Originally Posted by
dommod
or QFF option
If you mean Virgin Australia option, that won't work for Skyteam airlines other than Delta. They are like Australia's equivalent of Alaska Airlines, with partnerships with two Star airlines (SQ and NZ), one Skyteam (DL) and one non-aligned (Etihad). The partnership with DL has only just received government approval so reciprocity is not in place yet.
The other thing would be to see whether anyone has any new advice in this thread -
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...-southern.html