Mileage accrual/optimization on UA and LH codeshares
Hi everyone,
I have the following flights coming up and would like to see what I can get out of it in terms of TK miles.
FRU-IST: TK347, H-class
IST-FRA: UA6900 operated by TK, U-class
FRA-IAD: UA933, U-class
JFK-FRA: UA8842 operated by LH, L-class
FRA-ALA: UA9116 operated by LH, L-class.
The ticket was booked for me by a travel agent, and it's under "Fly America" rules, which is why the route is rather circuitous - there is no UA codeshare for the more obvious IST-IAD flight on TK7, which would have been straighter and also on TK's new 787.
I have a hunch that the ticket as is is not really good for much in terms of miles, but I don't understand the TK mileage accrual rules for UA and for U- and L-class. Also I'm not opposed to changing/upgrading some of the segments at my own (reasonable) cost if it nets some miles where otherwise there would be none.