Originally Posted by
RafKa
Therein lies the whole problem: it's impossible to answer your question because according to *A rules, it's whatever fare bucket your UA K fare ends up mapping to on the JV operating carrier. You have no visibility so it might well end up being a non crediting fare class from NH, OZ, etc. You can check on the operating airline what their currently lowest fare books into, and that might be an indication, but the only way to make 100% sure of what you'll earn is to book direct with the operating carrier.
Oh you're exactly right, I had forgotten about the opague mapping. Many thanks.
Is there some source, perhaps on FT, offering a prediction of these mappings?
And is this to say we can be quite sure a hypothetical NH-operated flight sold on NH's own site indicates the correct eventual fare class? If it says K on the search results and eTicket, it's likely actually K? T is likely T, R is likely R, etc.