What next?

Flying them is still a good idea. Crediting the flights to QFF? Not so much.

 

I see what you are saying. I have several concerns at present. One is AA doing an Ansett in some form where all points and status is lost. Qantas aren`t that nice when you have no status. We all saw how the star alliance treated status members of ansett as leppers after the demise

I also think and am happy to be corrected, that there is a much better chance of OP and OD upgrades on your host airline then other oneworld partners.

With this in mind I think I will hang in there with QF until LTG then reassess the situation. I am fortunative enough that I should maintain platinum until I achieve LTG in 3 to 4 years

Reggie

 

You hit an important point. The risk of AA going bankrupt is much more significant than Qantas doing so. But with the airline industry how it is today, there is risk everywhere. People have to weigh up the risks. I think for most people, the small chance of AA going bankrupt is less important than the increased benefits.

 

I thought most if not all of the American Airlines have been under chapter 11 in the past decade or 2, so there is always a possibility

 

I wouldn't risk having FF points in any US airline's FF program. Could well be a chance of here today, gone tomorrow!

 

Too right, after loosing 500K points in Ansett, I am very careful. I no longer transfer points from any of credit card points into any airline FF program, I generally take cc points as vouchers or gifts.

 

The risks apply to all FF schemes. AA is not operating in Chapter 11 , nor has done during the difficultt times since 2001, unlike UA for example and there is little likelihood of them going under. Also, unlike AN, if they do fail they would use C11 Bankrupcy protection in the 1st case which would give fair warning of a problem unlike with AN where they went directly from operating to out of business. If they were to enter banruptcy protection, at least there would be opportunity to ensure that points did not vapourise

Dave

 

Ah the old life time QC in the shoe trick. Now I see why it suits in your case. I am going to wait for the LTG then try with AA as I wont be paying for LTQC.

Thanks for that Lindsay