Status credits for family

[Alecw]

Hi everyone.
New to the forums, greetings to all. I've already been helped out quite a bit by reading up on various stuff from here and it was time to register an account.

I have one questions which has bothered me. I organised a couple of overseas trips with my father a couple of years ago, and I forget how I booked (it was in a hurry) but all the Status Credits for both trips ended up on my FF account.

1) We traveled together to the UK.
2) He traveled *alone* to the USA.

I ended up with ALL the status for both. How is this possible? When I organise trips for my family now, I cannot seem to find a way to accrue the points to my account. As Qantas seems to reward you for stacking your points (as one platinum status is worth more than 4 people having Silver in effect) with one person, does anyone understand how this works?

 

[AIRwin]

You may have booked during a double Status Credits promotion?

 

[blackcat20]

You may have booked during a double Status Credits promotion?

That wouldnt explain the second flight though.
QF doesnt allow SC pooling so this is an odd one.

 

[AIRwin]

2) He traveled *alone* to the USA.

Do you share the same name/initial?

 

[Alecw]

Do you share the same name/initial?

I do not believe there was any double promotion on at the time.
Yes, we share the same name, but he could not have traveled under my FF number could he?
If you book at the same time and travel together, does that work?

 

[blackcat20]

If you book at the same time and travel together, does that work?

No

 

[RichardMEL]

If you look at your acivity statement what does it actually show for the flights? do you see duplicate entries? and your father does not have anything?

 

[Alecw]

If you look at your acivity statement what does it actually show for the flights? do you see duplicate entries? and your father does not have anything?

Correct. It shows the total of all fares' points! I do not understand.

Ok, let me ask this: if my partner and I travel together, with me booking the flights, can the status credits go on one FF account?

 

[Seat0B]

Correct. It shows the total of all fares' points! I do not understand.

Ok, let me ask this: if my partner and I travel together, with me booking the flights, can the status credits go on one FF account?

if it is Qantas, then the answer is no. SCs go to each passenger and there is no way that I know of to share the SCs between family members. Virgin has/used to have a family pooling arrangement for status (not sure if that still exists) so maybe it was something to do with that?

 

[RichardMEL]

Agree. It is irrelevant who books it for the purpose of points/SC earning.

Each passenger is entitled to earn points/SC on a revenue fare* in a booking.

Have you contacted QFF to figure out what is going on?

Correct. It shows the total of all fares' points! I do not understand.

Ok, let me ask this: if my partner and I travel together, with me booking the flights, can the status credits go on one FF account?

Can you provide an example? Are you absolutely sure you're not miscalculating the earning? ie do you know the fare class of the LHR fare? Also you mention only status credits in your first post. What about points?

Also were the flights taken only on QF or were they on a partner (for example, an emirates flight booked with an EK flight number will not earn SC, but will earn points - just to be annoying).

And are you absolutely sure your father did not earn any SC noting after two years of course they would only show in a lifetime tally and not current earn of course. Further I am assuming he is a QFF member and his FF# was in the booking? (because if it wasn't, then of course there would be no earn). Since you said you don't remember how it was booked would it be possible that you may not have included his FF# at all?

Anyway as above... you won't earn anybody else's points or SC.. only your own.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Sounds like you unintentionally 'benefitted' from a mistake of some sort. Same first name and same family name. Erroneous placing of a frequent flyer number.

Depending on what remedy you are seeking, perhaps best just leave it alone?!?!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Depending on what remedy you are seeking, perhaps best just leave it alone?!?!

Agree with the colleague above.
Your SC "haul" will make up the count to lifetime SC earn, so its best not to mention/relate it to QFF.

 

[Matt_01]

Yes, we share the same name, but he could not have traveled under my FF number could he?
If you book at the same time and travel together, does that work?

Sounds like you unintentionally 'benefitted' from a mistake of some sort. Same first name and same family name. Erroneous placing of a frequent flyer number.

I will throw my 2 bob's worth comment in but it may not be the correct answer. Assuming that you booked the flights while logged into your account:

• For the flight you travelled on together, you have the same first and last name and if you did not enter your father's QFF number separately under the additional traveller information the QF systems may have thought it was a comfort seat. I have read these earn the same SC's and points you normally earn.
• Following on from above if you booked your father's trip to the US when logged in as you again with the same first and last name the system most likely assumed it was your booking.

When entering APIS data I do not believe that this links or checks against QFF membership, it is just a check to confirm passport and DOB details either through backend systems or to match against your passport at the time of check in, so in theory yes your father could travelled under your QF number.

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Ok, let me ask this: if my partner and I travel together, with me booking the flights, can the status credits go on one FF account?

With QF, no.

 

[samh004]

...the QF systems may have thought it was a comfort seat. I have read these earn the same SC's and points you normally earn.

Indeed they do, I flew myself to Platinum one year entirely in QLD, but that feels like such a long time ago now!

Interested to see the outcome of this question.