Originally Posted by
robot1000
...I'm slightly wary of the fact that the Qantas and BA alliance has ended, would that mean there's a good chance that if I choose to use Qantas as my main FFP, I may be unable to redeem them at BA later on?
Both are OneWorld and highly it will stay that way IMHO. BA will become another QF OW airline partner like all the others in OW. But nothing has been published by QF to date.
There are far better ffp's than QF. Maybe AA or even BA if you live UK/Eu. As post above Air Berlin may be good for you. AS is very good as it has a wide range of airline partners. All depends on your personal flying pattern.
Air Berlin is part owned by Etihad (EY).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etihad
In December 2011, Etihad announced it had taken a 29.21% stake in Air Berlin