Originally Posted by
knit-in
Looking at a two segment AA flight DEL-LHR-JFK (operated by BA and AA) and the Fare Basis says OHN0OCP1, which (I assume) means it is an O fare. I credit my miles to Alaska, which shows that O is an Economy fare that gives 25% of the miles flown. Is this some kind of an upgrade fare that gets you to buy economy but instantly upgrades to PE?
Then, the non-stop DEL-JFK operated entirely on AA, in PE, is also an N fare, which is an Economy class fare category as well (50% mileage on AS)
Not sure what to make of this. These are good deals for sure, but also important for EQM earn which is significantly lower.
Many thanks for your insights.
Pull up the fare on ExpertFlyer and use the right-most (?) button to list the fare classes, leave the "other airline" empty and it will show you the codes that can be assigned on that fare.
Lots of "immediate buy-up" fares out there on AA. Have been on several myself that coded, for example, into I (this includes a decent number of domestic fares).
For example, I just booked a domestic coast-to-coast in First (I) but the unerlying fare is Sxxxxx. Haven't had any trouble crediting to BA.
Like others said, the booking code matters, the underlying fare code less so. An example is when you book BA coded TATL on e.g., CDG-LHR-JFK, where the BA CDG-LHR will usually go into S bucket while the BA LHR-JFK will go into O. Both economy in this case but just to highlight. And then you obviously get credit based on S for CDG-LHR and O for LHR-JFK.