Qualifying flights

[staffie2001uk]

Maybe a dumb question, but:
Will an American Airlines flight, which is a BA codeshare, but booked via AA count as a qualifying flight?
My gut says no, as we bought it through AA.
Thanks in advance.

[memesweeper]

staffie2001uk wrote:

Maybe a dumb question, but:
Will an American Airlines flight, which is a BA codeshare, but booked via AA count as a qualifying flight?
My gut says no, as we bought it through AA.
Thanks in advance.

Your ticket will have an AA flight number on it, so no.

You need to be booked ‘on’ the codeshare, so to speak, for it to count.

[Richie]

Eligible flights operated by AA need to have been booked with a BA flight number on the booking.

[staffie2001uk]

Thank you both, that is what I expected.

I was just confused by the term “marketed by” as our flight is, but we didn’t buy it from BA.

[AJA]

Is the flight operated by AA or BA? If it is a codeshare booked on an AA flight number but operated by BA that counts as eligible if credited to BAEC

[travelmonkey]

Are you asking will they count as eligible flights towards your status?

BA states:
“Eligible flights are defined as those flights marketed or operated by British Airways and those flights marketed and operated by Iberia.”

Marketed = who sold you the ticket?
Operated = who’s aircraft is it?

So if the flight is on BA metal, it counts even if you don’t have a BA flight number. I can also confirm this, as I renewed my Bronze status in June, with one of my two Eligible flights being a BA codeshare flight on an AA ticket (I had an AA flight number).

[Matt]

What is the flight number in your booking confirmation AA123 or BA123? If you’ve booked via AA I’d expect it to be the former, in which case you’re out of luck. If it’s the latter then it will be a qualifying flight whoever operated the actual plane.

[travelmonkey]

Plenty of incorrect answers above – I’ll be generous and suggest people skim read BA’s information on what makes an eligible flight and don’t spot that for BA it’s “marketed OR operated” while for Iberia it’s “marketed AND operated”. Either way, I’ll share the flights credited to my BAEC account so far this current membership year to explain by example:

1. Reward flight – BA828 – Operated by BA – 0 tier points – Not eligible
2. AA ticket – AA133 – Operated by AA – 90 tier points – Not eligible
3. AA ticket – AA3880 – Operated by AA – 40 tier points – Not eligible
4. AA ticket – AA80 – Operated by AA – 140 tier points – Not eligible
5. AA ticket – AA6685 – Operated by BA – 40 tier points – Eligible
6. BA ticket – BA875 – Operated by BA – 10 tier points – Eligible

I ended up with 320 tier points and 2 eligible flights, thus gaining Bronze. The first of the two eligible flights was a code share on an AA ticket because although the flight was MARKETED by AA (ie. it had a AA flight number), it was OPERATED by BA (ie. it was their plane).