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Sep 8, 2004 | 11:28 pm
#16
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: HEL, Finland
Programs: AY Plat, SK Silver, FB Gold
Posts: 604
Originally Posted by Darren
15k miles isnt all that much in most OW programs. On AA, it will earn you a coach flight....almost. On BA, a coach flight...almost. QF, coach flight....almost. LA, not even close to a coach flight. IB, who the heck knows. AY, I can't read Hungarian. EI, are they still even in the alliance? JL, aren't they in the alliance yet?
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Sep 9, 2004 | 11:38 pm
#18
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Programs: QF Platinum (OW Emerald); QF Lifestime Silver; BD Diamond Club Gold (*A Gold)
Posts: 4,786
I think you'll find that the QF intra-Europe codeshare flights are either near-impossible to book or priced at a level which doesn't make sense, unless you're combining them with a long-haul BA/QF ticket or a RTW product.
For those based in the UK without travel plans during the qualifying period I would suggest three weekends away using BA, AY and IB. Or you could be slightly cleverer about it to reduce the number of trips you need to take: eg a BA return to ARN or HEL, plus an AY return ex either of those; alternatively BA to MAD + a return MAD-LIS with IB.
For those based in the UK without travel plans during the qualifying period I would suggest three weekends away using BA, AY and IB. Or you could be slightly cleverer about it to reduce the number of trips you need to take: eg a BA return to ARN or HEL, plus an AY return ex either of those; alternatively BA to MAD + a return MAD-LIS with IB.
Sep 10, 2004 | 5:57 am
#20
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SCL, MCT, LGW and a variety of 1W lounges in between.
Programs: BA Mucci (Seigneur et Ingenieur des Appareils Volants (Gold)), QF (WP and LTG), AA EXP, GF Gold
Posts: 3,931
QF and the offer
Hi,
Just checked with potential Mrs S and she thinks that all the short haul QFs ex-LON can only be booked in association with a long haul ticket.
If you were really wanting to take part either (i) do the BA EC thing and get a freebie (ii) if you were really naughty... book a MAN to LHR to SIN all on QF, get to LHR and then offload yourself and go for a refund. No as far as I am aware that breaks the odd rule but I doubt that the International Court of Airline Fare Abusers would argue too much. Might end up stiffing you for a full fare on the MAN to LHR, which at the end of the day, costs the same for a single as the value of the miles.
Buy a 1W RTW, fly a QF codeshare sector on BA and then hold the rest of the ticket for later?
Try a QF codeshare in the US?
Just checked with potential Mrs S and she thinks that all the short haul QFs ex-LON can only be booked in association with a long haul ticket.
If you were really wanting to take part either (i) do the BA EC thing and get a freebie (ii) if you were really naughty... book a MAN to LHR to SIN all on QF, get to LHR and then offload yourself and go for a refund. No as far as I am aware that breaks the odd rule but I doubt that the International Court of Airline Fare Abusers would argue too much. Might end up stiffing you for a full fare on the MAN to LHR, which at the end of the day, costs the same for a single as the value of the miles.
Buy a 1W RTW, fly a QF codeshare sector on BA and then hold the rest of the ticket for later?
Try a QF codeshare in the US?
Oct 30, 2004 | 12:23 pm
#21
Join Date: Jul 2000
Posts: 1,269
Originally Posted by virtualtroy
Where flights are operated by a oneworld airline, and marketed by another oneworld airline (code-share flights) the airline whose flight number is on the ticket will count towards bonus qualification, not the operating airline.
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Nov 2, 2004 | 12:07 pm
#24
Moderator: Hyatt Gold Passport & Star Alliance
Join Date: May 1998
Location: London, UK
Programs: UA-1K 3MM/HY- LT Globalist/BA-GGLfL
Posts: 12,759
10/16/04 AMERICAN AIRLINES 7710 F SCL LAX 5,569 8,354 13,923
10/16/04 LAN AIRLINES 750 J SCL GIG 1,825 2,281 4,106
10/24/04 BRITISH AIRWAYS 479 J BCN LHR 714 893 1,607
10/24/04 ONEWORLD PROMOTION 0 15,000 15,000
Bonus in AA as the flight on the 16th was a LanChile booked as the codeshare by AA several months ago.
10/16/04 LAN AIRLINES 750 J SCL GIG 1,825 2,281 4,106
10/24/04 BRITISH AIRWAYS 479 J BCN LHR 714 893 1,607
10/24/04 ONEWORLD PROMOTION 0 15,000 15,000
Bonus in AA as the flight on the 16th was a LanChile booked as the codeshare by AA several months ago.
Nov 2, 2004 | 12:14 pm
#25
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Programs: QF Platinum (OW Emerald); QF Lifestime Silver; BD Diamond Club Gold (*A Gold)
Posts: 4,786
Markie I'm impressed about the timeliness of the bonus miles posting. Us QF'ers have been told it'll be sometime between qualification and end of calendar year 2004....
