Four levels of indirection
May 8, 2024, 7:47 pm
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Four levels of indirection
I am flying tomorrow on BA ticket from SFO to Europe. The first leg is described by BA as operated by AA. AA describes it as operated by Alaska. Alaska describes it as operated by Sky West. What odds would you give me on the tier points for that crediting?
May 8, 2024, 9:28 pm
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BA7614 is an AS operated flight
The AS flight is done by Skywest
It counts as a BA flight for credit if sold as BA
If you were booked on the AS flight number you would still be ok since the credit for AS earning covers
"Included: Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines Inc (AS)."
The AS flight is done by Skywest
It counts as a BA flight for credit if sold as BA
If you were booked on the AS flight number you would still be ok since the credit for AS earning covers
"Included: Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines Inc (AS)."
May 8, 2024, 9:34 pm
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BA7614 is an AS operated flight
The AS flight is done by Skywest
It counts as a BA flight for credit if sold as BA
If you were booked on the AS flight number you would still be ok since the credit for AS earning covers
"Included: Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines Inc (AS)."
The AS flight is done by Skywest
It counts as a BA flight for credit if sold as BA
If you were booked on the AS flight number you would still be ok since the credit for AS earning covers
"Included: Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines Inc (AS)."
I believe when I booked it, BA said it was AA operated.
May 9, 2024, 12:35 am
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Forget the Skywest bit, they don't handle tickets or do check-in, and it won't be their equipment that scans your boarding pass. Skywest have small aircraft and crew, not much more.
So AS will process this initially, there is a genuine risk it will fail to credit since AS will attribute the flight to AA. So ideally take photos of the boarding pass just in case you have to retro-claim. But it wouldn't surprise me if it credits within a few days anyway.
So AS will process this initially, there is a genuine risk it will fail to credit since AS will attribute the flight to AA. So ideally take photos of the boarding pass just in case you have to retro-claim. But it wouldn't surprise me if it credits within a few days anyway.
May 15, 2024, 11:39 pm
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Follow up: it posted automatically.