Originally Posted by
Traveloguy
Not true. The bonus paid on QF miles is a percentage of the awarded miles, for example a min payment of 125 miles on a deep discount, yet the flight miles were 100 miles, you will get 25 miles on a silver membership as a bonus, whereas BA would give you the higher amount. Small difference but for short hauls it adds up.
It's worse than that. The status bonus is applied first before applying any minimum mileage earn. This means, for example, almost all QF domestic flights in NZ earn me the minimum amount despite having WP status.