Hy there,

I need your advice. I'm travelling Qantas (connection BA) TXL-LHR-SYD and CNS-BNE-HKG-LHR-TXL my first and problably my last time. All in discounted economy.
I have no OW miles so far.

OK, I know I should not expext anything. But is there a FF programm which gives me anything with that?

Thanks a lot!

To bad Air Berlin hasn't joined OW yet.
If you don't see yourself flying OW again until AirBerlin joins I would suggest looking into joining Alaska Air as a place to earn point for random trips:....
http://www.alaskaair.com/as/mileagep...rs_Airline.asp

I'm not sure if I agree with the above reply. Just because Air Berlin is going to join OneWorld does not mean it will partner with Alaska. On the other hand, AA is already partnering with Alaska. So AA miles will be able to be used for Air Berlin flights, as well as other OneWorld flights, while I'm not sure about Alaska miles.

In any case, AA, Alaska, and BA miles don't expire as long as you have mileage earning or burning activity at least once a year, year and half, or whatever. (You can take care of "activity" in Europe in any of these fairly easily by crediting a hotel stay here or a car hire there to that airline once in a while. And, in the case of AA or BA, you could simply credit a short Air Berlin flight to one of them once in a while, and that would keep AA or BA miles alive too.)

Most other OneWorld airlines have miles that you can't keep from expiring no matter what you do, which could be a problem for you if you don't fly OneWorld often in the future and thus don't get to an award level before the miles earned on this trip expire.

Here is your problem.

Deep discount economy fares earn VERY LITTLE or nothing at all in many foreign airlines program. Only US airlines award 100% flown miles on any fare on their OWN metals (their own flights), and only a fraction, sometimes very small fraction, like 25%, on partner flights for the deep discount fares.

You may want to check QF and AA programs to see how much your fare codes would earn, before you decide which program to put your miles to.

There is no such thing called OW miles. Member airlines each have its own program and the miles are not transferable among programs. However you can use one member's program to redeem flights on another member (partner award). Each member's program has its own rules and the differences can be big.

As for AS program, I dont think you would earn 100% on QF flights but check to find out. We do use AS program as a catch-all program when there is more advantageous to put there instead of other programs.