Originally Posted by orbitmic

I do not think that the "other line of thinking" is credible any more. As you say, BAEC reps confirmed that R would accrue normally and it now shows correctly on the BAEC website albeit for booking made after 1 May, and on the QR thread, someone also confirmed that a high up QR person confirmed that there was never any intention that R would not accrue.

So while I am no Mileage Bank specialist, and while the when and how still need to be clarified, I suspect you can all be reasonably reassured that all QR business class bookings will continue to accrue normally when whatever bureaucracy is involved has been taken care of.