QF Platinum Benefits on Ticket with QF and EK flight

[dgoncalves81]

Hi!

I’ve got a potential flight flying QF from PER-DXB with a QF code - but on the way back from LIS-DXB-PER its down as a EK flight number .

This is all on the same ticket and I’m assuming it’s because Lisbon is outside of the codeshare agreement (even though qantas is selling and marketing the ticket)

I’m wondering what this means on the ground, leaving Lisbon - do I get recognised as a QFF Platnium and thus have access to priority boarding and in particular lounge access In Lisbon? Complicating things is that Emirates uses a partner lounge TAP.

I’ve been in the situation before where Emirates honoured access to a partner lounge but I think this might have been with QF codenumbers all the way.

Any advice is greatly appreciated

 

[BD1959]

I did an 8month commute MEL-CDG a couple of years ago, first as SG and then WP. Mostly on QF codeshares but occasionally our CTA would only allow the EK flight number. I don't recall there being any difference in service of benefits (in fact most of the time I think the EK flight number would appear on the BP regardless of the ticketed flight number).

Sorry, don't have experience of partner lounge access; only time I've experienced an EK partner lounge was at CHC but I was flying J anyway.

Regards,

BD

 

[CaptJCool]

The info here suggests access will be granted

Qantas Lounge Access Eligibility | Qantas

Find out more on Qantas Lounge access eligibility whether your traveling in First, Business; are a Qantas Frequent Flyer, Qantas Club or oneworld member.

www.qantas.com

 

[RichardMEL]

Yes, You will receive Platinum benefits (as EK delivers them) for the Ek flight numbers. Indeed I have seen recent evidence that EK may well code QFF Plat as EK Skywards Platinum now.

note in terms of points earn and SCs you would not get SC's for EK flight numbers - unless this is an award booking in which case that's irrelevant.

As long as your QFF# is in the booking EK should register the status no matter which flight number is applied.

 

[dgoncalves81]

Thanks for the advice everyone! It’s great to get my head around it especially when there’s weird outlier situations like this where one half is on EK flight number and the rest on a QF codeshare.

Yeah, I realised that I’ll miss out on status credits (and receive less qff points) but was weighing up whether accepting a EK flight (since no QF codeshare available on the Lisbon city pair out of Dubai) would be worthwhile/justifiable in Y since it would save a whole load of time versus going via LIS-LHR-SIN-PER or having to take a logistically hard super early morning flight in order to make the LHR direct flight to Perth.

So my thinking was that any lack of lounge access in Lisbon due to EK flight number and any other platinum benefits, on top of the SC/points would have been hard one to justify loosing out on when only in Y.

It was a choice between, no SC on EK (in a year that I’ve already qualified for WP) versus spending eight hours extra going via the LIS-LHR-SIN-PER (even with CX’s first lounge on offer in LHR to spend five hours at).

If there’s any thought on that choice I’d be interested to know. Since the start of direct flights I’ve been glued to Qantas and avoided Dubai entirely. Though in this situation going via Dubai on that one way leg does save $300 while also saving eight hours. There’s also a short 1:45hr stopover in Dubai to quickly use the first lounge - which might be enough.

Interesting about QFF WP being coded as EK Platnium. Do you think that means much? .. as unlikely as it is, could it open up operational upgrades on the same pecking order as those on the skywards programme? Or anything else to keep in mind?

Surprising, considering there’s probably no love lost over Qantas routing flights through Singapore and the start/future of direct Australia-Europe flights. Or maybe a very clever marketing strategy by EK to try to poach customers while they can onto the skywards programme.

 

[Happy Trails]

Interesting about QFF WP being coded as EK Platnium. Do you think that means much? .. as unlikely as it is, could it open up operational upgrades on the same pecking order as those on the skywards programme?

Confirming that full lounge benefits apply in Europe.
But it's been the case for some years now that EK prioritise op-ups by fare class, not status.
Hence this, now, moribund thread:

EK upgrade "Love" on QF / EK coded flights - success rate?

On the subject of seat selection ... if the same seats show on the EK website as were selected on the QF website, then all is okay?

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au