If you're evacuated on a flight paid for by your government (eg civil unrest, volcanic ash delays), are you ever entitled to the frequent flyer miles?

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Abbott government cracks down on bizarre requests for help from Australian travellers:

Question 15:

15) Some travellers evacuated from civil unrest in Egypt on government funded flights questioned why they were not entitled to frequent flyer points. Similarly, some travellers evacuated from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami made seat requests, including for first class

While it's arguably cheeky asking for first class, given that when a company pays for their employees, the employees can usually get FF points, are airlines exempt from providing points in situations like this?






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