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Old Aug 21, 2020 | 6:28 pm
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Originally Posted by smartcookie
Lufthansa/Austrian flight, through United (1 stop each way: FRA,VIE). So ticket starts with 016 and United app tells me it would earn about 696 PQP.
Cash cost $822.
That sounds about right.

Originally Posted by smartcookie
Lufthansa/Lufthansa flight, Fare Class T (1 stop each way: FRA,FRA). I get a Lufthansa confirmation number. On the United site, I see T fare class for this partner earns 50% of miles.
Cash cost $845.

Will I get a lot fewer PQP from the second option as I suspect given the T fare class? I tried to use the calculator and it says I will earn 934 PQP. Is this correct that it is actually better?
934 is correct. 4672 miles each way, and as IAH-OIL-TRASH said, it's 10% of that value. Or, alternatively, you get half-mileage credit for a T fare, and then you divide by 5. You get the same value either way.
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