Originally Posted by
thadocta
How come, whenever I respond to a whinge stating that airline XX only gives YY% earn on QFF, stating that it is XX airline that sets the rate (based on what they will pay QF in commission via points), everyone shoots me down in flames, saying that it is the fault of QFF being a dodgy program. In short, it isn't the fault of airline XX, it is QF that is being stingy, since they are the ones providing the points in return for the commission they receive from airline XX and my patronage on them.
Now that the earning rate on BA has been reduced to almost nothing, all of a sudden it turns around and it is no longer QF that is at fault for the lousy earning rate, it is BA, since they are the ones providing the benefit.
EVERY SINGLE TIME I have tried to defend QF for poor earning rates in QFF on other carriers, stating it is the other carrier that sets the earning rate, everybody poo-poo's me, saying that QF is the culprit and it is QF that provides the benefit (via points) after receiving payment via the other airline
Because the payments agreed are a mutual thing. In some cases, you're right that an airline may not be prepared to pay the price another is asking for it's miles (such as CX not paying AA FFers anything for Cathay economy fares in booking classes other than Y, B or H).
But in the case of the QF/BA changes, they are definitely mutual because BA has done exactly the same thing for Qantas flights -
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...d/public/en_gb
In the case of Qantas and Malaysian, Malaysian are obviously quite happy to pay 125% of miles flown in Qantas Business and 150% in Qantas First for their Enrich FFs, because until the 31st of March that is what you will get. It's only on the 31st of March when the Qantas/Emirates JV kicks in that flights from Australia to Europe drop to the lower earning rates -
http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/au/e...rlines.html#qf
Is that because:
- Malaysia has randomly decided to get paid less on that particular day?
- Qantas just decided to get stingier on that day? or
- Qantas want people flying to Europe on their metal to credit their miles to QFF and not Enrich?
FF programs are driven by marketers to drive profits for the airline and the marketers behind the QFF one are trying to drive its members to fly to Europe on QF or Emirates rather than MH, BA or CX. Some FFers may say that's dodgy (and it is from a oneworld alliance perspective) but the beancounters and behavioural psychologists at QFF think it makes bottom line sense.