Originally Posted by
DanTravels
Scenario: I've got a trip on FJ coming up, and they're partnered with AS (who won't give any miles for the fare class I'm likely to be in), AA (who give 75%) and QF (who give 100%) I'm basically just wondering whether to hold onto my AA account and use it as a dumping ground for the rare, rare OW flight, adding or using a few miles by other means if necessary often enough to keep things from expiring... or get a QF one that would allow once-a-year transfers between family members.
Either way, I have no plans to fly any OW airline enough to earn status - just want to keep the few miles I do earn from a flight or two every few years.
Yes. Keep putting these occasional flights into AA. The odd car rental or hotel stay can keep the account alive if you run into the no activity rule.
QF has very poor earn to burn, poor upgrade benefits and extraordinary high cash surcharge on awards. The transfer of points to family is NOT an eligible activity to stop points expiring in an account.
Alaska is also good as they have partners in OneWorld and many others.
Just stay with AA. 75 AA miles has much more value than 100 QF points