S7 Airlines Will Sell You Oneworld Sapphire Status By The Month

This may be because I don't understand elite status very well, but, if I were to purchase this, would I have to credit any mileage earning when I fly to S7? Or could I credit them to AA/BA, and just pull up by S7 gold status to get access to the lounges, priority boarding, etc.?

This is very interesting in deed. Do you think one could also invite 1 guest to lounges during that month?

This could be very useful if you have low/no status but are taking on a TP run or equivalent.

@ Edwin -- Absolutely.

Does oneworld Sapphire get the ability to reserve British airways preferred seats? Hoping to get 1A or 1F on my 747 F ticket

1 more benefit is the extra weight for check in luggage which is expensive in its own right

@Andree 7 days out yes. It's Emerald that gets it at any time.

QF F lounge access at LAX?

Could you clarify. Does Oneworld Emerald elite get F lounge access. I thought it only got onself into business class lounges. You would get Qantas F lounge or AA Flagship access ?

@mkcol @andree, that is incorrect. Sapphire status does indeed get you an ability to reserve seats at any point in advance on BA. It's Ruby that is limited to one week ahead.

This sounds like a good deal for people who travel a lot and don't otherwise have status - Oneworld sapphire is, imho, the best mid-tier status there is. Having said that, how many people fly oneworld enough to make use of this but don't credit enough miles to get to sapphire? The price point is probably a decent eliminator otherwise partner airlines might object.

Kerry,

Actually I thought Ruby enabled seat selection 3 days ahead of the flight. At least that is how it is on BA flights if you are Bronze.

One benefit of Sapphire/BA-Silver is a 50 bonus on actual miles flown on BA. Is that bonus included with this purchased membership?

Incidentally, because I was (slightly) inconvenienced by the BA computer outage back in June, my Silver/Sapphire status was extended by 24 months regardless of whether I fly with them. So I won't be buying this.

Quickest way to get BA-Silver/Sapphire is to fly something like: SFO-JFK-LHR-JFK-LAX-SFO in Club World/Business. That's 600 BA tier points.

@Kerry I stand corrected. I went by experience of family members who are BA Silver & had not been able to book seats at point of booking but had to wait til 7 days out. They must've been hit by BA's fantastic IT.

mkcol

Yes, BA silver enables you to select seats when you book.

In BA First you get to select your seat at booking regardless. They figure if you are spending that much . .

This offer seems great in the surface. It's only $3120 to buy standard oneworld Sapphire. Now AA ask you to pay them at least $6000 before getting (watered-down version of) oneworld Sapphire with no lounge access domestically.
But this is not something you'll consider if you take advantage of super cheap Qatar business class fare. Credit them to JAL and get quasi-lifetime oneworld Sapphire (JAL Global Club, requires 50000 FLY ON points, 50% of them must on JAL in the first year, then 5000 redeemble miles per year afterwards. No flying required until your balance ran out.)

@Kerry - while OW Sapphire/BA Silver does give you the ability to reserve seats at any time in advance, it does not give you access to certain seats which are reserved for Emerald/Gold members, including 1A/1F. From memory, Sapphire/Silver members can only reserve such seats a few days out (can't remember if it's 3 or 7).

Luke,

That makes sense because I've been Sapphire/Silver a few times and never gotten those seats. Although they're only really special on a 747 and then they are 1A and 1B, I believe. Very hard to snag.

I should be BA Gold by November so will try then.

I wonder if there is any value in buying this status and using it for a status match. Thoughts?

@Len
I'm assuming other airlines would catch on. Besides, I believe you would be asked for evidence of historic transactions before they would extend their offer.

Purchased BA tickets r/t from Seattle to Dublin .. my partner and I are on the same reservation. If I bite, do we 'both' get advanced seat selection, boarding/etc. since we're under the same booking? No way we're paying $80/seat/leg .. the Priority Boarding/Check-In/Baggage would be incremental, but helpful either way.

OneWorld Emerald status, not Sapphire status, gets F lounge access. But you would get Admirals Club admission on U.S. domestic flights.