Originally Posted by
mikl9
what about car hire in AUS and TAS through FFP?? we will need to cover those somehow anyway as a part of our trip and maybe it is better to go for QF to save few quid on those (and lose on miles as such)?
Not quite sure I understand what you mean, do you mean you want to try and book your car hire with points/miles? Seeing as you won't have many posted (or any at all) by the time you land, this isn't a good idea. And it is a bad use of points/miles anyway.
Also Tasmania is part of Australia...
we are doing island hoping between SI and BKK so not sure how many flight (and what airlines) we have to choose from. Any general suggestions would be greatly appreciated too
You will not really have any OneWorld partner options for island hopping, I would just go with the budget SE Asia carriers like AirAsia.
do you think we can double our points if we opt for household account or do they have to be separate flights?
Err.. No. It will just combine your points. You will each need to be a FF member and put your own numbers down. Household Accounts are for BA only, QF doesn't have anything similar.
Really, your best option is to credit to BA. I have just moved to the UK from Australia and am switching to BA Executive Club as having Qantas FF points is not really any use unless flying on QF metal.
Unless you are thinking of coming back to Australia again and using Qantas points to book domestic airfares, you will end up with about ~32k Qantas points total from your trip combined (16k each). BA you will earn a fair bit more.