Should I change my British airways flight to United to get more points? I have no status anywhere

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Great point on the lounge. Switched my flight!

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Need more details. Fare class, flight details etc..

They’ll probably give you a credit for the BA flight

EWR-LHR, Business class

I don’t fly very often so would like to maximize points accrual!

Based on the distance/price you can calculate the points earning. One addl thing to consider is that UA has their Polaris lounge in EWR whereas no such equivalent exists if you are flying BA

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