AA is a far better freq flyer program than QF by a very large margin.
The earn/burn of AA miles is far better than with QF. 1 AA mile is worth a lot more than 1 QF point for what it can get you. While flying first & busines class flights may get you to high status on QF ffp with less flights than AA ffp, AA is still a far better program overall. But as above sign up for challenge.
Any one living in USA would be crazy to use QF FFP instead of AA FFP as their main program.
Also with to attain / maintain QF status you need to fly 4 QF segments.
Look at the links in post 2 of
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...help-here.html
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