Originally Posted by
elwota1
Thanks for the quick input. A couple of thoughts.
1. I looked into AA's programs. Any thoughts on whether it matters which OneWorld airline I join with? I used to have Gold on BA years ago back when I lived in Europe. I've never had a particularly good experience with AA, hence the reluctance to get too tied up with them (are they better internationally than US domestic where I've found them to be dreadful?).
2. Diamond is Delta's absolute highest level (unless there's some secret even higher level that I'm not aware of) and requires 125k miles to qualify. Nonetheless, it doesn't appear to matter if QF is unwilling to match.
The issue to be aware of is that some fare bases on Qantas are ineligable for earning on AAdvantage. As long as you are going to be travelling on appropriate fares, then AAdvantage would be a better bet than Qantas FF
I would ignore messages such as "too low a status" , but generally QF doesn't status match
Unless you have your heart set on flying QF, you might also like to consider Virgin and the virgin scheme; VA is more likely to offer a status match than QF I would say and VA is at least as good as QF these days imo