Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
Why not? The only things that determine how flights accrue to an airline frequent flyer program are the marketing carrier, the rules of the program to which you're crediting and the fare you're on. The issuing/plating carrier is irrelevant.
While true, the plating carrier is irrelevant in terms of earning, but most people plating on AA are booking via the AA RTW desk and therefore require an inter-continental AA coded flight. As you well know that dramatically lowers what they earn in AAdvantage.
Otherwise it's likely cheaper to plate on QR or another OW carrier depending on segments being flown, if you're using a travel agent.
Originally Posted by
pandaperth
I've been playing with ex-Africa Oneworld Explorer itineraries
Finally managed to price up an itinerary with WY as first carrier
Final price is quoted in AUD - so I presume QF would be doing the ticketing
Just an FYI for y'all
How's that looking in terms of fees over base price? No one has talked about this setup yet.