Qatar Airways Privilege Club - Changes to partnership with LH

http://www.qmiles.com/news.html?linkon07

"Effective 25th October 2009, all Privilege Club members will only be able to earn or redeem Qmiles on the following flights operated by Lufthansa:
· Between Frankfurt and Doha

· Between Frankfurt and Geneva

· Between Munich and Geneva

As per our policy, Privilege Club members will be able to claim for their missing Qmiles up to 6 months from date of travel for all flights operated by Lufthansa prior to 25th October 2009."

Will this change affect the current (generous, IMHO) mileage accrual policies for LH M&M members travelling on QR-operated flights?

Will this change affect the current (generous, IMHO) mileage accrual policies for LH M&M members travelling on QR-operated flights?

yes, it does. As a LH M&M you will be only able to earn miles on QR flights between DOH to FRA and MUC and vv.

Took me by surprise as well. I'm flying CPT-DOH-LHR tomorrow and if I had known I would have stayed with LX, but alas at the time of booking there was no reason to anticipate this change.

Very disappointing in terms of expecting QR to join *.

Does anyone know who initiated this change and why? It's very unfortunate and as UA Fan says, does not bode well for *A entry, although I personally still expect that to happen in the next few years.

Charles