Originally Posted by
jorrdanhammond
I just flew my family from Spain to Australia on Qatar. I am member of the Qatar programme but my wife & children aren't. I had read that they would get the same avios awarded to their BA accounts so I used that for them. Unfortunately, they only got a fraction of the avios that I did. So, as they are not frequent flyers, the family programme on Qatar looks good. At least I should get their full points to use for upgrades when I fly.
I think the earning will be based on what's set for the frequent flyer programme - the online calculator on QR's website would tell you how many Avios and Qpoints you would earn for your flight. For your wife and children, they will earn Avios based on BAEC's policy which is listed on this page:
https://www.britishairways.com/conte...-avios/flights . If you're earning less than what's shown, you can contact customer support to ask for missing Avios.
The problem with family programme is, only you will earn Qpoints while your family members will always remain burgundy. If all of you travel frequent enough to earn status, I think it would be better to have individual accounts so each person also gets the corresponding oneworld tier benefits.