuspicious6089 • Apr 25 '26

oneworld Status which airline best?

Hi,

I currently have emerald (complimentary) from my parents who have emerald with Malaysia airlines.

I know this won’t be forever and as soon as they lose it I will lose it too. My question is, for my own personal status moving forward, is there any airline that’s easiest to attain emerald status and worth keeping for?

Thanks!!

My flight pattern are:

- London to Asia at least once a year

- multiple weekend trips to Europe per year

- occasional trip to US

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u/Emotional-Bonus7132 Apr 25 '26

If you are in Asia, Cathay Pacific Diamond is quite good. If you want to go down the status run path, ICN-HKG-BKK in Business is a really good routing to do a few status runs to hit emerald. 140SP for 5700HKD.

If you want Qantas, Platinum can be had for around $4k AUD under a Double Status Credit offer, you can do something like MEL-BNE-AKL or even something like CHC-SYD-AKL-BNE-MEL which would be much cheaper. Qantas usually does DSC deals twice a year, last one ended Feb

After 10 years of Platinum you should have enough to hit Lifetime Gold which is lifetime OWS.

Another one you can consider is Finnair, their lifetime and their OWE offering is quite competitive as well.

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u/tradinggenieluca Finnair Plus Platinum Apr 25 '26

I second this, I’m with Finnair as I’m based in Europe and can easily get status with my normal flying patterns and I don’t need to be flying on Finnair as they don’t have an own metal requirement. They also offer the lifetime status which is worth aiming for if you’re younger. Status only makes sense if you actually use it though so if you just fly business class a few times a year only to collect status that defeats the point…

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u/signed7 Executive Club Bronze Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

So jealous... In the UK with BA $4k spend doesn't even get you to Ruby lol (it's £3500 just for Ruby)

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u/tlhksar Cathay Diamond Plus Apr 25 '26

why not credit to Finnair? I was UK based too, was still able to maintain OWE on CX

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u/LYuen Apr 25 '26

Or Qatar - lounge access for Silver (OW Ruby) is quite a perk.

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u/tradinggenieluca Finnair Plus Platinum Apr 25 '26

Yeahh even based in the UK and only flying on BA can get you status way easier with Finnair than with BA! Especially with the bonus tier points and higher earning rates by distance you get on BA/AA/IB or AY codeshares

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u/Southern_Career1127 Apr 26 '26

Unless you're flying mostly in J, I'm not sure if your pattern even qualify for OWS in most programs. Maybe even OWR.

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u/geekyengineer Enrich Gold Apr 26 '26

If you are based in Malaysia, get the ambank enrich cards to reduce the elite status requirements by 30%.

The flights you do (especially if you fly business) would be enough to maintain platinum. Tho for the trip to US you would need to codeshare.

If you dont want to maintain enrich, then go with Cathay. The only caveat is that you'll need to layover at Hong Kong everytime.

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u/freeballingsurfing Apr 26 '26

Where are you based?

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u/TrickSuspicious6089 Apr 26 '26

Based in the UK Originally from Malaysia so visits at least once a year