Avios- Emerald Air

[Bungle965]

Just noticed that my flights booked through Aer Lingus but attributed to my BA Executive Club have appeared as “Ineligible Flights“ on my BA account and therefore no Avios points added. Any ideas why this is?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I think Emerald Air is legally a separate company - albeit one that operates as a liveried Aer Lingus partner?

 

[Cloud Strife]

There's a thread here about it: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/bri...s-collection-aer-lingus-regional-emerald.html

It seems that certain Emerald Airlines flights aren't eligible, that is, the ones operated under a franchise agreement with Aer Lingus.

 

[Bungle965]

It seems that certain Emerald Airlines flights aren't eligible, that is, the ones operated under a franchise agreement with Aer Lingus.

Thanks, something clearly I had no idea website blindly allowed me to enter in my BA Exec Club number for myself and my partner.
Isn’t that every flight that Emerald operate however? I didn’t think Emerald had any flights operated on their own.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Thanks, something clearly I had no idea website blindly allowed me to enter in my BA Exec Club number for myself and my partner.
Isn’t that every flight that Emerald operate however? I didn’t think Emerald had any flights operated on their own.

Yes, the information is buried away on the BA site, but I found this (screenshot shows Avios awarded for flights on Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines)



So it looks like your fare class simply isn't included for whatever strange reason. It is very odd, but if I understand correctly, it seems that there's a difference between the Aer Lingus routes out of Dublin and those operated from elsewhere. If I'm guessing, it's that Aer Lingus might be taking the revenue risk and simply paying Emerald Airlines a fixed fee for the non-PSO Dublin routes, while Emerald is operating the Belfast routes on a fully commercial basis and simply paying Aer Lingus for the name/booking engine.

 

[Bungle965]

Yes, the information is buried away on the BA site, but I found this (screenshot shows Avios awarded for flights on Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines)

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So it looks like your fare class simply isn't included for whatever strange reason. It is very odd, but if I understand correctly, it seems that there's a difference between the Aer Lingus routes out of Dublin and those operated from elsewhere. If I'm guessing, it's that Aer Lingus might be taking the revenue risk and simply paying Emerald Airlines a fixed fee for the non-PSO Dublin routes, while Emerald is operating the Belfast routes on a fully commercial basis and simply paying Aer Lingus for the name/booking engine.

Very interesting, thank you.
We were O on out and A on return so that wouldn’t put us in the eligible fare class either.