Banking Qatar Miles on BA or AS
 

After ~20 years as a British Airways Gold, have dropped back to regular status. also have a smaller number of miles on Alaska. At this point, I am more likely to take personal flights (ie use earned miles) on Alaska. have an upcoming business class trip on Qatar. Am I better off having those miles credited to my Alaska account, or my British Account?

A few factors to consider here:

1. Is your planned, cash travel likely to earn you status in some oneworld program?

2. Are your anticipated redemption flights on AS likely to cost less with AS miles than with, say, QR or AY Avios? (AY has new redemption charts for its oneworld partners; the AS redemption rate supposedly includes connecting flights at no extra charge.)

3. AS has multiple redemption-pricing buckets. Only the low buckets are available for partner redemption. How flexible will your AS redemption-travel dates be?

So maybe the more important question... is how either alaska or BA "converts" Qatar business class miles. When I fly american airlines, and bank the miles on BA, I sometimes get only 25% credit... ie 1000 miles flown gets me 250 on BA. But that is with a (discounted?) economy fare.

Alaska Mileage Plan earnings on QR flights here:

https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...partners-qatar

AAdvantage earnings on QR flights here:

https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...ines/qatar.jsp

arf1410 , how many Business Class segments will you have on your upcoming trip with QR? Depending on number of segments and distance involved, you might be able to get at least low-level oneworld status by crediting to Iberia Plus:

https://insideflyer.co.uk/2019/03/qa...f-iberia-plus/

("Why Qatar Airways Business Class Regulars Might be Better Off with Iberia Plus")