How long do BA and Finnair flights take to credit to Qantas?

[SYD]

Cathay is taking a long time at the moment

I had 2x CX flights (CGK-HKG-LHR) take about 1 wk to post. The return two were no shows. I had to email to get credited (the online claim failed - something went wrong on the CX end).

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Update: as expected the flight I took on Saturday from FRA to HEL on AY posted 5 days later:

 

[Must...Fly!]

Adding some recent examples of credits from BA and AY (4-6 days), all had FF details upon booking

Yes can concur, 5 days for me over 3 BA flights recently.

 

[Himeno]

I had QF, AA, CX, JL, AY, BA and QR flights on my last trip. Other then the QF coded JL, they all posted within 2 weeks, most 1 week or less.
I had to claim SIN-HND QF4025.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Update:
Delayed QF operated flight which departed on Oct 2nd has posted but my on time Oct 1 flight from HEL to SIN (and upgraded to J) has not yet posted:

 

[kpc]

Both my recent AY flights posted to my Qf account 5 days after the flights. The 2nd one requalified me Qf WP for my 13th straight year.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

More data points:

My October 1 flight from HEL to SIN on AY has yet to post (the other segments in the trip including FRA > HEL taken on Sep 30, and SIN > SYD on Oct 2 have posted several days ago). This sector was originally booked as a Flexible Economy (H) fare but was upgraded the day prior over the phone to business for 800 Euros. I'm wondering if that upgrade might be what is preventing the flight from posting (i.e. it re-ticketed into a business fare class ineligible for status credit earning). Given I'm near the 2 week mark what should I do next? Contact QFF with the boarding pass requesting the credit? Even if we assume it upgraded to a fare class ineligible for status credits, should I at least receive the ORC for that ticket (i.e. the Flex Economy H fare?)

Interestingly enough, I took two flights yesterday (Tuesday Oct 10) with AA and both of them posted several hours after completing that trip:


At present I am just 10 status credits away from Platinum (1,390 status credits) and have got a set of flights booked that will easily push me ahead of the Platinum requirement (i.e. MSP > PHX - 15 SCs, PHX > SFO - 10 SCs, SFO > LAX > PDX > SEA > LAX - 170 SCs, LAX > SYD - 45 SCs). So I'm not too worried about getting the status credits immediately, as I'll have Platinum by the time I actually can use the benefits (i.e. LAX > SYD). But I would still like to receive those status credits to get me closer to Lifetime Gold.

-RooFlyer88

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Even more data points here.

Took two more AA flights, this time AA to PHX on Thursday and AA to SFO on Saturday. Both of them posted within about 12 hours of taking the flight:


That flight to PHX got me to 1405 status credits, just enough to secure the coveted World Platinum status:


As for the remaining AY flight that did not post (HEL > SIN), I emailed frequent flyer a couple weeks ago with the boarding pass and details of the flight but no response yet. So I decided to call them up. The representative looked up the information and told me that the request was denied (yet again) by AY, but that since I had the boarding pass she would manually credit that flight for me:



Note: The AY flight was originally booked as a Flexible Economy (H) fare but I managed to snag an upgrade to J for 800 Euros. I was hoping to get the full business class accrual but alas, QF just gave me what was originally booked. I'm not complaining, but I will say to anyone who is banking on an upgrade with AY giving them more status credits - dream on. If anything it'll result in your flight taking longer to post than normal since AY's systems seem to be confused with upgraded tickets.

-RooFlyer88

 

[jase05]

I was hoping to get the full business class accrual but alas, QF just gave me what was originally booked. I'm not complaining, but I will say to anyone who is banking on an upgrade with AY giving them more status credits - dream on. If anything it'll result in your flight taking longer to post than normal since AY's systems seem to be confused with upgraded tickets.

Am I missing something here?
You always get the SC’s for the class originally booked in

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Am I missing something here?
You always get the SC’s for the class originally booked in

There have been reports on some OneWorld partners (namely AA) where that's not the case.

 

[SYD]

There have been reports on some OneWorld partners (namely AA) where that's not the case.

AA and BA credit the upgraded fare. At least to QFFs.

 

[clifford]

AA and BA credit the upgraded fare. At least to QFFs.

Well in my experience that's not the case.

I recently upgraded a BA flight SAW-LHR, which booked into U class, which gets zero points with Qantas. So I have put my BAEC number into the booking.

 

[SYD]

Well in my experience that's not the case.

I recently upgraded a BA flight SAW-LHR, which booked into U class, which gets zero points with Qantas. So I have put my BAEC number into the booking.

I’ve always received the upgraded SCs on BA when I’ve paid to upgrade an existing paid fare. The sort of offers you see online under MMB. They’ve been particularly good SC earners. The catch is, it makes the booking non-refundable (even if the original whY was flex). I’ve never tried the upgrade a checkin - they might work differently?

Very recent experience on AA. Similarly existing paid whY fare and saw an great offer to upgrade to F. The AA website said original fare class credits but came through to QF as domestic F. Happy days.

 

[clifford]

All I can say is that when I checked the booking on the Qantas website it showed U class.

It was a paid booking I upgraded, but I wasn't prepared to take the chance of getting nothing, so I'll give the avios and TP's to BA.

It all helps in a small way.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Well in my experience that's not the case.

I recently upgraded a BA flight SAW-LHR, which booked into U class, which gets zero points with Qantas. So I have put my BAEC number into the booking.

Even if the upgraded flight changes to a U class, at a minimum you should be able to claim original routing credit (i.e. receiving credit for whatever you were originally booked as).

As for upgraded BA flights accruing status credits and points based on the upgraded class, I do have one data point. I booked a discount economy ticket from DUB to MAN in 2019 then upgraded to J for 60 Euros which then credited to my BA account as business:


As you can see here, BA codes it as a C/U class. Unsure how QF specifically would handle it but to reiterate, you should at a minimum receive the credits for the flight as originally booked.

-RooFlyer88

 

[clifford]

Even if the upgraded flight changes to a U class, at a minimum you should be able to claim original routing credit (i.e. receiving credit for whatever you were originally booked as).

As for upgraded BA flights accruing status credits and points based on the upgraded class, I do have one data point. I booked a discount economy ticket from DUB to MAN in 2019 then upgraded to J for 60 Euros which then credited to my BA account as business:
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I think that's the point. BA would allocate avios/TP's based on the upgraded class, but Qantas doesn't. Typical Qantas I guess.

 

[SYD]

I think that's the point. BA would allocate avios/TP's based on the upgraded class, but Qantas doesn't. Typical Qantas I guess.

In my experience, that “C/U” Class has credited as J SCs in QFF. Pretty sure there’s another thread here on the topic. It’s been a while since I’ve done one, but 4 or more no issue.

 

[clifford]

In my experience, that “C/U” Class has credited as J SCs in QFF. Pretty sure there’s another thread here on the topic. It’s been a while since I’ve done one, but 4 or more no issue.

Well maybe, but I wasn't prepared to take the chance, and as a BA Silver I could credit the points/SC's to BA.

 

[SYD]

Well maybe, but I wasn't prepared to take the chance, and as a BA Silver I could credit the points/SC's to BA.

Yep, if it came back with “U”, I’d be scratching my head also!

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Well maybe, but I wasn't prepared to take the chance, and as a BA Silver I could credit the points/SC's to BA.

There is an argument to be made about crediting OW flights to BA even if you hold status elsewhere. In particular, BA is to my knowledge the only OW carrier offering a reasonable pathway to lifetime Emerald status. OTOH if your aim is just to get to Lifetime Gold with QF (a goal I'd argue is achievable for some of us on this forum), then it might make sense to take the gamble and credit it to QF. Everyone has their own preferences for these things I suppose.

-RooFlyer88