Oman Air earn rates on QF

[Kefci2000]

Has anyone heard advance notice of Oman earning rates to QFF?
Thinking of booking a J class return after 1/7/25 but only if earn rates are similar to CX etc
Would not want to spend the money and find QR earn rates

 

[justinbrett]

The earn rates should be static as per other partners. It only discriminates by route for competition (eg SYD-DOH) and since Oman don't fly to Australia that shouldn't be a factor.

The question is what fare classes are assigned to each category - for QR they are completely standard in J/F so if they match that for Oman it should be fine. MH gets its discrimination here.

It's actually contrary to popular belief, QF earn rates flying QR J/F is quite good, as long as you don't fly on the Australia-DOH services.

 

[jase05]

as long as you don't fly on the Australia-DOH services.

ME to Europe isn’t great either but QF seems to treat every partner poorly in that regard and it’s not just a QR thing. Obviously they want you flying on a QF codeshare with EK if possible

 

[justinbrett]

ME to Europe isn’t great either but QF seems to treat every partner poorly in that regard and it’s not just a QR thing. Obviously they want you flying on a QF codeshare with EK if possible

When I was living in the UAE I flew BA out of AUH, strangely that port doesn’t carry the DOH/DXB penalty (which is only 40 SC difference so not massive anyway).

MCT-LHR also earns at the higher rate so Oman should be fine unless QF changes it.

 

[SYD]

ME to Europe isn’t great either but QF seems to treat every partner poorly in that regard and it’s not just a QR thing. Obviously they want you flying on a QF codeshare with EK if possible

That was the whole point of “Simpler & Fairer” (TM), get rewarded for flying QF codes (not just EK). They even increased the earn on QF codes the more “flex” your the ticket. Except AA (positive) and MH (who don’t want to pay QF for miles earned, so SCs take a hit), pretty much all partners earn at 50% of the base QF SC earn to / from Oz and Asia / ME. Then about 2/3rds earn between Asia / ME - Europe.

Flying via Asia on a partner has been manageable because the shorter leg gets the 50% chop but the longer leg is better.

The East coast Oz coast ports to Europe via the ME look particularly bad because the longer flight gets the 50% chop and the shorter leg onto Europe gets the better earn but on a smaller amount…

But then you have a reasonably generous earn flying to / from PER and the ME…

Of course, QF could have left the earn rates the same, but doubled the thresholds for PS, SG, WP etc…and impose minimum SC earn on QF metal (oh, that’s sounds familiar)…

 

[RooFlyer]

My Travel Agent had the Oman Air Australian rep visit. I asked them to ask the guy what's up with WY earn on Qantas. Reply that "maybe a month - they are working on it now".

Don't take that as a promise

 

[nige_perth]

I spoke with Oman Air recently, was advised earning points and status credit will be in November

 

[SYD]

I spoke with Oman Air recently, was advised earning points and status credit will be in November

Did they mention why the delay?

As an aside, I just saw an article that states MH still don’t have a FF agreement with FJ! I’ve not gone and checked the veracity of that.

 

[nige_perth]

Did they mention why the delay?

As an aside, I just saw an article that states MH still don’t have a FF agreement with FJ! I’ve not gone and checked the veracity of th

Did they mention why the delay?

As an aside, I just saw an article that states MH still don’t have a FF agreement with FJ! I’ve not gone and checked the veracity of that.

No, other than waiting on Qanats to load the info on it'
s system

 

[RooFlyer]

Did they mention why the delay?

Gotta wait for school holidays for the interns? No, wrong timing. Early drop-outs?

 

[oz_mark]

Been published now

 

[tanahflyer]

Been published now
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Great to see that even the super discounted economy fares (i think E and R?) earns some SC crediting to QF.

 

[LionKing]

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/partners/oman-air.html

You can now earn and burn points and earn status credits on WY.

100 SC from Asia to Muscat then 60 SC from Muscat to Europe.

AY will give you a better earn rate SC wise.

 

[andye]

Good to hear. I have a trip next May on WY with one half in Business Studio. Seems like it will earn F rates

 

[RooFlyer]

Good to hear. I have a trip next May on WY with one half in Business Studio. Seems like it will earn F rates

Me too (studio), next June. Looking forward to your TR to give all the pointers.

 

[jase05]

Me too (studio), next June. Looking forward to your TR to give all the pointers.

Guess it was inevitable once they ceased operating First class they eventually closed the F lounge otherwise that would’ve been a nice perk

 

[Mattg]

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/partners/oman-air.html

You can now earn and burn points and earn status credits on WY.

100 SC from Asia to Muscat then 60 SC from Muscat to Europe.

AY will give you a better earn rate SC wise.

I'm pretty sure there was no mention of Muscat on the QFF Partner airline earning tables on 1 October, when the Oman Air earn fare classes first got published. Qantas seems to have now "fixed" that, with Muscat now listed in various zones.

You can see the old tables via Wayback machine:

Partner Airline Earning Tables | Qantas Frequent Flyer

These tables show how many Qantas Points and Status Credits you'll earn for each Qantas Frequent Flyer Earn Category, based on the different fares available when you fly with our airline partners.

web.archive.org

In practice, this means you'd now earn 100 SC on a route like CGK-MCT and 60 from MCT-LHR whereas you would have earned 120 on both sectors if Qantas hadn't changed its partner airline earning tables.

 

[SYD]

I'm pretty sure there was no mention of Muscat on the QFF Partner airline earning tables on 1 October, when the Oman Air earn fare classes first got published. Qantas seems to have now "fixed" that, with Muscat now listed in various zones.

You can see the old tables via Wayback machine:

Partner Airline Earning Tables | Qantas Frequent Flyer

These tables show how many Qantas Points and Status Credits you'll earn for each Qantas Frequent Flyer Earn Category, based on the different fares available when you fly with our airline partners.

web.archive.org

In practice, this means you'd now earn 100 SC on a route like CGK-MCT and 60 from MCT-LHR whereas you would have earned 120 on both sectors if Qantas hadn't changed its partner airline earning tables.

Not sure if the calculator is correct but BA still earns 120 SCs v 60 SCs on WY.





Does BA codeshare on WY metal?

Anyway, maybe this was the delay in getting WY in the system - couldn’t agree on a rate to pay QF and v.v?

 

[jase05]

I don’t think that’s correct and I don’t think BA codeshares with WY.
Pretty sure if you tried to book LHR-MCT with BA they will put you on QR via DOH with both legs being BA codeshare

 

[SYD]

I don’t think that’s correct

What, the QF Calculator? I did question the veracity.

and I don’t think BA codeshares with WY.

That was slightly tongue in cheek if the calc is correct!

Pretty sure if you tried to book LHR-MCT with BA they will put you on QR via DOH with both legs being BA codeshare

For now, but they have flown BA metal non-stop in the past. Some speculation they’re about to return.