Best Oneworld FF program for booking?

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It's been such a long time since I've investigated the benefits of one versus another, but doing so for a NZ friend. He's flying on 8th November. To my knowledge he's only a member of AirNZ, but on this trip is flying with his brother and booking made by TA on oneworld carriers. Presume discount economy fare bucket as it's a personal trip .

He's sent me his itinerary (email from TA) so whilst it has a booking reference, pretty sure that it's the TA company one. Haven't looked up these things in such a long time, not sure whether CheckMyTrip or other sites can still be used. Got ticket number as well.

Will load photos of his flights/carriers. Really appreciate any help. He's not looking at status, rather enough miles to send his wife over the ditch to see us again [well, that might be her wish rather than his ).

 

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Flights:

 

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My gut feelings says BA, but i know nothing about the program. @Flashback??

 

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So using Qantas as the first option, my calculations are based on Frequent Flyer - Flying Qantas and Partner Airlines - Status Credits and Tier Benefits - Status Credits

Qantas calculations:





So Qantas is a poor earning option (130 status credits and 6,000 points); status credits will be irrelevant as pax won’t get to Silver and unlikely to fly oneworld again. 6,000 points won’t get his wife across the ditch one way - she may have to swim the rest of the way .

 

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American Airlines: flying on BA (including codeshares on CX and EI) uses this table. Assume the lowest booking classes:

British Airways − Partner airlines − American Airlines



Assume it’s the lowest fare class in discount economy.

Mileage (according to Travel Agent email) is 9,164 + 9,625 + 449 + 9,625 + 9,164 = 38,027

So AA mileage = 38,027 x 25% = 9,506 miles.

EQM's would be 19,013 - a little over 4/5ths to Gold status - still not much use to pax given his proclivity to fly AirNZ and StarAlliance carriers (most of his travel is intra-NZ).

 

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Done a crash course on BA Executive Club and Avios.

using British Airways - Collecting Avios







Reverse flights (LHR/HKG/AKL) are the same as the first 2 charts

So assume lowest economy fare classes:

Tier points = 20 + 20 + 5 + 20 + 20 = 85

Avios = 1,421 + 1,495 + 125 + 1,421 + 1,495 = 5,957

So nowhere near Bronze (needs 300 tier points) but can't check how that goes towards gflights (but there is Avios + pay).

How did I go @Flashback ??

 

[Flashback]

Done a crash course on BA Executive Club and Avios.

using British Airways - Collecting Avios

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Reverse flights (LHR/HKG/AKL) are the same as the first 2 charts

So assume lowest economy fare classes:

Tier points = 20 + 20 + 5 + 20 + 20 = 85

Avios = 1,421 + 1,495 + 125 + 1,421 + 1,495 = 5,957

So nowhere near Bronze (needs 300 tier points) but can't check how that goes towards gflights (but there is Avios + pay).

How did I go @Flashback ??

The BA earnings would be good for a one way flight (as an RFS) - 4,000 off peak or 4,500 peak + £17.50 in the first zone so would be useful for a short hop in Australia. I believe the EI flight in the itinerary would be booked on a BA codeshare so likely wouldn't earn on QF or AA and only on BAEC.

If you punch the PNR into BA MMB it should also show expected earnings (I think).

 

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RFS? Don't know the "code"...

Yes, the EI flight is operating as BA5976 (see post #2).

 

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RFS? Don't know the "code"...

Yes, the EI flight is operating as BA5976 (see post #2).

Skipped over the top left, looked at all the rest of the info

RFS = reward flight saver, so it caps the taxes/fees on the flight

 

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Awesome, BA MMB worked. At least my calcs were spot on

 

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So now onto CX and other FF programs but don’t expect any miracles from them

BA (not unexpectedly) ahead at the moment