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Nov 10, 2012 | 1:58 am

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wandering_fred

Join Date: Sep 2004

Location: country Western Australia

Programs: QF WP(LTS) - AA LTG(1MM)

Posts: 2,857

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Originally Posted by Mwenenzi

YYCOllie
Welcome to Australia
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So you have CX Gold (and some miles?), many BA miles & few AA miles
Being in 3 OW programs now, seems no use joining a 4th, if these miles will be orphaned in 2 years, unless you will use them now. BA do not accept Aussie members, so best not to change your address.

QF upgrade's with QF points can be problematic. International very hard tending to near impossible is you have no QF status and/or busy route. Domestic a little less so, especially if can get ODU in the QF club. AASA/JASA can be good value at times using your QF points and earning points/SC on the same flight.

If you are not a QF member and do want to join can do free on www.everydayrewards.com.au (Woolworth)

Will have miles earning potential from an Aussie credit card ?

For good redemption rates run away fast from QF. AA has better burn / earn

Many QF flights will credit to AA or BA or maybe CX. But check the fare bucket. Some low QF fares get zilch with AA. But I assume you need some activity with CX/AA/BA in these every 18 months(?) to keep these accounts alive.

If it was me would not be looking at QF but building up miles - status with BA or AA

Mostly agree. Except for "Some low QF fares get zilch with AA." QF currently markets domestic sale type fares so that no partner programs will easily collect mile credits (mostly E/N/Q classes). So you would need to book semi-flexible fares on-line or have access to a TA for Australian domestic flying. Note that QF fares in V class or higher will credit to AsiaMiles/MPC. The same applies for AA with the addition of O and S class. Though, if I were likely to be flying through HKG multiple times I'd stick with Cathay since even if downgraded to Silver you still get lounge access in HKG.

As always, YMMV

Fred

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