Thanks for the reply and the kind welcome!
Yes I do I have mileage accounts in AA and QF.
If I understand OW correctly it is a way to accumulate miles on an OW member carrier when flying a different OW member carrier? And that once those miles have been posted to that particular carrier they cant be transferred to other member carriers?
If your award travel is to destinations served by OW member airlines other than the one whose miles you're using, that can be arranged.
or can they?
If your flying is as infrequent at you say, then obtaining or retaining elite status with any FF plan is going to be difficult. AA makes allowances for "challenges" to higher status (see the stickey threads on the American board) but if you do not follow up the challenge with a fair amount of travel in subsequent months/year, then you will lose the status sooner or later.
My travel is infrequent because I wasnt actively pursuing FF rewards. So if it meant flying more frequently to obtain / maintain some sort of reward status then I would. Or is my "goal" travel not frequent enough to warrant MR's? (ie- the expense of the runs would outweigh the expense of paying for the cost of the goal trip).
Thanks again!
-Giles