Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
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Living in USA not worth considering a non USA airline FFP. But some people in USA do use BA.
EK Emirates is not OneWorld
QA: if you mean QF Qantas do not consider the QF ffp for 1 second. Its a poor ffp.
Go for AA. DFW is AA home base.
AS is OK for some due to the DL & AA being freq flyer partner airlines
QA = Qatar Airways. The majority of my travel is to the Middle East/North Africa region, thus the appeal of QA/EK.
I only spend 50% or less of my time in the USA. I am more or less a permanent traveler, but as US citizen, I maintain the US as my residence.
Both QA and EK are appealing because they offer lots of connections in the region I travel to the most. But with EK's recent devaluation, I've been looking to QA/AA to see if that would make more sense. I am not sure if AA or QA would make the most sense to maximize earnings and upgrades, since most of my travel would be on QA and AA downgrades OW partner earnings.