EK Status Credits

[theweaselsteve]

Hi All,

I'm looking into flights from PER to BHX next April and the Qantas site directs me to EK. When I make a dummy booking it tells me that I could earn 120 SC's from this booking, which is not what it says on the airline earning table. According to that, EK flights don't earn at all. I'd obviously like to earn some SC's from the trip so the other option is QR, but the calculator is saying that QR don't fly from DOH to BHX (which they do) so I can't work out what the likely earn would be.

Is anyone able to shed some light on this?

Thanks a million in advance!

 

[dandandandan]

Interesting that it redirected you to the EK site. I've just made a dummy booking for April also and it didn't redirect me.
The status credits change when selecting all QF numbers with the QF and EK numbers mixed but I still wasn't redirected.

Regardless of the site, you should earn status credits as long as the flight numbers that are booked are QF numbers instead of EK.

 

[theweaselsteve]

Thanks. To clarify, it doesn't direct me to the EK site. I meant that it offers up the EK flights rather than the alternative which is QR. They are showing with QF flight number so I guess that's it.

 

[calmelb]

The QF website will only give you fare results when they can take a share of the money. They do not have a codeshare agreement with QR and I assume they are unable to do so with the link up with EK. If you do a booking HKG-LHR (For example) they will not show any fares and instead redirect you to a classic reward (Using points = no status credits)

 

[serfty]

A Codeshare is when one airline "markets" (sells) a seat on another airline's flight.

It is represented by the flight number, e.g. QF8762 is actually on EK metal (EK406).

A QF codeshare on EK metal will earn status credits as per flying QF.

 

[mannej]

Interesting that it redirected you to the EK site. I've just made a dummy booking for April also and it didn't redirect me.
The status credits change when selecting all QF numbers with the QF and EK numbers mixed but I still wasn't redirected.

Regardless of the site, you should earn status credits as long as the flight numbers that are booked are QF numbers instead of EK.

I'm not sure the OP is suggesting that the QF site redirects them to the EK site, more the offer of flights is 100% on EK metal.

A quick look suggests that the QF site offers both the QF and EK codes. If the OP wants SC, chose the QF code.

 

[theweaselsteve]

Thanks all. All clear now.