Originally Posted by
bdmaus
I was under the impression the flight had to be a OW flight number AND on OW metal to earn - i.e an AA flight number on non-OW metal would NOT earn...
Also even if the flight does to earn SC - if it's in economy - only Y class earns "full economy" SC - other economy classes are "discount economy".
This is certainly my understanding although it is easy to interpret otherwise from the wording on the QF website. That says, it seems that AA coded flights on AS metal seems to earn miles and SCs.
To explain what I am referring to, note this on the QF website:
http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/...m/terms#jump23
Originally Posted by QF
AA: Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes.
BA: Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes.
*Exception: Travel in Discount Economy between:
- Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth or Sydney and London or Frankfurt via Bangkok or Singapore
- Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth or Sydney and Bangkok or Singapore
- London or Frankfurt and Bangkok or Singapore
will earn a Base Rate of 1.
CX/KA: Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes.
Excluded: Points and Status Credits are not earned on joint venture flights or Codeshare Flights operated by airlines other than oneworld ™ Alliance Airlines.
AY: Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes.
Excluded: Points and Status Credits are not earned on Codeshare Flights operated by airlines other than oneworld™ Alliance Airlines and on flights designated AY1001-AY3000 or AY7001-AY9999.
IB: Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes.
Excluded: Points and Status Credits are not earned on Codeshare Flights operated by airlines other than oneworld™Alliance Airlines.
JL: Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes.
Excluded: Points and Status Credits are not earned on Codeshare Flights operated by airlines other than oneworld™Alliance Airlines.
LA: Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes.
Excluded: Points and Status Credits are not earned on Codeshare Flights operated by airlines other than oneworld™ Alliance Airlines. Points are not earned in GNOQ classes on domestic flights within Chile, GKLMNOQSV classes on domestic flights within Argentina and GLMNOQSV classes on domestic flights within Peru.
MA: Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes.
Excluded: Points and Status Credits are not earned on Codeshare Flights operated by airlines other than oneworld™ Alliance Airlines.
RJ: Status Credits are earned on all eligible booking classes.
Excluded: Points and Status Credits are not earned on Codeshare Flights operated by airlines other than oneworld™ Alliance Airlines.
If you read all the above statements, one can easily interpret that when flying BA or AA, you will earn SCs regardless of whether it is AA, BA, OneWorld metal or not. That said, except for where a partner airlines relationship is involved (e.g. my AA/AS example stated at the start of this post), I highly doubt a flight would ever post.
For example BA codeshares on SN Brussels Airlines and Flybe, which I feel would be very unlikely to post although there is a strong possibility that a BA coded EI (Aer Lingus) flight would post as EI are still a partner of QF.
Would be interesting to see whether someone can share their experiences of either SN Brussels Airlines or Flybe sectors posting to their QF accounts. It would also be interesting to see whether AA coded TK, SN etc flights would also post. I suspect not, but happy to be corrected on this.