Originally Posted by
Ilove2fly
Yes, all tickets are eligible for airline mile and status mile accruals according to specific airline rules. Most airlines have rules on which booking code gets how many miles. In my experience, the booking codes for companion tickets and the 15% discounted tickets have been the same as the booking codes for the tickets were booked on airline's booking website.
It is interesting to note that the discounts do not appear on on airline website. All itineraries appeared as: booked through a travel agent and purchased without any discounts. So companion tickets are full value tickets.
I noticed this as well with a DL ticket. I find it interesting. Who is eating the cost of the discount? For whatever reason, I assumed it was passed to the airline.
I agree with a previous post about this being an underrated card. Given how often I am able to take advantage of the airfare savings via Spirit, I am torn between using points for a ticket and not getting the discount and purchasing the ticket with the discount (and earning TY pts). If Citi allowed point transfers, then this wouldn't be a dilemma. Hopefully soon (though doubtful).