I made a different decision-that is not go for QFF LTG on the 10/4/2006.
I then had very few SCs but about 350000 miles at Aadvantage-as we flew JAL BNE-NRT-JFK 2 or 3 times a year as it was half the price of QF in J.It was not in OW then but you could earn QFF miles only Aust-NRT but Aadvantage miles for the whole flight.A no brainer.Didn't get us any status but a nice mileage earner.
Why I am confident of the date.well it was due to AFF and this thread-
http://www.australianfrequentflyer....he-great-points-transfer-aadvantage-6802.html
A light went on in my brain.I got to 1 million miles in Sept.2009 and my second million in August 2011 a little before AA changed the rules.So I became an AAA LTP.
Mrsdrron who travels with me on all our OS trips-the majority of our status earning-is still 1400 shy of LTG so you can see why I still feel I made the right decision and still thank QFWP for making me see the light.
Unfortunately it is no longer easy to get LT status with AA.