"You may earn an additional …"

[Skyring]

I've got two trips booked for my next membership year:
1. Canberra to Wellington return in Y
2. Sydney to Helsinki to Melbourne in J on QF and AY

These will earn me 70 and 480 SC respectively, putting me within easy requal reach of retaining SG with an Adelaide trip later in the year. Little chance of WP unless I get some serious travel in.

So Qantas tells me I "may earn" an additional 310 SC. Huh? Is this some sort of lottery? Spin the wheel and bonus points head my way?

Or is it that I can boost my earn by upgrading to J on the NZ run?

Naturally I'd be keen to earn extra credits but I'm not sure how the scheme operates.

 

[chrispy3276]

Sadly no scheme here, potentially just a miscalculation of bookings you have already made. I suspect the "may" phrasing is used in case there's any fare rules which means points/SC's won't actually apply.

 

[kpro]

The "may earn" only counts QF flights I believe. Which would mean your AY codes aren't included.

 

[tdimdad]

I have a hunch that the QF "estimate" is based on the QF operated flights only and excludes any partner flights. The thought popped up when I had a similar mismatch and it seemed to align more closely with my QF bookings than the total. I haven't checked it out to confirm but you may want to do that, if interested.

 

[SYD]

I have a hunch that the QF "estimate" is based on the QF operated flights only and excludes any partner flights. The thought popped up when I had a similar mismatch and it seemed to align more closely with my QF bookings than the total. I haven't checked it out to confirm but you may want to do that, if interested.

I believe it’s something in between. A QF booking including OW partners should be included in the tally but a booking made elsewhere but shows up in QF MMB probably only adds the QF flights.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

For the Canberra to Wellington flight, that is presumably a connecting flight, right? If so, I would be curious what the routing is. For the trip to Helsinki is the routing: Sydney > Singapore > Helsinki > Singapore > Melbourne? The other thing that is important is the actual fare code used to book these flights and the flight number of each of those flights. Economy earn rates vary wildly depending on who you are flying (by flight number) and what fare code you are in. For instance, Sydney to Wellington would earn 40 status credits in Flexible economy versus just 20 status credits as a red e-deal. Similarly the FinnAir flight to Europe could just as easily earn double the status credits if it carries a QF flight number versus a AY flight number.

Does Qantas miscalculate the points and status credit earning rates, particularly when you have trips operated by partners? Absolutely! But the key is to actually understand what you have booked to determine what status credits will be earned.

One other point: remember EU261! You are covered at least flying out of Europe by EU261 for the entirety of your journey back. So that means if Qantas delays your Singapore to Melbourne flight by say 14 hours (as they did when I was flying Singapore to Sydney) they are on the hook for 600 Euros compensation (in addition to hotels and meals).

-RooFlyer88

 

[Skyring]

Thanks all, yes, the 310 figure is just the Qantas legs. Another 240 on the Finnair.