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Old Feb 3, 2014, 11:31 pm
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jasonvr
 
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Clearing out some old emails and found this email subject from UA just 5 days ago

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Originally Posted by SingaporeDon
SIN-LHR shows 85,000 miles for Business Saver when all flights are available in Business, but drops down in some BUT NOT ALL cases to 75,000 miles for mix class with an economy or coach flight thrown in. Is there any rhyme or reason to this, or is it just a software glitch?
I'm seeing it too. In all the cases I'm seeing it is where the longhaul is in Y and the feeders are in J. For example SIN-BKK-FRA-LHR where BKK-FRA is in Y while the others are in J. Seems to price out at the UA rate instead of the partner rate in that case. Looks like maybe there is some distance based logic in there??? Of course anyone who books that should be ashamed since the corresponding all-Y itinerary is 55k.

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