Originally Posted by
wandering_fred
When asked to reticket to KUL-HKG(9 hour layover)-CMB(stop)-NRT, the TA has received a great deal of grief (including trying to enforce the GLOB34 distance limit) from the airline (either CX or her reservation system (Galileo)).
Is the re-issue via HKG legitimate?
Yes that re-route is fine.
Originally Posted by
rob_88
I had (wrongly?) assumed that my ticketing carrier defaulted to the first carrier, or first significant (long haul) carrier?
Seems I could just phone AA or BA and ask them to ticket. That said, part of my reason for doing a DONE is to collect a few more BA tier points and to trigger Emerald for Life. So, having my ticket plated on non BA/AA/IB stock may actually help force a 'distance based' calculation vs revenue based miles/tier points. Will see how this tradeoff lands ...
You can ticket oneworld fares on any oneworld carrier that participates in the itinerary - personally I tend to choose QF, QR or JL as the ticketing carrier. The online booking tool usually defaults to the first carrier, but not always.
The ticket stock is irrelevant for the purposes of crediting AA/IB/BA flights to BA. AA/IB/BA flights ticketed on non-AA/IB/BA ticket stock will still credit as fare-based rather than distance-based.
Originally Posted by
Sparth3103
If I book a RTW ticket with AY as the issusing carrier, and I credit the points to BA, will that mean I will get the AY distance to tier mile conversion for all my flights or just the ones with AY (i.e. is operating carrier more important than marketing carrier). And if I credit the points to AY, will I get the points based on spend or on distance flown on non-AY operated flights?
The flights will credit as per the marketing carrier. This means a BA/AA/IB flight (whether prime or codeshare) will credit as spend-based and everyone else will credit as distance-based. For clarity, AA operated by QR will credit as spend-based whereas QR operated by AA will credit as distance-based.
Originally Posted by
Alan T
No, if you credit to BA you will get the TPs credited in line with BAC rules for each airline/codeshare (I’m assuming you mean post April 1st, but current crediting is the same under the current rules) the grey area being how AA or BA sectors will credit?
See above. BA/AA/IB flight (whether prime or codeshare) will credit as spend-based and everyone else will credit as distance-based.