Would the New BA Club be better than QFF Living in the USA?

[Mal P]

With the recent announcement that British Airways are switching to an entirely spend based frequent flyer program (and aggressively at that) which follows the trend across the aviation industry, is QFF and sector based status credits earn long in the tooth?

I’m located in the United States for work and the credit card options for earning QFF points are slim, whereas BA is actually much easier so ironically if the push came to shove I might need to pivot to the new Club!

 

[justinbrett]

If you’re after status, QFF is excellent for US domestic flying. It’s among the cheapest SCs you can earn globally, even on cheap domestic F fares. So unless you plan on travelling on expensive tickets, I’d say you’d be much worse off on BA.

I would go AA before BA if you want credit card points, or better yet get an Amex that can be transferred to QF or whoever else you need for a given trip.

 

[mviy]

A lot can depend on where you tend to travel. If you visit the UK a lot and choose to fly BA that could make BA more attractive than if you don’t.

Airline partnerships can change and QF could move to a spend model too.

There are risks with whichever program you choose.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

I think Qantas is the best provided you can fly those 4 sectors on Qantas group airlines or on a Qantas flight every year. Remember that Qantas Group includes not just Qantas, but also JetStar, JetStar Asia and JetStar Japan. So you could fly something like London Heathrow to Kuala Lampur return and earn the four ticks flying QF to SIN and JetStar to KUL. There’s many of routings in the U.S. where you can earn hundreds of status credits for pocket change.

 

[DC3]

With the recent announcement that British Airways are switching to an entirely spend based frequent flyer program (and aggressively at that) which follows the trend across the aviation industry, is QFF and sector based status credits earn long in the tooth?

I’m located in the United States for work and the credit card options for earning QFF points are slim, whereas BA is actually much easier so ironically if the push came to shove I might need to pivot to the new Club!

As an AFF member since 2007, I’m confident that you know what you are doing without too much ‘helpful advice’ from us.