Re: Keeping all my FF points with Qantas, is it worth it?
Personally I think that while there are advantages in having the majority of points going to one main FF program there is also some gain from having points in multiple programs.
Because I enrolled to UA largely to use their flight search tool and recorded my/my wifes UA FF number against some UA sectors on a US Air award I ended up almost by accident with just under 25K points each (as compensation when they stuffed us around) which we have not got over $25K. So you start looking at how to maximise value and realise each airline has pockets of extreme value (e.g. RAR/PPT to GUM in UA's case). Similarly have discovered each of SQ, US, LM have some pockets of extreme value (and there are subtle differences in how regions are treated between different programs) such that you could put together a trip with multi FF partners way cheaper than you could with any individual program. Must admit I'm still struggling to find any extreme value legs with QF though.
Personally I think that while there are advantages in having the majority of points going to one main FF program there is also some gain from having points in multiple programs.
Because I enrolled to UA largely to use their flight search tool and recorded my/my wifes UA FF number against some UA sectors on a US Air award I ended up almost by accident with just under 25K points each (as compensation when they stuffed us around) which we have not got over $25K. So you start looking at how to maximise value and realise each airline has pockets of extreme value (e.g. RAR/PPT to GUM in UA's case). Similarly have discovered each of SQ, US, LM have some pockets of extreme value (and there are subtle differences in how regions are treated between different programs) such that you could put together a trip with multi FF partners way cheaper than you could with any individual program. Must admit I'm still struggling to find any extreme value legs with QF though.