Originally Posted by
Caspavio
.....is we just returned from SIN with JAL and she hasnt credit her flights yet.....
The rules for retro claims vary. Can take some digging to find the detailed rules
With some you can join a ffp and retro claim for flights up to X days before join date.
Others can ony retro claim if a member on the day of the flight.
Originally Posted by
Caspavio
......i know that AY and IB are revenue spend, but she flies QR and AA generally, so she still earns by distance. we also just took JAL and that still earns by distance. even with the move to revenue based, it seems easier to get status than QRPC. also, in the long run, it will be easier to maintain status with IB and AY because they do not have requirements that you need to fly with them like QR do. we do not fly QR every year. sometimes we redeem miles, sometimes we fly SQ, this year we flew JAL. BAEC is out for now for the same reason.
Not all airlines share revenue data, so common to have a secondary distance based earning for redeemable miles/avios/points and status.
Revenue based ffp's has made it harder to predict ff earnings,