Aegean Airlines Miles&Bonus - Double Check booking class before crediting to A3!

Hi All,

I have booked a flight YWG-YVR-NRT-SGN. I had planned on crediting this all to A3. I have since checked and my booking class from YVR-NRT & NRT-SGN is K.

I am prepared for the fact that the NRT-SGN flight is only eligible for 50% miles. This is the same on AP & A3

I checked the AC accrual chart and on A3 my YVR-NRT K flight is only worth 50%!!! On AC this is a Tango+ fare and earns 100%

I am disappointed as it seemed like A3 was going to be a great way to earn *G quickly.

I think after learning this I will have to stick with AP. I should make 35000 with AC this year. *G would be nice however I usually only fly with AC.

Has anyone else run into this issue with A3 giving a much lower evaluation of miles??

I guess the silver lining is I realized this before crediting my miles.

A3 is good for F,B classes, normally it give 300%, 200% to F and B
and it has Minimum miles collection for many airlines.

and Yes, the chart for discounted economy is obvious a con.

...I have since checked and my booking class from YVR-NRT & NRT-SGN is K...

I am prepared for the fact that the NRT-SGN flight is only eligible for 50% miles. This is the same on AP & A3

I checked the AC accrual chart and on A3 my YVR-NRT K flight is only worth 50%!!! On AC this is a Tango+ fare and earns 100%

There's something strange with what you write: Both legs are booked in K, yet while you find the fact that the second one only earns 50% normal, you expect the first leg to earn 100%. Also, how on earth do you involve Air One (AP) in this? You can't have typed P instead of C, they're on opposite sides on the keyboard. :confused:

...and Yes, the chart for discounted economy is obvious a con.Whose chart and what do you mean by "con"? Scam? If yes, why? :confused:

I checked the AC accrual chart and on A3 my YVR-NRT K flight is only worth 50%!!! On AC this is a Tango+ fare and earns 100%


I think you are looking at the old A3 accrual chart. I have a AC K-class flight booked YYZ-LHR and I'm certain it give 100% mileage on A3.

http://en.aegeanair.com/milesandbonus/program-description/earn-miles/


See Air Canada "As of September 30, 2010" NOT the "As of June 30, 2010".

I think this will make you :D

There's something strange with what you write: Both legs are booked in K, yet while you find the fact that the second one only earns 50% normal, you expect the first leg to earn 100%. Also, how on earth do you involve Air One (AP) in this? You can't have typed P instead of C, they're on opposite sides on the keyboard. :confused:
I would expect that AP is meant here as AeroPlan, the AC program. NRT-SGN is going to be with NH, so if YVR-NRT is with AC, then a K fare on each will earn differently based on the operating carrier.

Earnings will always differ from program to program, and it is only common sense to check the earnings table

To call the earnings table a con is just too much and I'd hope posters would refrain from such statements on this board. The tables are open for anyone to read, how can they be "a con"?

Earnings will always differ from program to program, and it is only common sense to check the earnings table

The tables are open for anyone to read, how can they be "a con"?

Indeed - I'm travelling on LH this week. Outbound was in S, so credited to A3 @ fixed 500 miles per leg. Return is in T, which doesn't credit on A3 - so I'll amend my FF number in the PNR for the return (could be the last thing I ever credit to BD - not sure that 1500 M&M miles are going to help me much just now). It's common sense to make each flight in your reservation work to your best advantage, the same as we all choose a FF programme that best suits our benefit preferences and flying pattern.

In March, I've deliberately chosen to fly with US because all their Y fares credit at 100%, whereas most UA/CO ones are only 50%. Had I not checked, I certainly wouldn't have run around blaming anyone else.

A con is where something is deliberately misleading or wrong. If A3 changed the earnings in a particular fare class very regularly so you couldn't reasonably know what you'd earn at the time of booking, I'd agree - but the fact is they haven't done that as far as I can see. In fact, their earning tables seem to alter an awful lot less than many airlines.

UA/CO give bonus miles for their elite members which A3 doesn't.
Many classes, which can collect miles on UA/CO, would give you nothing/half-miles on A3, e.g. T,E of LX; V,W,S of LH

so if you usually fly with the deep discount LH ticket, A3 might not fit

and Yes, the chart for discounted economy is obvious a con.

Whose chart and what do you mean by "con"? Scam? If yes, why? :confused:

I think the OP means 'con' as opposed to 'pro'. @:-)

I think the OP means 'con' as opposed to 'pro'. @:-)

Oh, that was a gotcha for me!
In the light of OP's disappointment (over A3's earning chart being different from AC's) that con was something completely different to me:eek:

UA/CO give bonus miles for their elite members which A3 doesn't.
Many classes, which can collect miles on UA/CO, would give you nothing/half-miles on A3, e.g. T,E of LX; V,W,S of LH

so if you usually fly with the deep discount LH ticket, A3 might not fit

My Plan is to put flights on my A3 account where I get at least 100% miles,

less than that I will put them on my United silver account and get 125%,

Plus I will look for an overseas mileage run flight to somewhere I want to do for a few days for the bulk of the A3 miles.

I normally only fly United but now I will look at more Star alliance flights and see if they get 100% or not,

Lets see how it goes :)

RB

I just want to add that you can't just have it all.... a program that gives you *G with 20k miles cannot also give you 100% on all Y fares with other carriers...

All the charts for all airlines are available online, up to us to do some research and compare and make sure we book the correct fares in order to maximize the miles per $ spent.

That's why I'm always a bit weary of multi-city tickets involving lots of code-shares because most of the time, the airline you're booking with would show you their own booking class but when it comes to the actual carrier, it might be a different story.

I think after learning this I will have to stick with AP. I should make 35000 with AC this year. *G would be nice however I usually only fly with AC.


Just so you know 35,000 isn't enough to make *G with Aeroplan this year. You will need 50,000.

Just so you know 35,000 isn't enough to make *G with Aeroplan this year. You will need 50,000.

For that, you might as go with TG ROP. At least you get 2 years *G with that.

I've booked a *A RTW in Business. It looks like "B" and "D" classes on various flights. Anyone know if those are indeed given the 50 to 100% bonus on M&B?

I've booked a *A RTW in Business. It looks like "B" and "D" classes on various flights. Anyone know if those are indeed given the 50 to 100% bonus on M&B?

http://en.aegeanair.com/milesandbonus/program-description/earn-miles/