kxl19

Hi all - first time we're flying on QR, in business, as a family from US to SE Asia. We're US based, not at a AA hub, but open to using the mileage for US or future int'l trips.

Wanted to confirm my research -seems like crediting to AAdvantage would be ideal for maximizing mileage credit? (according to WhereToCredit and this old thread here)

Is this correct? Thanks -

Mwenenzi

One trip is not a good basis of choosing a ffp.
Generally better being a member of the airline you fly most or the country you live, due to more opportunities for earning non flying ff miles.
Some ffp's are changing from frequent flyer to frequent spender programs.
What is the objective of a ffp?
Maximizing mileage credit is only half the equation. If awards are the objective, using/award cost with those ff miles is the other half.
FF miles are not equal to earn or burn
Are you a member od any QR ff partner. (~Oneworld)
QR uses avios as the ff currency. Avios, but not status, can be moved to/from QR-BA-IB-IE-Vueling subject to t&c's

Deciding on a Oneworld Frequent Flyer Program? Help is here.
https://www.awardhacker.com/
https://www.wheretocredit.com/qatar-airways

guv1976

For Business Class travel on QR, the number of AAdvantage miles you will earn if you credit to AA will depend in part on the fare code on your flights. See this chart:

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

But crediting that roundtrip to AAdvantage probably will not be enough to earn any of you status in oneworld. By contrast, if you credit the roundtrip (including the AA connecting flight to/from a QR North American gateway) to Iberia Plus, you would attain Iberia Plus Oro status (oneworld Sapphire). That would provide some nice benefits when flying on AA, but you would earn Avios, not AAdvantage miles.

Here's a discussion of crediting long-haul QR Business flights to IB in order to earn status;

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

Ultimately, only you can decide whether you prefer AA miles without oneworld status, or Iberia Plus Avios (which are transferrable to both BA and QR) with oneworld mid-tier status.

kxl19

To clarify - we�re only going on the one way on QR, in fare class D.

since we don�t fly that often as a family and I�m not flying often for work, status isn�t that valuable for us, but the Miles are potentially worth more than status. Especially international redemptions.

maybe one reason to choose Avios is if it allows aggregation of family member accounts points?

brunos

I am not familiar with AA and IB program But BA has a good family program where you can pool miles of the family members to obtain an award A and AA have good partnership

QR family program is not very attractive and hard to get registered

hardworking21

I credited my Qatar biz flights to Alaska Airlines, as I wanted the extra multiplier they give for business class tickets (vs. AA and other leading oneworld options); I'm also hoping to use a pool of miles there to book say Cathay, JAL, or Singapore Air business (maybe even first for Cathay or JAL!).