Originally Posted by
Frederic Wu
If I book an American Airlines flight on the AA website with an AA flight number, but it’s operated by Qatar Airways, does the flight count toward the 4 Qatar Airways flights required for status?
Sadly not. The flight needs to have a QR flight number for it to count.
I completed a 4 legged trip last year, all QR operated flights, but booked with IB under an IB flight number, and those flights didn't count towards the 4 segments (or the 20% q points threshold)