Originally Posted by thatflyer

Hi all

A new member here.

I am flying to Australia a lot in First on Quantas. And over the past couple of flights I have collected BA Avios and moved up from nothing to Gold.

I was always told that you should join the airline club that is located in your home country hence why I joined BA.

However because I am collecting BA miles it results in me only getting less than half the possible miles but I still get miles as Quantas is in the Oneworld Alliance.

The only time I use the miles is taking short European flights. In the future I would use them to go on a family trip once a year to Hong Kong. Which currently I do in Cathay Pacific. Again this is on be Oneworld Alliance. Annoying you cannot fly with them to Melbourne.

So my question is what do I do? Should I swap to join Quantas? Or does that devalue the miles I get if I try to use them on BA? I suppose it doesn't matter as the advantages I get are the same as they are all in the Oneworld Alliance? I.e. Gold checkin, access to all Oneworld lounges and priority booking?

The other option is leaving the Oneworld Alliance and joining Emirates as they fly to HK as well.

Any guidance appreciated on how I should proceed and who I should collect miles with appreciated.