I just moved to Australia (from USA) to attend school here. In the next 4 years, I anticipate flying back to the states at least once a year, and possibly to Asia as well (though no intention of flying domestically) . Is it worthwhile for me to pay the membership dues of the FF program? With this infrequent flying, will I end up with enough miles to buy another trip somewhere? Also, I flew here (from Manila) through JetStar and then Qantas, can I retroactively add miles?
One more thing to consider is that I have no allegiance, in that if I found a cheaper flight with another airline to the US, I would choose that over Qantas. The presumably is not the case under most circumstances, right? For what it's worth, I'm in Brisbane.
Thanks very much for your help,
Cheers, michael
(Short explanation: is 80$ worth benefit of 20,000miles flying, or whatever, a year?)