Originally Posted by
carledwards
just reviving this old threat, I cannot seem to find clarification of the following questions before I possibly book a BD codeshare flight on UA for the first time, again because it is around 400USD cheaper to SFO!
1. If it is in W class, will it earn 100% normal miles on UA, plus my elite bonus?
2. if I enter my mileage plus number in the booking, will I be able to see it under my itineraries on UA's website, and select my preferred economy plus seating?
3. Anything else I should know that may disadvantage me by booking it via bmi?
Thanks very much
I took advantage of this myself on Friday. Booked LHR-LAX-SAN for £343 vs £643 on .bomb!
1/ 100% miles in W, yes. Not sure on the bonus though.
2/ Probably not. Well not at least straight away. There appears to be a "feature" with the BMI website (that is mentioned on the BD forum), where even though you add your MP number at the time of booking, the BMI website can drop it from the reservation. I had this problem myself and had to phone the BMI helpdesk and ask them to add the number for me. After that, the itinerary almost instantly appeared on .bomb.
3/ As mentioned previuosly, the seat maps will be either messed up or not available. However, you can simply phone UA Reservations and tell them what seats you want. I did this on Saturday and got 21H & 17A^
So in answer to your question. For the savings involved, it's worth booking on BMI.com. Assuming of course that you don't mind dealing with potentially two call centres.......