Originally Posted by
Traveloguy
What class of travel, and most importantly what fare class are you booked in?
He'll be back to answer himself, but it will be in WHY.
This will dictate which programme you should join.
Generally speaking, AA has the best programme, but as your Oz based, QF might be best particularly if you can amass points through a credit card.
Looking at great circle distances, it comes to 25,735 miles going through GIG and LHR. Looks to me like an LGLOB26 might fit the bill.
For the original itinerary (via MAD to AMS), this comes to 25,561 miles, and again, with five stopovers, an LGLOB26 would work.
Not sure of pricing, but would an LGLOB26 be better than a LONE4?
Looking at miles earnt, on the new itinerary via LHR, AA would earn 17,426 miles, based on 50% earn on QF, 100% on LA, 25% on BA and 70% on JL. Crediting to QF however would earn 15,934 miles, based on 100% on both QF and LA, and 50% on both BA and JL, so creditting to AA is, to me, a no brainer, you can do a lot more with 17K AA miles than you can with 15K QF miles.
Not too sure about JL Mileage Bank though, as an existing member it might be worth checking out the earn rate. I tried looking, but the JL website is too clunky to navigate around when pressed for time (which I am) - I'll leave that for others (pahing number_6).
Dave