just finished the QF3 flight, it is actually quite awesome. A short stop in AKL and one sleep on the plane, you are in NYC! The arrival is quite good as well, by the time you get to hotel, it is dinner time. The plane was a full flight, so whilist I can't imagine doing a 16+ hours flight in ...

that is the standard drill, 3rd party stay rarely counts. 

I'd say it is a great idea. I have a ton of points sitting in my AMEX MR that could potentially go into QF, should the perk provided by QF out benefits of me directing them into SQ or CX. I do have OW Emearld however that is likely to lapse due to the lack of intl. travel in the foreseeable time....

thr rise of Vstar

I transferred 2/3 of my points to SQ. Still leaving some points in VA and hopefully they can get through this!