Originally Posted by
PROACTIVE
I have a good news for you...
An Alitalia Light tickets earns miles and counts for status flight on Flyingblue.
As others have shown above, this is not always true. In Flying Blue, it is the fare class (not the fare "family") that determines the rate of earning. It depends on which fare class Alitalia books you into - and Light fares can book into non-earning classes.
Originally Posted by
PROACTIVE
This is a big oddity considering that flight between Paris and Miland/Rome are full code share and quite often the prices are exactly the same if bought on Alitalia or Airfrance stock. The big difference is that the Alitalia light fare earns miles and the Airfrance Mini does not.
This may also be wrong: AZ light fares to/from Paris are excluded from mileage earning in MilleMiglia:
The following variations apply to the Light fare only for flights to/from Paris:
- Price for hold baggage EUR 20 regardless of the method of purchase
- Miles cannot be earned using this fare
I've never flown an Alitalia light fare to/from Paris, but I can't imagine that they all earn miles in FB, as the idea here seems to be to deny miles on these routes, regardless of operator/FFP used.