Originally Posted by PLeblond

Correction. I meant the SYD-MEL did not offer AQMs/AQS. My omission of the MEL was confusing.

The AKL is the same story. One can codeshare to AKL, then do a Trans-Taisman to MEL from AKL. AQDs on the YVR-AKL, but not on the AKL-MEL part, but last year it would also not have counted. Ironically enough, last year doing the YVR-AKL would not have counted to wards 50% metal requirement, but this year purchasing it on 014 stock will count towards AQDs.

My question/point is that: If I understand the system correctly, all this talk of codeshares would not have counted towards 50% metal requirements last year, but this year can count towards AQDs. And the all the non-codeshare flights last year did not count towards 50%, so that counters, to a point, the AQD requirement. Or were codeshares counted in the AC metal requirement last year?