Hi Tim, there are a handful of very active downunder flyers based here, you will have fun. Keep your QF account active, this comes in handy as a second string to get direct flights to MEL/SYD/BNE out of HKG with CX for 120000 in business. If you are with family, HKG becomes a drawcard for the girls. and the flight home arrives at 6am which is great. Singapore is difficult to get QF awards out of, but HAN/SGN i use a lot as QF code shares out of Indochine. The two FFP I am currently using are US and TG, both are brilliant. Sign up with TG and also with American Express in Bangkok, they give you free first class tickets and also 300%, but you have to crawl first. Make time to introduce yourself to the boss of TG in Sydney, you will get on well with him, they invite you to shows, cricket matches and tennis every January in Melbourne. Get yourself an introduction to the lads in Bangkok, they love to entertain.

Never buy economy tickets, you will be able to buy Business class tickets for the price you used to pay for economy in Australia. Once you have settled in PM me and if I can help, I will, although except for November through to early December there is little to get excited about, looking forward. At the end of the day if you continue flying with SQ and QF, then I would stay with their programs, they both have good benefits.