Hello everyone.

I hope this is the correct spot to post this inquiry, and some of you extremely knowledgeable frequent flyers will have the answer to my question.

I recently flew to AKL via Air Tahiti-Nui ["TN"] on one of those incredible fares that came across the boards a couple of months ago. Although TN is not a true partner with any other major for frequent flyer mileage ["FFM"] accrual purposes [although apparently AAdvantage members can book travel on TN using their AAdvantage miles], some of its flights are code shared with other majors.

In particular three of my legs of travel were code shared with Qantas ["QF"], and one was code shared with Air France ["AF"]. As you know, QF is an American Airlines AAdvantage partner. I think AF is a Delta Airlines Sky Miles partner.

My tickets were issued by ZUJI [a Singapore agent] and referenced the TN rather than QF flight numbers. When I inquired at check-in about securing AAdvantage mileage credit I was informed by the agent that had my tickets referenced the QF code shared flight numbers rather than TN flight numbers I would be entitled to FFM credit. So bottom line, my AAdvantage number was not inserted into my record.

Notwithstanding, shouldn't I be able to secure AAdvantage mileage credit because the same flights were QF code shared? Stated differently, when a flight is code shared with a domestic major's "partner," when is the major obligated to accept the partner's code shared flight travel for FFM purposes?

I understand this question applies specifically to AAdvantage and Sky Miles FFMs but I think it is generic enough to apply to all domestic majors' "partners."

So can anyone out there help me in securing FFM credit? Thanks so much in advance.