nancypants Welcome to FT
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nancypants
I'm currently BAEC silver (OW sapphire), have been living in Australia and NZ for a year, getting to the point of struggling to make the 4 flights a year on BA required to maintain status (as I don't have that much business in Singapore, and it seems a fairly poor hub for onward OW connections...)
Was thinking of joining QF but have heard very little good about it. Alternatively was toying with the idea of jumping ship to AirNZ (although this would be fairly impractical as a lot of the routes I have to take for work are PSOs with Qantas as the only airline)
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(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
(AA Executive Platinum, QF Gold, UA 1K, LAN Comodoro, etc)
Reply: 150000 ish miles in BAEC. Very rarely redeem any. BAEC silver for the past 2 years
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
Reply: Any and all oneworld
An interesting problem.
Is living in Australia - NZ for ever or a short time (few years)? I assume you still a have a UK address for the BA ffp. BA does not allow member with an Australian - NZ address (unless this has changed).
QF is generally a poor ffp. But depends on your objectives from a ffp and how you earn miles/points/status. For many AA is better ffp, then BA but nothing is right or wrong. Look at
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AA, BA & QF all require 4 (own) marketed flights for status
AA does not have soft landing from status. If you do not requalify you drop to the bottom status. QF (& BA?) you only drop 1 status/tier level per year
JQ only credit to QF if an eligible flight.
In my view VA is a better ffp for Air NZ & VA flights. Unless flying a lot with Air NZ and earning NZ points by credit card it’s a very poor ffp (a magnitude worse than QF)