Star Alliance - QR Z - where to dump the mileage?

Hi there,

I recently couldn´t resist one of QR´s extremely low Z fares from EU to India and booked a little holiday. Now I see that they even have earning partnerships with some *A carriers. However, I am almost exclusively using M&M, which they don´t partner with. The list includes UA, US, ANA and OZ (and BD, maybe that would be a nice in with BA avios at some point?).

Any advice of what would make sense? Or should I just dump it all at QR´s program and maybe fly with them again? My flying is 90% intra-E, with up 5 trips to the US and 2 to Asia each year.

Thanks for any advice!

Hi there,

I recently couldn´t resist one of QR´s extremely low Z fares from EU to India and booked a little holiday. Now I see that they even have earning partnerships with some *A carriers. However, I am almost exclusively using M&M, which they don´t partner with. The list includes UA, US, ANA and OZ (and BD, maybe that would be a nice in with BA avios at some point?).

Any advice of what would make sense? Or should I just dump it all at QR´s program and maybe fly with them again? My flying is 90% intra-E, with up 5 trips to the US and 2 to Asia each year.

Thanks for any advice!

Unless you are going to fly soon, I would take UA off the list.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-mileageplus-consolidated/1352314-united-terminates-codeshare-qatar-effective-june-15-2012-a.html

https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/marketing/custcomm/promotions/Pages/AirlinePartnerDetails.aspx?ItemId=439

NH = 125%
US = 100%
UA = Partnership ending
BD = 150%
OZ = 100%

With your flying patterns I would go with BD and wait till it changes to avios. Then 9k + £35 to many places in Europe is a great deal.

NH would be second choice.

Thanks for your tips. I´ll probably use BD indeed and consolidate my Oneworld earning (the little that there is if that) on Avios then.