Originally Posted by
mec72
... and the Collecting Avios website further says:
Whenever and wherever you fly, you can earn Avios — with British Airways, our oneworldŽ alliance partners and our other airline partners. You can earn Tier Points too, on British Airways and oneworld flights.
Almost all flights are eligible. The only flights you do not earn Avios or Tier Points on are reward flights and agency and industry discounted fares.
The amount you collect depends on which airline you fly, how far you fly, the cabin you fly in, the type of ticket you hold and your Executive Club tier. The easiest way to work it out is to use our flight calculator.
My points is, why should a pax be penalized for doing what BA tells us to do, i.e. using the Avios calculator?
I wrongly assumed the calculator would be more accurate as I am entering the specific route and airline and my status than the partner overview. I didn't know it was unreliable and relatively new around here so still learning.
@ Irishguy28 the page you linked regarding earnings.
Correct it does not mention O and Q on the list of qualifying flights however nor does these list it under the exceptions that do not earn points and then says at the bottom that discounted economy earn 50% TP without listing classes so I while I accept I got it wrong, I don't think it is made a clear as it could be.
I do a reasonable amount of business travel but with very cost conscious clients that book the cheapest flights. I push them towards oneworld so at least I consolidate into one scheme. I'm borderline enough for silver that while making it comfortably last year, the BA changes will make it more difficult so it would be sad if those 80 points mean I don't make it.
Ps I haven't actually queried it, it was my mistake even if I do think the info provided on the ba site is slightly misleading.