Originally Posted by
jrobin
But a ticket in "A" class earns "first class" points on QANTAS.
But on AA it does not, and that's how the points will be sent to Qantas from AA.
Originally Posted by
jrobin
Is the paid upgrade to "A" class different from being ticketed in A class, and only earns "Discount Economy" or "Economy" points based on original ticketed class??
Yes. Original ticket earning applies.
Your paid upgrade (whether it be with $$, SWU, or points/points + copay) was not the same as re-faring the ticket to a higher class of service. If you had changed the ticket from your original revenue coach ticket to a revenue "F" ticket, then the new fare rules would apply and you would get the class of service bonus.
But simply upgrading an existing ticket to a fare bucket that is coded as an upgraded coach ticket does not constitute a re-pricing and re-faring of the ticket. Hence, original fare rules apply for purposes of earning points.