Originally Posted by
aloha12345
Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
aloha12345Were any of the flights marketed or operated or codeshare by Air NZ? Air NZ is not an Etihad freq flyer partner. That Air NZ & VA are freq flyer partners means nothing.
If a codeshare (VA flight number) on a Air NZ aircraft the flight may not be eligible for Etihad ff miles. This is not unusual. Generally all 3 need to be in same alliance to get miles.
http://www.wheretocredit.com/etihad-airways (This may not be correct)
From what I can see all of the flights were operated as code share.
That will be the issue.
Flying a flight marketed (codeshare) by 1 airline, operated by 2nd airline and crediting the ff miles to a 3rd airlines freq flyer program is always problematic. Usually only works if all 3 are in one alliance (Star, Oneworld or Skyteam). Often the ffp t&c’s expressly state no freq flyer miles on non alliance codeshares. Conversably some ffp allow miles to be earned from non partner codeshares. For example flying QF codeshares (marketed) on EK aircraft are OK to credit miles to the BA & AA ffp.