This is just another reason, in my opinion, that we should require that Star Alliance changes their earning rules.

I think the ticketing carrier and it's booking class should be what dictates the earning. If you book SK you get points according to SK, if you book UA you get UA points - regardless of carrier.

This means that you don't need to keep track of which carrier operates and the bilateral negotiations performed between the carriers as in the above example.

OneWorld has done this much better. If I fly on AY tickets on SN, for example, I earn points according to AY earning tables. As AY is oneWorld AA also credits me an extra 100% points as it does with ALL oneWorld flights.

(But there are bad things in OneWorld as well. Most BA rates only gives 25% and EI and CX hardly gives point in any booking class expect full economy.)

But overall, it is much easier to know, and calculate, what you should get in oneWorld according to me.

Unfortunately, we are in no position to _require_ them to do anything at all.

cheers,

Henry

well I've done my choice and I went with AA/BA on my latest trip. No doubt that I won't get my points then... If SAS wants to play this game I'll vote with my feet. When there is doubt I'll choose Oneworld anytime.

Absolutely, earnings should be based on ticketed carrier. I flew AY HEL-CDG, OS CDG-VIE last spring, both ticketed as AF-flights. Even though I flew both Star & Oneworld, I recieved miles for the AF flights on my OK account without problems. That is the way it really should be.

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Pulling up this old thread to see if anyone has recent experience with this Catch-22 situation. Presumably the specific BD/SA difficulty of 2 1/2 years ago is now moot, with the full integration of SA into *A. But what about others?

There is an SA codeshare flight between JNB and SYD that is operated by Qantas. Surprisingly, it is allowed on *A RTW itineraries. Since QF is not *A, and since it's the operating carrier that counts, there won't be any EB 'basic' points through that channel. But what about the 'back channel', i.e., the bilateral between SK and QF for EB 'extra' points on most QF flights (and this one is not specifically exempted)?

Or will this just end up in the same rejection as above:

...both QF and SA are partners of EuroBonus program. However, the accrual agreements are only bilateral between EuroBonus and QF/SA. In other words, you would earn points when you take QF-operated flights on QF ticket, and when you take SA-operated flights on SA ticket.


???

cheers,

Henry

Most likely. At least the following ranges are excluded: SA2000-3999 and SA7000-7949.