Originally Posted by
Taipei
I have a question, I took a UA codeahre flight (UA flight number but on ANA (NH) airplane) from LAx to NRT then to TPE (on UA NRT-TPE). Question is the code share flight posted as ANA flight (NH flight 5) not with UA codeshare flight, and I got only 70% of flight miles, not 100% if I took a UA non code share? IS tyhat right, I thought as a UA codeahre, I should get 100% miles to mileage plus, and also does elite100% (exec prem) bonus apply? (I did not get it too?)
The ANA flight, was very nice, but not sure worth it if miles are so much less.
thanks
It doesn't seem there is yet a clear-cut answer to what discounted codeshare NH-operated flight gives you 100% of actual flight miles in Mileage Plus and what gives you just 70%. In my case, the seat on my discounted NRT-HKG NH-operated flight that gave me 100% RDM and EQM of flight miles appears to be made by special arrangement by UA, as I was able to make advance seat selection through UA but not through NH. As I recall in a separate
thread,
Taipei wasn't able to make advance seat selection on his/her NH-operated flight through either UA or NH.
It could be that the NRT-HKG that I flown and the HKG-NRT that
UAFlyer flown were special situations, perhaps because UA cancelled its own NRT-HKG-NRT operations and have to make a different arrangement with NH for these routes, so both
UAFlyer and I were given 100% EQM and RDM even though they were discounted fares. In
Taipei's case, both UA and NH fly LAX-NRT, so such an arrangement is not necessary. Just a theory.
Hope this helps.