QF vs EK?

[Alistair]

I’m a long time Qantas FF member having banked close to a million points, but recently lost my gold status.
I’m about to move to Dubai and my work travel will be through Emirates, with whom I have zero status or miles as a new member. For this one way SYD-DXB flight, am I better off starting with Emirates, or banking the points via Qantas?
Part of me says to go with Emirates because I can start earning tier miles and I’m no longer protecting a OneWorld status level, however part of me says Qantas because of my points accrued so far which will be handy for upgrades when making personal travel on QF back home, or on to London.
Any thoughts?

 

[harvyk]

I’m a long time Qantas FF member having banked close to a million points, but recently lost my gold status.
I’m about to move to Dubai and my work travel will be through Emirates, with whom I have zero status or miles as a new member. For this one way SYD-DXB flight, am I better off starting with Emirates, or banking the points via Qantas?
Part of me says to go with Emirates because I can start earning tier miles and I’m no longer protecting a OneWorld status level, however part of me says Qantas because of my points accrued so far which will be handy for upgrades when making personal travel on QF back home, or on to London.
Any thoughts?

At PS level, living in DXB, will you even get your 4 ~ flights?

If you think you'll be flying EK from here on in, then that's probably where you should put your miles. As a QFF member, flying EK does not earn any SC's (unless you're flying the QF codeshare), so you're likely to end up firmly in the NB level making using those points harder.

 

[Buzzard]

And IIRC you can't use QF points to upgrade on EK metal.

 

[Steady]

And IIRC you can't use QF points to upgrade on EK metal.

YYRC Buzz, QF points can only upgrade on QF metal and QF flight No.

 

[moa999]

How close are you to Lifetime Gold??