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If booked in B, H or Y, the same trip earning to AA by a candy thief would earn 16,530 miles.

But if booked in K would only earn 9162 miles since nothing earned on CX for hares below B/H. And if booked in less than K on QF leg it would have been 4581 miles.

So QF can still be good for CX flights when purchasing discount fares. But it does pay to look for AA codeshares on CX flights when they are available and eligible for booking. Then you still get the QF status bonus or AA miles for discount economy fares.

 

I have only done it once, though later found I could have done so on a few other occasions. And by booking the AA codeshare on a CX long-haul flight, my TA got a little confused and thought that since all my other AA flights were booked into A, perhaps this codeshare should be also :mrgreen: . So I got more than just the QF status bonus out of that one .

But I do expect you can only book the AA codeshare in conjunction with other AA flights. Not really sure as I have not seen any booking rules around it. I suspect it like the BA and AA codeshares on some QF domestic flights, which can only be booked in conjunction with AA or BA international services. And the QF codeshares on AA or BA metal in USA and Europe that can only be booked in conjunction with QF international flights. However, one can book the BA/QF codeshares on the Kangaroo Route, or the AA codeshares trans-Pacific without the connecting flights, so perhaps the AA codeshare on CX international flights can be booked separately.

 

Not sure about those rules, but I did have 6 other AA flights.

I flew CX889 last month on it's AA codeshare (AA6123), thereby increasing my QFF points earned from by 8,070 to 18,157. (Miles from JFK to HKG + 25% J bonus + 100% QF WP Bonus).

 

Yes, he would have earned the 25% cabin bonus for holding a D ticket no matter which OneWorld airline or code he flew. The only thing missing when using a OneWorld airline flight code oher than QF, AA or BA is the Status Bonus.

 

Actually, it's the reverse; you get the cabin bonus on CX, not the Status Bonus.

I was originally booked CX889 and CX in CMB were very keen for this. They would not relent on my first transcon being on CX trather than the BA codeshare; as I was QF SG then it would have only been a 50% bonus anyway. As a result:

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 25 OCT 05  	 CX 107 BUSINESS 22OCT05 HONG KONG/AUCKLAND 	 5,685 	 1,422 	 - 	 7,107 	 140

It was only after I have commenced the DONE4 that I changed to the AA6123 flight out of JFK.

 

Indeed. If there is no cost to use the codeshare flight number, then it money for jam, or points for old rope or any other old saying you like to apply.

 

There may be some 'costs' in that you might not get some of the priviges status might bring.

CX did warn me that I may not retain my allocated seat (I did). Also, perhaps I had less chance of an op. Upgrade to F. (It was showing F0 a week out so I don't thisk this would have been an issue).