ctownflyer

It's a whole new alphabet soup out there

Here are all the codes that come up when you search for a revenue CO flight. Feel free to correct me where I'm wrong and fill in the blanks...

F, A: Paid 3 Cabin First.
FN: First/Business - EasyPass Award for Elites and OP/MP cardholders
C, D, Z: Paid business
ZN: First/Business - EasyPass Award
R: ?
O: 3-cabin First Class Saver Award.
I: First/Business - SaverPass Award and Alliance Upgrades
Y, B, M, E, U, H, Q, V, W, S, T, L, K, G, N: Paid coach
YN: Coach - EasyPass Award for Elites and OP/MP cardholders
HN: Coach - EasyPass Award
XN: Coach - SaverPass Award for Elites
X: Coach - SaverPass Award
IN: First/Business - SaverPass Award for Plat Elites
JN: First/Business - Upgrade from Y Class for Elites
ON: 3-cabin First Class SaverPass Award for Plat Elites.
PN: First/Business - Upgrade from B Class for Elite and from M Class for Plat Elites
RN: First/Business - Upgrade using Miles/SWU/CR1/Vouchers/EUA

UA-NYC

O is the award code for First, A is discounted/non-full fare First, RN is the new R

demkr

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I purchased a kiosk upgrade and my fare was changed from L to ZN. is this normal? I thought ZN was for easypass award

demkr

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Worried I just wasted hundreds of $ on an upgrade and they threw me into the wrong fare bucket

ctownflyer

So are R and ON defunct? They both still show up on CO.com searches.

Cuse44

I don't know about R. My guess is that "ON" will be expanded Plat & 1K award availability for 3 cabin F. "IN" will be the expanded Plat & 1K award availability for 2 Cabin F or 3 Cabin J. I think that I (2 Cabin F or 3 Cabin J) and O (3 Cabin F) will become the Saver/Star Alliance bucket for these cabins.

Similar to how X is economy saver and XN is economy saver for elites.

UA-NYC

Doing some searches and trying to decode this mess, I see ON inventory for CO metal, which has to be a bit off since CO metal doesn't have 3 cabins...

sbm12

These are all the fares in the new scheme:


Revenue buckets (RDM/PQM earnings)
F - Full Fare First (250%/150% or 175%/150% for 3/2 cabin)
A - Discount First (250%/150% or 175%/150% for 3/2 cabin)
J - Full Fare Business (175%/150%)
C - Full Fare Business (175%/150%)
D - Full Fare Business (175%/150%)
P - Discount Business (150%/150%)
Z - Deep Discount Business (150%/150%)
Y - Full Fare Coach (125%/150%)
B - Full Fare Coach (125%/150%)
M - Discount Coach (100%/100%)
E - Discount Coach (100%/100%)
U - Discount Coach (100%/100%)
H - Discount Coach (100%/100%)
Q - Discount Coach (100%/100%)
V - Discount Coach (100%/100%)
W - Deep Discount Coach (100%/100%)
S - Deep Discount Coach (100%/100%)
T - Deep Discount Coach (100%/100%)
L - Deep Discount Coach (100%/100%)
K - Deep Discount Coach (100%/100%)
G - Deep Discount Coach (100%/100%)
N - This will be unused (possibly for industry discount tix)


SaverPass Award Seats
ON - Elite (Plat/1K/GS) SaverPass First Award
O - Non-Elite and Low Elite SaverPass First Award
IN - Elite (Plat/1K/GS) SaverPass Business Award
I - Non-Elite and Low Elite SaverPass Business Award
XN - Elite SaverPass Coach Award
X - Non-Elite SaverPass Coach Award


EasyPass Award Seats
FN - EasyPass First Award
JN - Elite/CC EasyPass Business Award
ZN - Non-Elite EasyPass Business Award (tracks to the Z bucket)
YN - Elite/CC EasyPass Coach Award
HN - Non-Elite EasyPass Coach Award (tracks to the H bucket)


Upgrade Awards
ON - C->F on 3-cabin aircraft
PN - B/M-Up for Elites (tracks to the P bucket)
RN - Elite Upgrade to Business/Domestic F
R - Non-Elite Upgrade to Business/Domestic F

UA-NYC

Thanks - so I'll follow the Os and Is for awards and the Rs for upgrades, and basically ignore everything else, perfect.

pete4212

Thanks but when do these new buckets actually apply? For flights starting now, when the 2 programs merge, for CO and UA flights? What about CO flights now? Please be more specific, thanks.

sbm12

The short answer is that things are in flux. I believe that the new fare codes - but NOT the earning rates - do now apply to CO operated flights but not yet to UA operated flights. From what I can tell they are adjusting the CO side now and then either fixing the UA later or just waiting until they migrate those flights into the SHARES system next year. I do believe the new earning rates take effect on January 1 for both sides.

pete4212

Great, so we should start looking for the new award codes on CO flights starting now, even though they are for "the new UA"?

sbm12

From everything I can tell, yes.

flyer215

So I used a Regional upgrade for an upcoming 2 segment flight.

One segment cleared at booking, the other is waitlisted.

Both list as 'R' not 'RN', even tho I am Plat with CO.

Is this something to be concerned about, particularly for the waitlisted segment?

Or has not everything converted over yet?

Dreading another 50 minute rebuilding-the-reservation phone call...

UA-NYC

Be grateful one cleared at booking. Babysit your other one, either with an Expert Flyer alert (if you subscribe), or checking R space daily (like me). No guarantee even if R space comes available that CO.com will automatically process your waitlisted UG (versus what you may be used to with UA).