New oneworld itinerary validator
Jan 13, 2007, 2:06 pm
#16
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Thanks. This utility is great ^
I've been checking the miles required for BA oneworld awards and noticed that sometimes the miles required for business class are shown as 2x economy and for first class 3x economy
e.g. GRU-SFO-EDI
Econ 90, Biz 180, First 270
Whereas on other routes business class is shown as 3x economy and first class 4x economy
e.g. GRU-NYC-EDI
Econ 60, Biz 180, First 240
Is this correct or is there a glitch in the utility?
I've tried searching (britishairways.com, Google and FlyerTalk) for the rules on mileage required for businees / first class cabins on BA oneworld awards but without success.
I've been checking the miles required for BA oneworld awards and noticed that sometimes the miles required for business class are shown as 2x economy and for first class 3x economy
e.g. GRU-SFO-EDI
Econ 90, Biz 180, First 270
Whereas on other routes business class is shown as 3x economy and first class 4x economy
e.g. GRU-NYC-EDI
Econ 60, Biz 180, First 240
Is this correct or is there a glitch in the utility?
I've tried searching (britishairways.com, Google and FlyerTalk) for the rules on mileage required for businees / first class cabins on BA oneworld awards but without success.
Jan 13, 2007, 2:24 pm
#17
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Programs: BA bronze
Posts: 432
BA oneworld awards are for flights on
* Two or more oneworld™ partner airlines, not including BA or
* Three or more oneworld™ partner airlines, if the itinerary includes BA
The information on the BA website https://www.britishairways.com/trave...g/public/en_gb only specifies the miles needed for the economy cabin on these awards, not business and first class. I don't know if it's safe to assume that the miles required are the same as for BA only / one partner awards i.e. 2x for business and 3x for first class.
Jan 13, 2007, 2:43 pm
#18
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Thanks, but I think that information is for BA miles redemptions for flights on BA and/or one partner airline.
BA oneworld awards are for flights on
* Two or more oneworld™ partner airlines, not including BA or
* Three or more oneworld™ partner airlines, if the itinerary includes BA
The information on the BA website https://www.britishairways.com/trave...g/public/en_gb only specifies the miles needed for the economy cabin on these awards, not business and first class. I don't know if it's safe to assume that the miles required are the same as for BA only / one partner awards i.e. 2x for business and 3x for first class.
BA oneworld awards are for flights on
* Two or more oneworld™ partner airlines, not including BA or
* Three or more oneworld™ partner airlines, if the itinerary includes BA
The information on the BA website https://www.britishairways.com/trave...g/public/en_gb only specifies the miles needed for the economy cabin on these awards, not business and first class. I don't know if it's safe to assume that the miles required are the same as for BA only / one partner awards i.e. 2x for business and 3x for first class.
Jan 13, 2007, 3:03 pm
#19
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Ah, sorry. I misunderstood your question. Your answer should be towards the bottom of this post from the ultimate BA guide, a sticky on the BA forum.
The answer from that post is
As with all awards, if you want to travel in business class, you need to multiply the miles you need by 2x, and if you want to travel in first, by 3x.
Jan 15, 2007, 10:18 am
#20
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Location: Europe
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Seems so; it was only affecting sectors 4001-9000 miles, as all the others had the correct multiples. There is a 25000-35000 entry in the ba.com page which wasn't in the MM table, so I've added that too (140/280/420 '000 miles for Y/J/F). 0.95008 is uploaded now.
Jan 15, 2007, 10:36 am
#21
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Jan 16, 2007, 9:22 am
#22
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Beta 0.95009 is available
Version 1.1 of JPH's tool has been located
Version 0.95009 is a substantial change from 0.95008, incorporating (hopefully) all of the enhancements and corrections added to the 0.9500x releases, plus the additional enhancements which were added into 1.1 (such as the "List Countries" button, old QF program being stripped out, LA added, plus some fixes).
To be clear, 0.95009 is a superset of both 0.95008 and 1.1.
If you wish to try 0.95009 (and I'd encourage everyone to do so), you'll need to follow the link from the earlier post in this thread to the "Older and beta versions", and then select "Latest beta version". After a little while, I'll move it from beta and replace the 0.95008 version.
Please give feedback in this thread, e.g. any issues encountered etc.
Version 0.95009 is a substantial change from 0.95008, incorporating (hopefully) all of the enhancements and corrections added to the 0.9500x releases, plus the additional enhancements which were added into 1.1 (such as the "List Countries" button, old QF program being stripped out, LA added, plus some fixes).
To be clear, 0.95009 is a superset of both 0.95008 and 1.1.
If you wish to try 0.95009 (and I'd encourage everyone to do so), you'll need to follow the link from the earlier post in this thread to the "Older and beta versions", and then select "Latest beta version". After a little while, I'll move it from beta and replace the 0.95008 version.
Please give feedback in this thread, e.g. any issues encountered etc.
Jan 20, 2007, 8:52 pm
#23
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Location: MEL
Posts: 2,441
VIE (Vienna) not in Europe
Like the old version (so it presumably carried over from there) it thinks Vienna (VIE) is somewhere other than Europe so that, for example, LHR-VIE-HEL comes out as
: LHR-VIE: intercontinental
: VIE-HEL: intercontinental
The author previously fixed this but I guess the current version in use is based on a 'pre-fix' version.
: LHR-VIE: intercontinental
: VIE-HEL: intercontinental
The author previously fixed this but I guess the current version in use is based on a 'pre-fix' version.
Jan 21, 2007, 2:20 am
#24
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Europe
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Like the old version (so it presumably carried over from there) it thinks Vienna (VIE) is somewhere other than Europe so that, for example, LHR-VIE-HEL comes out as
: LHR-VIE: intercontinental
: VIE-HEL: intercontinental
The author previously fixed this but I guess the current version in use is based on a 'pre-fix' version.
: LHR-VIE: intercontinental
: VIE-HEL: intercontinental
The author previously fixed this but I guess the current version in use is based on a 'pre-fix' version.
. I also moved the beta to the main 0.95 page.
Jan 22, 2007, 3:26 pm
#25
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Location: Europe
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Posts: 3,087
0.95010 available
This includes a feature to generate a link for an OWE itinerary, permitting:
- an itinerary to be bookmarked
- the ability to post a link to your itinerary on FT - enabling easier discussion
Jan 23, 2007, 10:26 am
#27
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