Life PS and Life QP - change earning to AA?

[openseat]

My brother has just reached lifetime PS and has lifetime QP (which I convinced him to do when he and I were burnt by the AN collapse). His new job will mean that he has to fly a lot more than before. We were discussing whether life PS + life QP was more or less a solid safety-net and to move his earning over to AA rather than going for life SG.

Any thoughts?

 

[wandering_fred]

Depends on what cabin he expects to be traveling in. Which leads to how quickly he can find another 7000 SC.
Domestic QF is now a hard (ie low) credit to AA. And AA no longer has a soft landing.
OTOH the earn/burn calc is in AAs favor

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[openseat]

Thanks Fred

He'll mainly be in J and on CX and very few domestic flights. I was trying to convince him to go to AA for the earn/burn. He will just fly enough for EXP (5 times to HKG and once to Europe a year).
It is a bummer about the loss of soft landing, but the earn/burn is a better proposition than QF.

 

[samh004]

Speaking from my own POV I'd continue with QF until the last safety net of LTG before considering other options, as it should provide better value. I assume he has WP by virtue of the flights too?

By my calculations, 5x CX J to HKG and 1x J to Europe would net ~1680SC + ~4 QF flights... it could be done in 4 years!

 

[Mwenenzi]

This may be of interest http://www.australianfrequentflyer....age/moving-aadvantage-after-qf-ltg-55375.html
QF lifetime silver is not a great benefit, but if he fly J even QF lifetime gold hardly matters

 

[Kieran2274]

If you get LTS for doing nothing other than what you would do anyway, its a benefit (ditto LTG). Something after all, is better than nothing at all.