Originally Posted by
mherdeg
I've seen a lot of "lift" lately; does someone have a concise gloss for what it's supposed to mean?
Lift in this context is just another word for the number of seats in a market. There is a lot of oneworld lift on the LHR-JFK route and much less Star Alliance lift on the EWR-LHR route.
Originally Posted by
AAExPlat
UA quotes $1,089 for their own flights (K fare connecting to UA46).
So the cheapest fare also earns 100% credit on PQDs, RDMs and PQMs. Great!
Originally Posted by
AAExPlat
1) Just because it's a K fare on LH doesn't make it cheap.
I never said it did. But the point remains that customers who are focused only on buying the cheapest fares are not the one airlines are goign to focus on, especially when it comes to providing elite status benefits. I'm sorry that you seem to be taking the news personally; I assure you my point is anything but. I also am a low-fare flyer affected by this change. But I'm willing to admit that I'm a customer the company likely loses money on, not a profitable one. I get why they're doing it.
Originally Posted by
AAExPlat
2) UA prices LH flights higher than LH prices its own flights.
They're also apparently all in different fare buckets...possibly a point of sale issue??
Originally Posted by
AAExPlat
3) If I ticket a flight with LH, I still don't earn any PQD.
Correct. But since you're trying to save money that shouldn't be too much of a problem; the cheapest fare is available on UA metal. But there are also LH fares which are much less than the $400 premium, albeit routing via IAD, ORD or EWR in some cases. Thank goodness there are so many options to choose from. In fact, I found flights on the dates you wanted issued by UA on LH metal for the TATL bits for $1229. Interestingly, that's the exact same fare ITA says it should be.
Across 4 tickets I just saved you about $1000. And that T fare should earn 100% PQMs/RDMs without any issues.