Originally Posted by Tiki
It gets worse, QF would charge me 36,000 miles to do that trip. Plus the surcharges! AA is looking better all the time! You can even transfer the miles to hotel programs if you can't use them on flights.
I'm starting to wonder why anyone even bothers with QF's program!
I just checked out Lanpass, its even worse than QF! The above gets us 28,000 km, you need 40,000 km for the smallest OW award!
People us QF because if you fly regularly with them and have status with them there are advantage. But for the less frequent flyer AA is generally hard to beat. they temd to be generous with miles and their awardsa re cheap. Check out the Plat Challenge - with the itin you quote you may well be able to get Palt status and the lounge access that goes with it.