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Old Oct 12, 2024 | 5:54 am
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble
Hong Kong to Madrid is a Western Europe to Hong Kong journey, so 60SCs is correct with 5900 points earned - what is the contradiction?

Indeed - the calculator does seem to not handle discount economy, so definitely a bug there

I was confused why there was a table showing Western Europe to Hong Kong earning 60SCs and other table showing journeys of over 6,501 miles (the length of a journey from WE to HK) earning 80SCs. A commentor on another forum mentioned that one is a prescribed table for target destinations and the other is something of a "catch all" table for destinations QF did not focus on, this is the quote, "the Partner Airline Earning Tables that have destinations/regions listed (i.e. Flights between Western Europe) supercede the 'All Other Flights' table - they're the first port of call, and if the flight doesn't meet the criteria for the destination/region based charts, the 'All Other Flights' table applies. Confusing, yes - QF has purposely done this to penalise those who book partners to markets which it serves, even indirectly (or, if you're a really positive/delusional person, they reward people who fly QF everywhere...)."

sorry if my choice of words created confusion
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