Originally Posted by
serfty
Generally the redemption rates on AA are better than both BA and QF.
As for spening easily and quickly, out of SIN/LON you'll be accessing the same awards on oneworld airlines etc.
With BA you'll earn ¼ of the miles.
With AA you'll earn ½ of the miles.
With QF you'll earn 100% of the miles.
Really AA may be your better option, but it really depends on your travel patterns.
Thanks for your advice.
In order to keep the miles on Qantas, I still haven't decided on which oneworld FFP... whether to go for AAdvantage, BA Executive Club or FrequentFlyer. Like you said, compared to QF, BA offers 25% of the miles for the discount economy ticket I am holding. The QF programme's redemption is expensive (about 15% higher than usual e.g. 87,000 instead of 70,000 for a SIN-LON return, correct me if I am wrong) and also offers very little miles (25%) for discounted flights on BA. AA is in the middle, giving 50% for my cheap tickets on either QF or BA.
As I am a very price sensitive consumer, it is likely that I may take BA in future (if Ryanair becomes not viable after surcharges upon surcharges). But this will only be for short-haul flights mostly... I predict. So it will pay for me to join a oneworld carrier's FFP. I think BA's programme is out, and I don't shop at Tesco that often either plus airline-branded credit card programmes are more lucrative for AAdvantage, even in the UK!
So do I sacrifice 6,000 miles by joining AAdvantage and earn 50% miles on future discount economy tickets on BA... OR
Keep 6,000 miles by sticking to QF and earn 25% miles on future discount economy tickets on BA... and also face 15% higher redemption rates.
I'm aiming for a short term gain... as in to collect enough points for redemption and that's it... unless otherwise. What do you think... AA or QF?