Courmisch

Hi,

As far as I can tell, there are two unofficial rules concerning earnings on at least some Oneworld partner airlines:

• Flights below 500 miles earn 750 base points rather than 1 base point per kilometer. Or not.
• Flights operated by non-Oneworld carriers may or may not earn.

On the first rule, I've confirmed at least AA, AB (R.I.P.), CX/KA and IB, though I don't know if it's universal.

I have never tried my luck with the second rule. I've heard that QF credits QF-coded EK-operated flights though?

on22cz

reflektia

rule 1 doesnt apply to (at least) AA flights.
Rule 2 seems to be that, if flights are marketed by same company as ffp, they always earn.

Courmisch

I have SFO-LAX earning exactly 750 points. That's more than the flight distance would justify, so hmm...

Of course AY-coded flights earning to AY+ regardless of carrier. But I'm wondering if there are any other cases.

reflektia

Maybe you had with AY code? I've eg MIA-SDQ earning 342 points.

Im a new user

This is not an unofficial rule but a semi-official rule.In other words, there is officially a minimum, although it doesn't (to my knowledge) say what that minimum is.Marketed by QF
Crediting to AA:Crediting to BA:Crediting to AY:It sounds as if AA and BA earn on all QF-marketed flights except that Jetstar flights only earn if booked as part of a Oneworld Explorer ticket (or similar fare). There are plenty of reports on the AA and BA sections of FT that these flights do post to AA and BA, so the rule seems to be correctly formulated. AY's page mentions the JQ rule but not the rule about other codeshares, but maybe you still get points? I suspect that this actually is something that QF is doing (paying to partner programmes) and that these might credit to all partner programmes.

Marketed by JL
Crediting to AA
The wording suggests that all flights marketed by JL can be credited to AA. I've not seen any reports of any test cases. If this is true, then they maybe also post to AY+.

Marketed by AY: There are reports that AY codeshares on SU credit to AA and that AY codeshares on TF don't credit to BA. The BA report is more than five years old.

Marketed by MH
AY+ accrual page states:This suggests that you can earn on all codeshares except MASWings, Firefly, SNCF and anything in the MH5000 series. For example, it sounds as if the MH4618 codeshare on the EK156 service from ARN to DXB would qualify. WARNING: Other airlines list other flight number series as ineligible for mileage accrual, indicating that MH4618 can't be credited to those airlines. AY's page might just be outdated and the flight might not credit.

I suppose that the only way to find out if a codeshare on non-OW metal credits is to book one of those and see what happens.

Im a new user

The distance is more than 750 km, though. Didn't you just travel in a booking class which only earns 25%?

Courmisch

No it was AA code back when they still earned 100%. AY would have been 375 + tier bonus presumably.

342 points for MIA-SDQ looks like kilometer-based earning with 25% fearfare factor. That does not contradict minimum earning of 750 base points (188 points at 25%).

Courmisch

SNCF does not fly anywhere to begin with

Im a new user

No, but TGV trains can be sold as codeshares on several airlines. I think they usually credit as normal flights to the marketing airline's FFP, but there might be exceptions.

reflektia

Ah, possibly that. AA earnings nowadays are so crappy that I don't bother to count them much.