Originally Posted by
TGflyergirl
Not quite - the RBD goes up according to availability - so they start at the lowest RBD - and sell all three levels at the lowest code, and then go up one, and again sell all three levels laterally at that code. Just for example - do have a quick look at 18/3 this friday KUL-SIN on MH603 - You can get a lite fare booked in Y - at a ridiculous 1200ish RM - and not have a bag included. It has been like this for a while. So to go back to answering your question - no, there is no way to upsell to a fare earning class online. You just need to wait until the lower RBD's run out, or you do it via a travel agent.
Not sure what you mean by "how MH is treating it's passengers" though - what you see is what you get.
thank you so much !
I did not realise MH was assigning RBD laterally and wrongly thought it would be based on the Economy Lite / Basic / Flex levels. Yes I did check KUL-SIN on MH603 18/3 this Friday and saw the RM 1,200ish Economy Lite fare. So to confirm, if I am booking early on say 1 month out and want to try for at least a K / M / L / V Booking Class, my best bet is booking via a travel agent?
and just to explain what I meant by "how MH is treating it's passengers", I had a panicked idea (though obviously wrong) that MH might have designated all economy tickets as N or Q class, being stingy with points for other OneWorld FFP members, maybe with the aim to drive those flying MH to sign on to enrich. I remember QF does something similar for QF FFP members flying MH to Australia, i.e., having an abysmal earning rate.
Again thank you