where to credit - QF vs AA

[diningdecadence]

Hi folks,

looking for some assistance to confirm my calculations if anyone's willing to indulge. flights were taken early Dec.


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[TD][/TD]
[TD]QF[/TD]
[TD]AA[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]DFW-SYD. booked as AA flight number[/TD]
[TD]8,500 QF points, 100 SC[/TD]
[TD]8,578 (taken from great circle mapper)[/TD]
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[/TABLE]


booking code H - which i believe is flexible economy on QF (info taken from here https://www.qantas.com/fflyer/dyn/flying/airline-earning#aa)

looking at AA - it appears booking class H is classified as discount economy but still a 1:1 earn (https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/earnMiles/airlines/american.jsp)


member is bronze and an infrequent traveller (so SC not a factor) - basically do i just need to consider which points are more valuable/ will be used?



follow up question - there will be some short (<500 mile) flights in March, booking class S.

does this earn the 500 AA minimum? or alternatively 300 QF & 10 SC?


apologies if this isn't very clear

 

[_TheTraveller_]

Perhaps AS? Give you as many points as AA. Also provides you with elite benefits on AA and DL when you reach status. Plus, there isn't a planned devaluation like AA. Do you have and CC spend? But even then I would say AS is a better choice.