BA are still applying their discriminatory policy of banning Australian residents from joining the Executive Club. So definitely no point in flying BA ex AU. How much longer before QF pulls out of OW?

Crediting the BA flights to AA is quite possible and is good value. Pretty much all BA fare classes will credit at 100% earning to AA and will generally have a much better redemption value

I would check again on April 1st (once the JSA has formally ended) to see if BA have opened up the Executive Club to Australia.

For economy travel, I would suspect that AA will be a better choice anyway based on earn/redeem rates

Especially seeing as the AA/BA JSA has AA giving 100% miles on pretty much every BA Y bucket. The earn/burn rates compared to QFF are superior no matter what class you are flying pretty much even if you're largely a QFi flyer.

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[QUOTE=Traveloguy;20411050]Personally I am still shocked at the number of people staying with QFF with all the recent announcements. If your a frequent shopper, just use your QFF points for upgrades, but otherwise there should be a strong instinct by many to look at other programmes for crediting of flights if you want to stick with oneworld.

The reason why is the value if you play your cards right. Everyday awards gives me a Premuim Economy seat to London and back for 200k points plus economy seat cost (~$3K) but earns 180k points plus 200+ SCs for the flights. That is a serious benefit for a net 20k points. The trick is you need 200k points to start with. That is why 10m people are with QFF. If you have enough cachet with them the benefits can be quite generous.

Im lost on the theory of how to earn 180k points from a 3k award flight in premium economy

Even as a platinum member on a paid ticket in premium economy would earn approx

10500 base plus 10500 platinum bonus plus 2625 cabin bonus each way would earn a r/t of 47,250. Where is the other 137,250 coming from

Everyday rewards being a reason just says to me how far QFF has fallen, that its value is only in a replacement for fly-buys

Personally I would rather use 160k with no cash componant ( other than taxes ) and fly in 1st class tbh

I have a sneaking suspicion that BA will allow South Pacific members shortly.

Only a matter of time, will be worth a look on April 1st.

What a wonderful date choice eh! ;)

Same day QF starts the EK-Expiriment and enhances QF-Club Access, Status Bonus and many other thing in Europe.

Maybe AF/KL and QF have more in common than I first thought. :D

The prospect of LTG is absolutely the only thing which ensures I fly at least four QF flights a year. If LTG is abolished, I will have no reason to fly QF ever again. I have at least four other ex-pat friends in the same position. Qantas would be well advised to keep this benefit.

FWIW, the earning of four ~ flights per year would likely have no bearing on LTG.

It's 14K SC's, no more, no less.

e.g. If you earn 850 SC's in your "year" with no ~ flights, you would still have LTS bennies.

I personally can see the day when QF just assigns LT status against QF only coded flights.