Originally Posted by
Komodromou
Hey, guys, I'm still working on my tier point run! I'm trying to add HEL into the mix however It won't let me! Could anyone advise me where I'm going wrong, please
You can check the fare rules on Expertflyer and even ITA (blue link on details page to e.g. INN1T1S4).
While you are not hitting the allowed number of transfers you are exceeding the maximum permitted miles (MPM). In general there are two types of fares: routing based (often seen on Star Alliance) with fixed routings like BER-FRA/MUC/ZRH/VIE-EWR-MIA and MPM fares which define a maximum permitted number of miles you are allowed to travel based on the distance between the origin and destination airports.
In this case this is what Expertflyer shows (ITA won't show this):
Code:
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1 INN1T1S4 I‡R 1095.00 ---- ‡/3 ‡‡/12M AT01
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES
FROM-DUB TO-ORL CXR-AA TVL-28DEC20 RULE-J604 IPRA/1
FARE BASIS-INN1T1S4 SPECIAL FARE DIS-E VENDOR-ATP
FARE TYPE-BX RT-BUSINESS CLASS EXCURSION
EUR 898.00 MPM E18DEC20 D-INFINITY FC-INN1T1S4 FN-2L
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 17DEC20/1011 EXPIRES INFINITY
PUBLISHED RTG DUB-ORL/AA EF-18DEC20 DIS-INDEF
/VIA THE ATLANTIC/ MPM 4875
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES BETWEEN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION
MILEAGE SYSTEM APPLIES ORIGIN TO DESTINATION
TICKETED POINT DEDUCTION OF 550 MILES APPLIES
WHEN TRAVEL IS VIA CHI AND/OR MIA AND/OR RDU AND/OR
CLT
TICKETED POINT DEDUCTION OF 550 MILES APPLIES
WHEN TRAVEL IS VIA DFW
TICKETED POINT DEDUCTION OF 550 MILES APPLIES
WHEN TRAVEL IS VIA CHI AND/OR RDU AND/OR MIA AND/OR
CLT
TICKETED POINT DEDUCTION OF 705 MILES APPLIES
WHEN TRAVEL IS VIA SUB AREA 21
TICKETED POINT DEDUCTION OF 550 MILES APPLIES
WHEN TRAVEL IS VIA CHI AND/OR MIA AND/OR RDU AND/OR
CLT
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Effectively this says that you have 4875 miles to play with. But then there's some deductions if you transfer at specific airports.
... and there's a somewhat hidden bonus feature which allows you to exceed the MPM values by paying an added percentage on the base fare based on these buckets:
Code:
DUBORL-AA 28DEC20
TICKETED POINT SURCHARGES APPLY.
GI M 5M 10M 15M 20M 25M
MPM AT 4875 5118 5362 5606 5850 6093
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Based on GCMAP.com your DUB-LHR-JFK-MIA-MCO comes in at 5012 miles. You need to substract 550mi from the traveled miles because you are transferring in MIA. So those <4500 miles on your ticket mean you are within the 4875mi limit and don't have to pay any additional base fare.
What happens if you exceed the allowed miles?
You can see that the base fare for the return part is higher. The fare construction line shows that it charged me the 20M bucket.
I assume you are looking to travel DUB-LHR-HEL-JFK-MIA-MCO. This comes in at 6829mi. You are transferring in MIA which means you can deduct 550mi, but that's still 6279 miles traveled and thus above the MPM+25% limit (i.e. 6093mi).
You need to keep it below that 6093mi limit to make it work.
Here's a routing that works, but at the 25% additional cost:
