QF to Canada

[Pat2065]

Qantas is now flying directly Sydney-Vancouver during ski season and northern summer. This is great for us Canadians who prefer to avoid going through the US.

However, the scheduling on the QF website for Sydney to Toronto through Vancouver uses an Air Canada flight from VVR to YYZ. It is not a codeshare, just an AC flight number and notice that is "operated by Air Canada". As AC is a Star Alliance airline, are QF points earned on this flight if booking Syd-YYZ?

 

[RooFlyer]

Several threads on this new route to YVR on AFF. However haven't seen the AC transcontinental connection. They should have QF Westjet code share in place by now.

 

[Pat2065]

Several threads on this new route to YVR on AFF. However haven't seen the AC transcontinental connection. They should have QF Westjet code share in place by now.

Yes, I was surprised it was not a Westjet connection given the announcement of WS making connections into Canada from US but connections (including from LA or DFW) to YYZ seem to be on AC. A few, but not most, connections to other Canadian cities such as Calgary are on WS.
Still unclear if AC leg attracts QF points if booking Syd-YYZ via YVR through QF website.

 

[dajop]

Regardless of where or how you book flights you only earn points (in eligible fare classes) where it is operated by an airline that is a partner of Qantas Frequent Flyer, or if on a QF coded flight (if operated by a non partner airline). As AC is not a partner airline and the flights are not on a QF codeshare the AC flights between YVR and YYZ do not earn QFF points. They may be eligible for earning on a star alliance partner depending on the fare type.

 

[Himeno]

Qantas is now flying directly Sydney-Vancouver during ski season and northern summer. This is great for us Canadians who prefer to avoid going through the US.

However, the scheduling on the QF website for Sydney to Toronto through Vancouver uses an Air Canada flight from VVR to YYZ. It is not a codeshare, just an AC flight number and notice that is "operated by Air Canada". As AC is a Star Alliance airline, are QF points earned on this flight if booking Syd-YYZ?

Not everything the QF website offers is a codeshare or partner flight. There are routes where it offers UA flights, others showing SQ, NZ and AF. It tends to happen when there is no QF codeshare and/or available partner connection.

 

[Pat2065]

Regardless of where or how you book flights you only earn points (in eligible fare classes) where it is operated by an airline that is a partner of Qantas Frequent Flyer, or if on a QF coded flight (if operated by a non partner airline). As AC is not a partner airline and the flights are not on a QF codeshare the AC flights between YVR and YYZ do not earn QFF points. They may be eligible for earning on a star alliance partner depending on the fare type.

I figured this was the case. May stay with our preferred routing to YYZ via HK on Cathay. Hard to know why QF are not using their supposed codeshare arrangement with WS for YVR-YYZ. I thought it might be because I'd asked for J class (WS doesn't have J) but same result if ask for Y class.

 

[RooFlyer]

I figured this was the case. May stay with our preferred routing to YYZ via HK on Cathay. Hard to know why QF are not using their supposed codeshare arrangement with WS for YVR-YYZ. I thought it might be because I'd asked for J class (WS doesn't have J) but same result if ask for Y class.

I have posed that question to Red Roo on the other thread. I suspect its because they don't yet have Canadian regulatory approval for the second tranche of QF/WS codeshares, which had the expanded network eg YVR-YYZ. Their announcement of these routes last year was: * subject to regulatory approval