Originally Posted by
simongr
I am seriously thinking about this in 2007 (despite the great advice from the people who converted me to AA from QF). I am am AA Plat at the moment and will hit EXP in July absed on qpoints. After that I have about another 117K qpoints to be earned before the end of the year (is it really that much - eek).
I currently have 200 SCs under QF and am thinking of putting my flights in August to QF to get WP so that I have better chance of UG clearing (and better value for credit card points) and can guarantee lounge access on some odd US itineraries (may not be an issue if I change jobs in 2008).
The downside to QF is the dramtic reduction in points value for awards - so its a real toss up for me.
By july I will have enough points for a major RTW trip with mrssimongr in J and we dont have much travel planned in 2009 and beyond so is the burn rate a concern....
If I am you I will just bank it to QF because as u said better UG changes clearing and also you MIGHT potentially give u wife the partner gold if you fly even more. Also bear in mind that the people at AA are not stupid and I think they will have even more restrictions coming up to stop people freeriding into EXP or PLT. Given u are based in Aust it is still sensible to maintain a QF account.