I've spent some considerable time today, searching the CO board and old threads for flights to AU. I've input various destinations, dates etc to down under (actually I don't care where in AUS I go although Sydney would be nice)

What I'm wondering is:

1. Now that I've signed up for a QF account, whats the difference between an AUS/NZ account and a USA account

2. I know holiday times are tough, but say thanksgiving US, is that a tough AUS time to try for an award.

3. when I plug in certain US Points to AUS points, QF has a Y/J/F column but for the day I selected, do they have something like CO that is like a calendar as to when awards are available

4. Does it really matter what 48 Continental State USA destination that I start from? Or for the best results should I always use LAX?

5. Can you do BA Eastbound and say QF westbound or vice versa?

6. Which are the easiest cities during their summer to find J/F tickets too? I would guess sydney is out, but how about Perth?

7. Are stop-overs allowed?

8. I saw (on an older post) where it was stated that usually 2 F seats per flight are award, and I think it was 4J Seats per flight. Is that still true