Re: AA award availablity
Since it seems that you may have tried both, which overall product is better, QF F or BA F ?
QF F
overall will be better than BA (better seats, more room). Food I'd say is possibly equal. The crews however on BA probably have the edge in terms of consistency.
I'd have no issue with it not being on QF as I don't particularly want to travel via the Middle East. I'd prefer to arrive in the morning and avoid the change in Dubai followed by a shorter flight. I just wasn't sure whether they'd even offer reward flights from Australia to UK or anywhere in Europe. I had imagined they'd be focused on travel to USA.
Generally Oneworld availability is I'd say 'fairly hard' to come by in premium cabins, particularly for more than one seat... unless you can book right at the opening window, or close in (like a week or less). For partner airlines of the program you're with, that 'opening window' can be as much as 30 days later than members of that airline's program... making it even more difficult.
QF only has two flights a day to London, both via Dubai, and first and business are at a premium... perhaps exacerbated because platinums (and above) can ring QF to get extra seats released... so ordinary members don't really have much of a chance once the initial ones are gone.
But there are other options... CX, JL, QR, BA.
Through AA you can also get
Etihad, and through QF, Emirates.