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Mar 17, 2019 | 9:26 pm

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Originally Posted by plunet

...what you can do is get a booking agent to set different values for FFP status and value. This means your status will be correctly profiled for the entire trip.

Usually the FFP fields FQTV (FFP to credit for value) and FQTS (FFP to use for status) are the same, but ... put your BAEC number into FQTS giving you all the status benefits automatically...

Unfortunately, the FQTS field in Amadeus is simply free format, and does not validate the data entered (and so doesn’t automate benefits).

I can manually enter SILVER/SAPPHIRE, or I could enter UNOBTANIUM and the result would be the same.

FQTS is little more than an OSI.

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