Qantas Status credit earn on AlaskaSkyWest under Alaska or American Airlines

[bjbrian]

Any help or thoughts.

Looking ot book SFO to JAC in mid May in first. On AA (19/5/23) its AA9414 operated by AlaskaSkyWest, and on Alaska its Alaska 3360. Which is the best bet, does it affect status credits. How many QF status credits will I get, and does the way its booked matter.

Many thanks brains trust,

Brian

 

[RichardMEL]

Under 750mi would be 40 SC in J one way.

Lioely no real difference which one you book but I'd go with AS as the operating carrier over a codeshare tbh.

AA and AS are equivalent earning for Business Class booking classes JCDI (and AA has R)

 

[justinbrett]

Yes just like QantasLink or Alliance for Qantas, any of those flights that operate with AS or AA codes count exactly the same as mainline.

They operate exclusively for the main airline, they are not codeshares.

 

[JennyMD]

Further to the above question, our flight is Alaska air First class but its more like Business class, do we use the first class table to work out what QF status credits we get?

 

[SYD]

Further to the above question, our flight is Alaska air First class but its more like Business class, do we use the first class table to work out what QF status credits we get?

Use Business Class table / calculator.

As per the earn table, AS are more likely to ticket in the CDIJ fare buckets - which all earn as Biz.

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/earn-points/airline-earning-tables/earn-category-tables.html

 

[JennyMD]

So Alaska ticket first class as business? Even though its sold as first?

 

[JennyMD]

Just looked up ticket it says First Class I so yep its treated as business, thanks.

 

[elanshin]

So Alaska ticket first class as business? Even though its sold as first?

US domestic basically renamed Business Class as "First Class". There's nothing "First class" about it in today's standards.

Also unless you have non-US status or connection onto a long haul flight in business class you also won't have access to the lounges.

 

[Himeno]

So Alaska ticket first class as business? Even though its sold as first?

They just call the front cabin on 2 class US domestic flights "first". It is really business.
They used to be coded in a F fare bucket, but they were changed to J fare buckets around 2017