Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
It is nothing to do with a FF scheme that QF works this way and is not unique to QF; many other airlines have direct services that are not non-stop services
Maybe true, but...how QF decides to handle the allocation of status credits and points is a function of the frequent flyer scheme and not dependent upon the above...QF could, if it chose to do so, match the number of credits and points from one sector with those derived from taking the two sectors.