Originally Posted by
billdokes
Just curious as to the purpose behind this exercise in intellectual self-pleasure...it's going to be what it's going to be as surely the system is programmed to handle these situations in the manner with which AC intends. The output will be the output and if you want to make sure you get the SQD you thought you were going to get then fly the flights you booked is how I see it, but just MHO.
My understanding is part of the purpose of Flyertalk is to help FF understand how mileage programs work, so they can use them to their advantage, or at least not to their disadvantage. There are all sorts of good reasons one might want to know the answer to the question I asked and why it might make a material difference to one's decision-making.
For example, suppose (as Adam confirmed is not the case) I would lose some SQD by changing YVR-FRA to YYZ-FRA, but I need to fly YYZ-FRA on the date of the flight rather than YVR-FRA. If I have a YVR-FRA trip needed later in the year, it could make sense to punt that flight to then (preserving rather than losing the SQD) rather than change it to YYZ-FRA. This is just one of many things I can think of.
In this example scenario I gave, the SQD value is small so it's not a big deal, although as you know toward the end of the year even a very small difference in SQx can make big difference to status levels. But the bigger point is just that if one notices a lacuna in one's understanding of how the AP program works, especially for SQx attribution, isn't it better to fill it rather than to just let the ignorance remain?