Hi,

I live in The Netherlands but am about to move to Australia for around 18 months. Been looking at both BA EC and Qantas FF program to see what is best for me. It seems that I need around 200 less TP when joining BA, as opposed to SC I need to earn for QF to reach the highest status (1200 TP compared to 1400 SC). However, QF SC seem to go faster if I look at for instance a one way LHR to SYD stretch in business or First.

Here's the deal, I need to conduct some business in Cairo and Tripoli, before going to Sydney. Thinking of flying BA from Ams to Cairo and booking a First ticket from TIP to SYD.

Can anybody tell me how many miles and SC I would earn on the Qantas scheme? I seem only to be able to check out the SC on LHR-SYD stretch and not the ointra European legs. As far as I can judge, joining BA is more of an advantage for me at first, however, if I remain in Australia for a while it might be better to join QF from the start (also taking into account te fact I will be atking an Australian credit card etc).

Any thoughts on the above? Any mileage calculator on which I can check QF SC for European stretches (eg AMS - :HR in club and LHR-CAI in club?).

Thanks in advance! And indeed, you may expect a trip report of the upcoming travels...

Rgds Kenneth