Originally Posted by
cegmondiale
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.
Qatar is QR. Not the best ffp
But it depends on want you want from a ffp.
With non USA based airlines always expect to fly in the cabin you buy: upgrades are not given out like with USA based airlines.
If you look the QR forum you will see upgrades are by email request.
The airline you fly and the airline you credit those flights to does not need to be the same