I am planning a trip back to Oz next year and looking at various *A options, as UA (whom I love) are so much more expensive.

Looking at the earnings piece as far as PQP if I don't fly UA, I am confused.

On the MileagePlus website it states the following for PQP earn

You’ll receive 1 Premier qualifying point (PQP) for each U.S. dollar you spend. Only the base fare of your flight earns PQP. Taxes and fees don’t count toward your spend requirements.
The following purchases earn PQP:

• Base fare + surcharge
• Economy PlusŪ seating or subscriptions
• Preferred seat purchases
• MileagePlus Upgrade Award co-pays
• Paid upgrades on flights operated by United and United Express
• Flights ticketed and operated by our Star Alliance™ partners

But further down the page it also says this

Earning PQF and PQP on partner flights

Previously, if you flew on a Star Alliance™ partner airline and your flight was not ticketed by United, you couldn’t earn Premier qualifying dollars. Today, you’ll receive spend credit on these flights in the form of Premier qualifying points. Your PQP will be equal to award miles* earned divided by 5 if you’re flying on a preferred partner; for other MileagePlus partner airlines, it will be award miles earned divided by 6.

For Star Alliance airlines as well as Air Dolomiti, Azul Brazilian Airlines, Eurowings, Edelweiss, Juneyao Airlines and Olympic Air:
Airline partner PQP total Preferred partner PQP Award miles divided by 5 MileagePlus partner PQP Award miles divided by 6
For example, if you earned 360 award miles for your flight, you’ll receive 72 PQP if you flew with a preferred partner, and 60 PQP if you flew with a MileagePlus partner.The maximum PQP that can be earned per flight on tickets issued and operated by Star Alliance partners and select MileagePlus partner airlines are as follows:Class of service Preferred partner PQP MileagePlus partner PQP First/Business 1,500 1,000 Economy/Premium Economy 750 500

This would lead me to believe the maximum I can earn would be 1500 PQP on an Air NZ or Eva ticket (which will cost over $7000). Am I reading this correctly? Seems contradictory...

Love any anecdotal experiences to confirm that if the ticket is $7K on Air Nz or Eva that I would earn 7000 PQP

Thanks