Qantas Status Credits when flying Malaysia Airlines

[moa999]

Still half or less SCs vs the QF earn for flying their own metal (or code) though,

I don't see that changing though.

 

[kpro]

Don't think I've seen this posted elsewhere, but seems that earning for MH premium classes has been positively enhanced (I realise that's a contradiction in QF terms)

Got all excited until I saw Z class still earns as 'Flexible Economy'.

 

[moa999]

Got all excited until I saw Z class still earns as 'Flexible Economy'.

Yep. Altered my original post.

Seems MH no longer uses I class, but Z class is still the most discounted Business Fares, and still only earns at Flex Economy.

 

[LionKing]

Don't think I've seen this posted elsewhere, but seems that earning for MH premium classes (well other than that booked into Z class) has been positively enhanced (I realise that's a contradiction in QF terms)

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/earn-points/airline-earning-tables/earn-category-tables.html

Edit - seemingly also noted a few minutes before here

Assume MH still uses A/F booking codes For Business Suites (formerly first) on some of their A359s.. but do they actually fly anywhere that fits into the other category?

Edit - Seemingly some KUL-NRT services get the 359 over 333.

I wonder if there's a way to book D Class on MH when Z class is available?

 

[jase05]

I wonder if there's a way to book D Class on MH when Z class is available?

There is
You pay a stack extra.
Z class is usually the cheapest business fare.
You can book a Business Flex fare which is probably double the cost

 

[sudoer]

I wonder if there's a way to book D Class on MH when Z class is available?

Probably best to use a reputable travel agent. I've read you can't trust fare types on the MH website to correlate to a specific booking class.

 

[oz_mark]

Probably best to use a reputable travel agent. I've read you can't trust fare types on the MH website to correlate to a specific booking class.

The seem to do something similar to Virgin, where any fare class can be in any fare family.

 

[MH_fan]

Urgh...so annoying about Z class being Flex Economy earn only. Whyyyyyy????

 

[anat0l]

Urgh...so annoying about Z class being Flex Economy earn only. Whyyyyyy????

Probably got onto us about the cheap intra-Asia J fares (lowest bucket is Z, which used to earn at standard Business rates).

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Ah, so, well, ...
Makes it worthwhile to fly MH from ADL -> KUL in J again, 4400 QFF points and 100 QFF SC in business, of course, dopends on what class the booking goes into.
Thanks for the tip.

 

[sudoer]

Makes it worthwhile to fly MH from ADL -> KUL in J again

Will it though? Z class fares are $3.5k, you'd need to book D class fares for $5.4k to benefit from this change.

If you're spending that sort of coin and care about SC earn, you're flying QF indirect for $3.9k.

This is probably more beneficial to those booking obscure cheap two-stop itineraries to Europe, where MH is often used as the carrier in and out of Aus.

 

[AIRwin]

Urgh...so annoying about Z class being Flex Economy earn only. Whyyyyyy????

@MH_fan no longer an MH fan?