Which points should I go for: QF or EK?

[NP1]

Hi frequent flyers

I was hoping you could share some wisdom!

I am trying to work out whether to begin booking J travel between Australia on Europe as QF or EK. I expect to do at least 2 trips in the next few months, reasonably likely to be more.

My status:
EK Gold (~100k tier miles, ~50k more to become platinum = 2 more trips)
QF Bronze (185 status points)

My points:
EK: 135k, only earn from flying
QF: 90k, ongoing earn through credit card (~15k points/month depending on work)

Ideal points usage:
Travel to USA/Japan later this year/early next year, domestic travel (all in economy)

Should I:
1. Keep booking Emirates, reach platinum, eventually use points at some point in next few years (maybe for trips to Africa/Europe). Or use them to book QF travel to USA/Japan (can you do this, is there decent availability?)?
2. Begin booking Qantas, reach gold, points will be more readily usable for the travel I have planned and are continually topped up by my credit card

Appreciate any thoughts!

Cheers

Nick

 

[trippin_the_rift]

I'd go with EK to try and get Platinum if you're close. I'd also fly on EK metal.... perhaps use a few points to upgrade to F.

TBO if you have no status with Qantas I wouldn't bother considering it as an option. It's not like being a bronze will make redemption easier with QFF either.

 

[NP1]

Thanks very much for the response!

Do you think it is worth getting to gold (or higher?) on Qantas (I will be doing 2-4 J trips to Europe in the next few months), though?

Do you get better award booking availability if you have higher status? (I feel like this would be quite valuable given I have a constant stream of QFF points)