Is this as painful as it sounds in the FAQ?
What if I fly a United-operated segment on a non-United ticket? You will earn PQP equal to the portion of the fare assignable to that segment. This information is transmitted from the ticketing carrier to United, and will be a somewhat arbitrary number between 0 and the full value of the fare component which includes that segment**. (This is the same as earning PQD on such a segment today.)
**Many reports of this not working even this well, and the potential number being outside this range.
I have never flown a UA segment on non-016 metal before, but I have an LH stock ticket that would allow me to change the flight so that a segment is on UA (and avoid the ongoing LH strikes). Will I get shorted on PQPs though?