The Newbie Zone: ask your questions here
Jun 8, 2014, 7:13 pm
#511
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 3
Well, I was tweaking my second post that sliiide responded to, and it disappeared completely. So I'm glad you saw it. I haven't flown United's contract carriers, but I bet they have United logos all over them.
Thanks Again.
Thanks Again.
Jun 8, 2014, 9:18 pm
#512
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NYC
Posts: 538
As for UX partners, flights on them usually accrue on A3, although people have had some ineligible flights operated mostly by Skywest in the past. A year ago, PVDtoDEL posted a list of UA flight numbers eligible for accrual/status; it's probably still pretty accurate.
Jun 9, 2014, 12:12 pm
#513
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 45
Hey everyone. I'm under 500 miles short of *G and have until the end of october to get those miles. Any thoughts here or via PM as to the cheapest way to get those last 500 miles? I assume it is a united K segment, and I can fly out of any of BOS DC PHL or any of the NYC airports to get it done .
Cheapest I've found so far is about $100 for NYC to BOS.
Cheapest I've found so far is about $100 for NYC to BOS.
Jun 9, 2014, 2:19 pm
#514
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: homeless 2.0
Programs: A3 Gold, LH FTL
Posts: 1,065
Hey everyone. I'm under 500 miles short of *G and have until the end of october to get those miles. Any thoughts here or via PM as to the cheapest way to get those last 500 miles? I assume it is a united K segment, and I can fly out of any of BOS DC PHL or any of the NYC airports to get it done .
Cheapest I've found so far is about $100 for NYC to BOS.
Cheapest I've found so far is about $100 for NYC to BOS.
Jun 12, 2014, 4:33 am
#515
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
If I fly an SA flight number operated by JE (Mango, its low-fare subsidiary), will I earn anything in M&B? (Leaving aside questions of earning/non-earning booking classes, of course.)
Sorry if this is a straightforward question within the *A structure, but I know very little either about *A or M&B, having so far had straightforward earning opportunities on LX codes operated by LX.
Thanks!
Sorry if this is a straightforward question within the *A structure, but I know very little either about *A or M&B, having so far had straightforward earning opportunities on LX codes operated by LX.
Thanks!
Jun 12, 2014, 5:01 am
#516
Community Director
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norwich, UK
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold, BD Gold (in memoriam), IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 8,478
If I fly an SA flight number operated by JE (Mango, its low-fare subsidiary), will I earn anything in M&B? (Leaving aside questions of earning/non-earning booking classes, of course.)
Sorry if this is a straightforward question within the *A structure, but I know very little either about *A or M&B, having so far had straightforward earning opportunities on LX codes operated by LX.
Thanks!
Sorry if this is a straightforward question within the *A structure, but I know very little either about *A or M&B, having so far had straightforward earning opportunities on LX codes operated by LX.
Thanks!
Jun 12, 2014, 11:09 am
#517
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
Jun 26, 2014, 8:29 am
#518
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
Programs: MR/SPG LT Titanium, AA LT PLT, UA SLV, Avis PreferredPlus
Posts: 31,009
Newbie Q - The program rules say I need to accumulate 16K after hitting the Blue 4K to earn Gold status. I hit Blue with a 4K mile flight a Turkish, putting me at 6K total. So do I really need 16K more, wasting the extra 2K? Or do I actually need to get to 20K total, so 10K more?
Jun 26, 2014, 12:17 pm
#519
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: LY-PL, A3-*G
Posts: 1,680
Newbie Q - The program rules say I need to accumulate 16K after hitting the Blue 4K to earn Gold status. I hit Blue with a 4K mile flight a Turkish, putting me at 6K total. So do I really need 16K more, wasting the extra 2K? Or do I actually need to get to 20K total, so 10K more?
Jun 26, 2014, 1:55 pm
#520
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 260
And you have one year from reaching blue to do it in. Nearly tripped me up as i thought i had two years from signup.
Jun 26, 2014, 4:33 pm
#521
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
Programs: MR/SPG LT Titanium, AA LT PLT, UA SLV, Avis PreferredPlus
Posts: 31,009
Thanks. That seems like the obvious answer/consistent with other programs. But the specific wording (maybe an English translation issue), made it seem that you needed the full 16K additional miles, after the flight that got you over 4K, regardless of how far over 4K you were with that flight.
Jul 10, 2014, 11:34 am
#522
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 505
No way you can reserve a seat with Aegean, neither online nor by calling them, neither in J nor in C. On the other hand, you can check-in online 48 hours before the flight departs, and my experience so far (~400 flights) is that even at -40 hours 99% of the seats are still "free". Of course, Murphy's law can apply! 
Jul 11, 2014, 8:24 am
#523
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,567
Officially nothing has changed. But there was a report a few months ago by an FTer who called them and supposedly got specific seats reserved for a party of more than 4-5 pax.
Jul 28, 2014, 3:35 am
#524
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 19
Newbie question: Can I still earn Aegean miles with US flights?
Aegean website still shows that all economy class US flights earn 100% miles, but Aegean is no longer on US's list of "other partners"...
Aegean website still shows that all economy class US flights earn 100% miles, but Aegean is no longer on US's list of "other partners"...