If I book an SQ operated flight through Virgin Australia (and fly on SQ metal) will I continue to earn Elite Miles and KF miles as normal? Or will it just be KF miles?
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There is an article here on the SQ discounted fares via VA. It answer your question.
https://hightechflight.com/2016/11/0...sia-from-a356/
I do believe there is both accruals but discount tickets usually limited to 10% so limited value. All the best
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Originally posted by SQ747 View PostIf I book an SQ operated flight through Virgin Australia (and fly on SQ metal) will I continue to earn Elite Miles and KF miles as normal? Or will it just be KF miles?
Not only that, when you fly on any VA flight, you can credit your miles to Krisflyer, and I'm fairly certain they have earned me elite miles in the past. Does not have to be an SQ codeshare flight, all VA flights can credit you with KF miles.
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Originally posted by SQ747 View PostIf I book an SQ operated flight through Virgin Australia (and fly on SQ metal) will I continue to earn Elite Miles and KF miles as normal? Or will it just be KF miles?
What I have found out is that when flying VA within Australia, you only earn elite miles if the VA flight you fly is an officially codeshared flight. It makes sense to me now why sometimes I get an elite miles credit and sometimes not.
It stands to reason then that if the SQ flight is codeshared by VA, that the same agreement would most likely apply, provided that their partnership agreement is bilateral. SQ seem to reserve a certain quota of seats on their flights for VA, as last year when my brother wanted to fly his family to Japan on Xmas Eve, the only way they could source tickets on SQ228 out of MEL was to book it through VA. SQ was showing as fully booked for the same flight.
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Done some more research and the contact centre cleared it all up. They have a way of aligning each Virgin Australia fare code to the Singapore Airlines fare codes. So, for example, if I were to book a Singapore Airlines flight using a VA flight number, with fare code "T", this aligns to a Singapore Airlines fare code "K", and would earn both KrisFlyer and Elite Miles at the "K" level (just 10%), as if it were a normal SQ flight.
Unfortunately this table doesn't appear to be available online or anywhere public, so in future, it's best to find out your VA fare code and call the contact centre to find out what SQ code it aligns to, in order to work out what you will earn.Fly well,
Travel safe,
And have a pleasant journey.
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Originally posted by SQ747 View PostDone some more research and the contact centre cleared it all up. They have a way of aligning each Virgin Australia fare code to the Singapore Airlines fare codes. So, for example, if I were to book a Singapore Airlines flight using a VA flight number, with fare code "T", this aligns to a Singapore Airlines fare code "K", and would earn both KrisFlyer and Elite Miles at the "K" level (just 10%), as if it were a normal SQ flight.
Unfortunately this table doesn't appear to be available online or anywhere public, so in future, it's best to find out your VA fare code and call the contact centre to find out what SQ code it aligns to, in order to work out what you will earn.
Hmmm it seems if you book via Virgin Australia on a T class it looks like it's 50% though. Not sure if this is applicable to you.
Hope this info helps
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Originally posted by alian View PostInteresting - Link from SQ Website http://www.singaporeair.com/saar5/pd...FOALLevels.pdf for some reference.
Hmmm it seems if you book via Virgin Australia on a T class it looks like it's 50% though. Not sure if this is applicable to you.
Hope this info helpsFly well,
Travel safe,
And have a pleasant journey.
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Originally posted by SQ747 View PostAhh I looked at this too and got excited! When I spoke to the call centre, they said that chart is only for travel on Virgin Australia. When it's SQ aircraft with VA flight no. it's apparently different: they use a fare level matching chart, and T apparently matches to KAll opinions shared are my own, and are not necessarily those of my employer or any other organisation of which I'm affiliated to.
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