[simongr]

It depends to a certain extent on your flying/spending patterns. As a J/F flier you are better off in the QF program (I would be LTS if I had stuck with QFF by December this year after 19 months flying).

However if you have significant CC spend you could flick that to AA and get IMM quickly (even though you are only getting half the miles on AA that you woud if ou had put them to QFF - but remember the redemption rates are better on AA).

The question I think is not which one is easier to get but which one is most appropriate for you. Do you forsee a drop off in your flying after a period of a few years of heavy flying (in which case I would suggest QFF) or do you have medium term reasonable amounts of flying (say 60K miles a year) which would get you AA in the medium terms but at least you are sustaining a current membership anyway.

It is not about the level but the underlying reason for the level. I think my flying will sustain a reasonable level for a few years so am happy to wait with AA.