Thanks for your quick and exhaustive reply.
Originally Posted by
irishguy28
You cannot transfer miles from Flying Blue to any other frequent flyer programme, or from any other frequent flyer programme into Flying Blue.
I know, but I was still wondering if it was possible through some tricks I might not be aware of.
Beware that if your Alaska Airlines flight is coded anything other than Alaska, KLM or Air France, it will earn nothing in Flying Blue. For flights that are not coded AF- or KL-, they must be coded
AND operated by a Skyteam member in order to earn miles (and check the relevant page; for many Skyteam members, all of the cheap economy classes
earn nothing in Flying Blue. For a non-Skyteam Flying Blue partner (such as Alaska), in order to earn, the flight would have to be coded AF, KL, or the code of the airline in question (AS for Alaska)
and be operated by the airline in question.
If SEA-SAN is coded with a Hainan flightcode, then you will earn nothing for this flight in Flying Blue. (having quickly looked online, it appears that the Alaska flights would be sold with their own AS numbers. On the random dates tried on Google Flights and going through to the Hainan website, you would not earn anything even on the Alaska flights. For me, they book into G and R (Restricted Economy), both of which are
excluded from earning in FB.)
I know these limitations. However, on my ticket it says
AS 490 F 11MAR 1105 ILRT8CNT
AS 499 P 20MAR 0630 ILRT8CNT
which should earn me 1577 miles one-way, according to the FB miles calculator.
Sometimes you just have to accept that you will not be able to earn miles in (any of) your main programme(s).
Yeah, looks like that. I wouldn't have bothered for a "super-saver" eco flight but is is a pity that I will not be able to valorize the miles of 2 long-haul business flights.