FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - TATL Basic Economy (renamed Dec 2018); all BE to earn 50% PQMs, earn 100% PQDs

Apr 20, 2019, 4:34 am

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Originally Posted by j2simpso

The 50% PQM stings a bit no question about that. As for E+ seat selection it's free and can be done around the time of booking depending on how you get your flight ticketed. If you ticket direct with UA then probably no seat selection. With other OTAs it my be possible. I'll leave it at that. As for the price differential I've found for TATL the difference is easily $100 return if not more.

If the goal is elite status chasing, then effectively you would be spending more $. By paying the $100+ to get out of BE, your PQM earning would be 100%; whereas you would need two BE tickets to attain the same PQM, all other things being equal. I hardly think that second BE ticket would cost less than for you to buy out of BE in the first place.

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