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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 1:54 pm
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GetAA81Back2ARN
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Originally Posted by larsll
I got last week 1505 points for a flex flight CPH-MUC. I have no clue where the 5 points came from, as I got 1500 points for the corresponding MUC-CPH a week before.
Was by any chance one of them coded as SK (1505) and the other one as LH (1500) on the original tickets? Both of course operated by SK and also printed as SK flights in the EB-statements... This has happened to me a few times on flights from HAM.

The strange roundings are often occurring when travelling on a fare that gives 50% bonus and you also need to be EBS or EBG.

If you take 1.50 * 1.25 you get 1.875 but probably SK underlynig system cannot handle 3 decimals in which case it gets rounded to 1.88

1.88 * 800 = 1504 which would be rounded to 1505.

I also have had on flight in 25% ARN-CDG: 0.25*1.25 = 0.3125 which woould be 0.32 according to the above idea. 0.32*1800=576 and I got 580 points so it adds up.


ARN-BRU in Y is 1200*1.88 = 2256, rounded to 2260 which is what I get on my account.

ARN-CPH in Y is 600*1.88 = 1128, rounded to 1130 which is what I get.

I have no experience from EBS, but the problem does not happen when I travel on 100% or 200% fares...

Why I get something else when it is booked on LH flight number is more than I know and understand!

Just for the record: I have only once travelled on a 25% fare and that would give 0.25*1.25 = 0.3125 which would give 0.32. 1800*0.32 = 576 points whihc rounded gives me 580 points. So that adds up.

Last edited by GetAA81Back2ARN; Mar 21, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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