Originally Posted by
thibaultFR
Yes, looks like you bought the codeshare flight.
That means that you'll only be able to get some miles via Miles & More and nothing via Etihad Guest.
There are no frequent-flyer agreements between Etihad and Lufthansa on prime flight numbers, meaning that those codeshare flights can only be credited to the codeshare airline's frequent flyer program.
Flight can be operated by Etihad - however, no miles are earned if the codeshare partner has not signed an agreement with the operating airline.
Hi again and thank you for your reply.
Yes, of course it's code share, this type of agreement just means one airline sells seats on a flight operated by the other, with each airline using their own flight number. 70% of flights I fly world wide are codeshare, and points are only awarded by the
operating airline,
unless a specific frequent flyer agreement is signed where the
ticketing airline allows you to collect points on their program instead. (unusual)
However, this is the first time where the
operating airline is not allowing points accrual, and I was wondering if this was indeed correct.
But I guess it's indeed yet another Etihad specific problem, where the result is that flying Etihad for me and my colleagues means no points at all.
-T