Originally Posted by tinkybelle
AA miles are much easier to get than Q miles. I get 1K AA miles for every int oz flight and only 1k Q miles for a Qantas flight so 192K Qantas are worth at least 192AA.

remember any AA plat member gets double miles while Qantas plats get 50% extra so actually its morth more!!

That's wrong, a QF Plat gets 100% bonus. The difference is in the redemption eg a SYD-LAX-IAD in F is 384K on QF and only 145K on AA in F, same metal. The other reason you'd me crazy to exchange AA miles for QF miles is the availability on QF in J/F is extremely limited which is well documented.