Originally Posted by
Ukchris82
sorry if there is a thread for this - I did look bit maybe not well enough.
Yes, there is:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-...transavia.html
Originally Posted by
Ukchris82
what's the logic behind this?
It was a brief, 4-year aberration in which Flying Blue allowed XPs to be earned on all* partner airlines.
They are now returning to the industry-standard of only giving elite qualification credits for flights on themselves and their alliance partners' flights only.
Originally Posted by
Ukchris82
surely the middle Eastern airlines can do this flight in 1 stop, with better service so even as a FB platinum it makes me book a with Emirates.
*You might prefer to book Etihad over Emirates;
they were recently added as a Flying Blue partner airline - meaning you can earn Flying Blue miles at the very least when flying on Etihad - though they were added as an FB partner without the ability to earn XPs.
EY is therefore an example of an FB partner airline where it is already not possible to earn XPs; this will be the case for all FB partner airlines (that are not Skyteam members) as of 1 April next.
Furthermore, you may no longer get XPs for the entire trip if you decide you still want to go via KUL, but there are other connections available at other airports, with which you can still reach Australia on Skyteam airlines (Korean, China Airlines, China Eastern, Garuda Indonesia, Vietnam Airlines, Xiamen Air) and thereby earn XPs for the entire trip (with the exception of any domestic QF sectors)