<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by inasmuchas:
QF FF will give you a minimum of 500 miles on any BA flights, and if it is booked on a QF flight number you will receive 1,000 miles. Discount fares are eligible, and receive the full 500 or 1,000 mile minimum. You don't need to change your address either.</font>
This is correct. QF codeshare only one flight a day LHR-NCE (QF3342). Booking this will earn the 1000 point minimum. Otherwise the sector is 647 miles so more than the 500 min given for BA sectors.
Dammers, with your planned 15 x LHR-NCE-LHR flights in discount economy, you will hear 30 x 10 status tier credits, making 300 status credits. You need 350 to reach QF Silver status (300 to retain once there). Note that QF Silver is OW Ruby, which is lower than BA Silver (equiv to QF Gold which requires 700 status credits).
But you do earn status credits even on discounted fares on BA. The rules state that you must fly a min of 4 sectors with QF each year to retain status, but others have posted in the QF forum that this rule is not enforced. But you might like to plan to use the QF code shares a few times to be sure.
Doesn't sound like you travel plans are going to make an AA Gold or Plat Challenge work.
[This message has been edited by NM (edited 09-22-2002).]