Reply To: Dilemma: keep redemption booking or rebook to re-qualify for Qatar Gold

[Guernsey Globetrotter]

AA flights SFO-LAX take 90 minutes so you could go there and back in half a day, MCT permitting… As part of the One World Alliance, I imagine you could credit these to QR. Cost about £300.
Depends on how you value your time etc. v. the benefit of retaining Gold (and also the cost of your proposed business class ticket purchase)!