Originally Posted by
SeriouslyLost
Just to hijack the thread even further, if you'd credited to American Airlines, and coupled it with a Platinum Challenge, you'd have AA Plat (OneWorld Sapphire) already instead of still chasing Silver/Ruby status. QFF really does have an awful earn rate for status if you're anywhere other than Oz itself.
For AA Challenge, are you sure you can MH flights are eligible? I thought it was on AA coded/marketed flights only.