Originally Posted by
mingdoll
Ahhh ok. That's for the education. I'm based in Los Angeles, and am very familiar with the US travel points market. No idea about Aust. But thanks for pointing me in the right direction
** I updated the post to reflect the points/frequent flyer
Far less earning with credit cards. Do not get the big sign up bonus or earnings from spend like in USA. Are 4 large retail banks and a bunch of smaller banks. And Amex.
With VA & QF ff points/miles and status are distance based and not revenue based like AA, DL, UA.
VA has freq flyer partners including UA, AC & QR Qatar.
If your brother is from USA and only in Aussie for a few years would strongly recommend *not* crediting to any AU based ffp. Frequent (entitled) upgrades are not part of the Aussie frequent flyer experience. But mid-top status will get lounge access, so better than USA ffp's.