Originally Posted by
shorthauldad
Even if you stick with OW (eg QR, as another poster already suggested) you could credit those flights to another OW programme to build up a stack of miles you can redeem in different ways to your Avios, whether you earn status with the second program or not.
Good thought
But if I want to fly on non OW, I can enjoy a different experience, another lounge, different (and better) food and wine etc. I'm keen to fly EK with their superb connectivity through out the country timings to choose and their use of A380s to DXB