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Old Aug 13, 2025 | 11:08 am
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Originally Posted by intuition
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5. The crash course for BA orphans is that Avios and TPs are calculated the old fashioned way [i.e., distance-based, not spend-based] as long as you credit to Finnair plus and avoid flying Finnair! OW partners and AY codeshares on OW partners are all basically distance x COS-bonus.
Originally Posted by headinclouds
Still a little confused about earning on AY coded and operared flights that are part of a multi carrier ticket such as the OW RTW's. Distance or a % of the fare paid?
Originally Posted by izzik
Just to clarify the vague language here:

AY coded + AY operated = % of the fare paid if part of multi-carrier ticket (such as Oneworld RTW) and credited to AY+
In the Matt's Planet video that keeps getting mentioned lately -- 'OneWorld Emerald status for £4.5k? Go Around The World...' -- he explicitly says

> And I can also perhaps exclusively reveal that Finnair flights when flown on Finnair
> and credited to Finnair but bought through a different airline also credit at 250% of miles flown.
> That's not on their website anywhere but I've asked them and they've confirmed it.

'Finnair flights' sounds like AY coded and 'flown on Finnair' sounds like AY operated. 'Credited to Finnair ... at 250% of miles flown'. It looks like the key is 'bought through a different airline', such as a OW RTW!

Or can Matt be proved wrong?
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