Originally Posted by
pharoah16
I was confused initially -- normally in the past I will book award flights with Avios for US flights. I usually end up paying $2.50 for the flights (in fees), and I see that it registers as 2.5x on my account (even though I'm flying on a partner airline, American Airlines).
Yes paying for anything on BA.com counts as BA.com spend, so you will earn bonus avios. This has nothing to do with what you will earn on the flight.
Originally Posted by
pharoah16
If I am booking on Qantas, it seems like I get much more bang for my buck by booking with a Qantas FF number than a BA FF number. Is that correct intuition?
Qantas economy fares will earn very little when credited to BA, however 1 QF point is not equal to 1 BA avios.
Personally, especially if you are based in the US I would credit your QF flights to AA, and you should be able to boost your AA miles balance easily to make it useful, whereas you will be stuck with a handful of QF points which will expire and not be much use to you.