Originally Posted by
GGLwannabe
I had been looking at One World flights from Auckland to Adelaide in early February next year, and the best deal at the time appeared to be a QF-coded Alliance Airlines flight to Brisbane followed by a regular QF flight to Adelaide.
BA weren't able to give me a definitive answer, but by a process of elimination, I eventually worked out that I would earn neither tier points nor avios on the AKL-BNE leg. A period of masterly inactivity then followed, and luckily next time I looked, flights via Sydney had opened up at the same price, earning tp and avios on both legs. Those extra 40 tier points will just get me over the line for GGL renewal to March 31st 2026!
Are you sure it was
- AKL-BNE QF code share on Alliance
- BNE ADL QF mainline
Would have expected the opposite. All AKL BNE Feb flights I looked at are B737.
Alliance are AU domsetic only. QFLink flights are wet leased from Alliance: effectively QF. Anyway would expect both would earn as QF to BAEC. Previously Cobham Aviation operated B717 under a similar arrangement,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QantasLink
On 4 February 2021, Qantas announced an initial 3 year deal with
Alliance Airlines that they will be leasing 3 Embraer E190 with the option for up to 14 to operate on routes like Adelaide–Alice Springs, Darwin–Alice Springs, and Darwin–Adelaide.
[7] Qantas has steadily expanded upon its lease agreement and use of the aircraft, with the company currently agreed to operate 26 aircraft by April 2024, with 4 options remaining.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Airlines