Points/Status Question
Jun 29, 2016, 3:29 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: UK
Programs: Qantas Gold FF
Posts: 130
Points/Status Question
I fly LHR-BNE via SYD/MEL in Y a few times a year, always on QF metal.
Looking to my next flight I have the option to book directly through QF:
LHR-DXB-SIN-BNE. Obvs the DXB-SIN leg is on EK metal.
I want to calculate the points and status, so using the QF points calculator, is the EK leg considered QF as it's ticketed by them? Assume it's points based on being EK but just want to check.
Don't want to get less points/status than my usual flights.
I know it's a lot longer but I'm sick to my teeth of the same LHR-DXB-AU flight routines and I want to try a few more lounges before I lose my Gold status in the next couple of years.
Looking to my next flight I have the option to book directly through QF:
LHR-DXB-SIN-BNE. Obvs the DXB-SIN leg is on EK metal.
I want to calculate the points and status, so using the QF points calculator, is the EK leg considered QF as it's ticketed by them? Assume it's points based on being EK but just want to check.
Don't want to get less points/status than my usual flights.
I know it's a lot longer but I'm sick to my teeth of the same LHR-DXB-AU flight routines and I want to try a few more lounges before I lose my Gold status in the next couple of years.
Jun 29, 2016, 4:13 am
#2
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: MEL CHC
Posts: 20,995
You need a QF marketed flight to get SC's. That is with a QF flight number. Who sells or tickets is usually not relevant.
You may get pricing with another airline. But BNE has less long haul flights than SYD (the home base of Air Sydney)
You may get pricing with another airline. But BNE has less long haul flights than SYD (the home base of Air Sydney)
Jun 29, 2016, 6:58 am
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: UK
Programs: Qantas Gold FF
Posts: 130
What's a QF marketed flight though? An itinerary booked through the QF website qualifies I assume. That's where I'm buying my ticket.
So my question is if it's a QF flight number on EK metal, do I get the points/SCs as if it was QF metal?
I'm asking specifically what to put into the "airline" field of the points calculator on the QF website.
So my question is if it's a QF flight number on EK metal, do I get the points/SCs as if it was QF metal?
I'm asking specifically what to put into the "airline" field of the points calculator on the QF website.
Jun 29, 2016, 2:56 pm
#4
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
If you book the QF flight number, it's a QF-marketed flight regardless of who operates it.
If you book the EK flight number, it is not a QF-marketed flight even though QF also sells a QF flight number on that flight.
Whose website you book through, and which airline tickets the booking, are irrelevant to this question.
If you book the EK flight number, it is not a QF-marketed flight even though QF also sells a QF flight number on that flight.
Whose website you book through, and which airline tickets the booking, are irrelevant to this question.
Jun 29, 2016, 3:28 pm
#5
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: NSW
Programs: QF P1 + LTG VA Plat, AA nothing, HH Diamond, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 768
What's a QF marketed flight though? An itinerary booked through the QF website qualifies I assume. That's where I'm buying my ticket.
So my question is if it's a QF flight number on EK metal, do I get the points/SCs as if it was QF metal?
I'm asking specifically what to put into the "airline" field of the points calculator on the QF website.
So my question is if it's a QF flight number on EK metal, do I get the points/SCs as if it was QF metal?
I'm asking specifically what to put into the "airline" field of the points calculator on the QF website.
The answer to the second is put "Qantas" in the airline field on the calculator.
Jun 30, 2016, 4:22 am
#7
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: SIN
Posts: 848
What's a QF marketed flight though? An itinerary booked through the QF website qualifies I assume. That's where I'm buying my ticket.
So my question is if it's a QF flight number on EK metal, do I get the points/SCs as if it was QF metal?
I'm asking specifically what to put into the "airline" field of the points calculator on the QF website.
So my question is if it's a QF flight number on EK metal, do I get the points/SCs as if it was QF metal?
I'm asking specifically what to put into the "airline" field of the points calculator on the QF website.