Originally Posted by
msm2000uk
With regards to redemptions, the prices on QR make it a no-brainer (for me) to simply pay the low fares in return for Avios and TPs. As such, I would rather redeem for flights heading west (which, on QR, is quite difficult if you are based in Western Europe).
That makes sense...

Good advice. Turned out I was fooled by their calculator - which was so much more advanced than the BA one - so I accidentally looked at return earnings as if they were singles. Getting / keeping OWE is therefore about equal on both airlines.
Seems like it is inflation allround.