Mapping codeshares - Metal or Flight Number?

[Wanderlust_tim]

Hi all,
I have been mapping my flights for a number of years using Flightdiary.net

I was wondering, for those of you who map your flights too, how do you account for codeshares? For example, next week I am flying on Qantas from Cairo to Dubai. Would you record it as QF8928 or EK928?

Grateful for your advice.
Cheers
Tim

 

[harvyk]

Metal, you're getting EK service on an EK aircraft. Whom you paid for the service isn't really important.

 

[RooFlyer]

Same for me.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Definitely operating carrier as others have already mentioned.

Your boarding passes and bag tags will always reflect the operating carrier flight number not the codeshare/marketed flight.

 

[Wanderlust_tim]

Thanks everyone, I have switched to operating carrier.

Cheers
wanderlust_tim

 

[Mattg]

I always use operating carrier/metal when inputing flights into my Flight Tracker. Sometimes though if booked as a codeshare, I will add a note with the codeshare flight number.

I would only use the marketing airline over the operating airline (if there was a difference) when tracking point & status credit earn on my spreadsheet that deals specifically with that.

 

[Himeno]

How about cases where the operating carrier is a contract carrier for the marketing carrier and the operating codes don't appear on boarding passes, etc? (eg, operated by Envoy Air, SkyWest, Eastern Australian, Sunstate, etc.)

 

[Mattg]

How about cases where the operating carrier is a contract carrier for the marketing carrier and the operating codes don't appear on boarding passes, etc? (eg, operated by Envoy Air, SkyWest, Eastern Australian, Sunstate, etc.)

In that case I would use the code of the "umbrella brand" that the subsidiary/franchise is operating on the behalf of. E.g. for Jetconnect or Eastern Australian I would just use QF. IMHO that's a different case to a codeshare flight.

 

[wandering_fred]

When you use an annual (and very simple minded) spreadsheet to keep track of history (and planned) flights (how else could you minimally re-qualify?), you end up keeping both.

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[harvyk]

How about cases where the operating carrier is a contract carrier for the marketing carrier and the operating codes don't appear on boarding passes, etc? (eg, operated by Envoy Air, SkyWest, Eastern Australian, Sunstate, etc.)

I would go by the name of the side of the plane / main flight number.
So despite the fact that there are numerous companies which operate Qantas flights, at the end of the day you are getting onto a plane with the word Qantas on the side.

 

[MrHyde]

I capture the code number booked and the carrier flown. So, my records might show QF8928 and Emirates.