Originally Posted by pandaperth

I think the reason for the reduced earning to QF's FFP might be because of AA's changes to the coding of two-class First Class to be business class fares codes - see this thread - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...12-2016-a.html

I do not think it is due to any DOT issues (in that regard AA and QF have reduced the number of codeshare flights each has on the other's metal, but AFAIK it has not affected FF earning)