The Newbie Zone: ask your questions here
Aug 17, 2014, 8:41 pm
#541
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: 25 million points to burn!
Posts: 1,522
LGA-IAH-SEA rt in UA F (code fare A) will net over 19K A3 miles. With the bonus 1K for sign up, that's *G. But...right now I have only the 1000 miles, no Blue status. The mileage run would get me to SEA around midnight and then fly back 6 hours later to LGA. So...I know you have to have Blue status prior to getting Gold. Will this 1 mileage run not work to get *G because I won't be Blue to begin with and there's not enough time in b/w flights for Blue status to be credited before the Gold? Thx for your help!
Aug 18, 2014, 4:27 am
#542
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,567
LGA-IAH-SEA rt in UA F (code fare A) will net over 19K A3 miles. With the bonus 1K for sign up, that's *G. But...right now I have only the 1000 miles, no Blue status. The mileage run would get me to SEA around midnight and then fly back 6 hours later to LGA. So...I know you have to have Blue status prior to getting Gold. Will this 1 mileage run not work to get *G because I won't be Blue to begin with and there's not enough time in b/w flights for Blue status to be credited before the Gold? Thx for your help!
PS Only believe the rules listed on A3's site. Anything else is, often, cr**, even when posted by members who've been around for ages (e.g. me!
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Last edited by KLouis; Aug 18, 2014 at 5:53 am
Aug 18, 2014, 7:37 am
#543
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: 25 million points to burn!
Posts: 1,522
Thx! I'll book it then.
Aug 18, 2014, 1:36 pm
#544
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: LAX, SNA, LGB
Posts: 452
No such restrictions; who told you they exist? You'll become gold as soon as you get 20K miles within 365 years, irrespective of whether you were blue before or not.
PS Only believe the rules listed on A3's site. Anything else is, often, cr**, even when posted by members who've been around for ages (e.g. me!)
PS Only believe the rules listed on A3's site. Anything else is, often, cr**, even when posted by members who've been around for ages (e.g. me!
)
Aug 20, 2014, 5:23 am
#546
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 6
Do you also have to enter your password everytime you visit the Miles and Bonus website? I don't seem to find an option to stay logged in
Aug 31, 2014, 5:36 pm
#547
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 11
400 miles left to A3 gold - any advice?
In the middle of this month I will be flying NRT-CPH-ARN and CPH-OSL-TXL-CPH-NRT with SK in economy. On CPH-NRT, I bought an OT upgrade to both prem. eco and business class. The plane looks quite full so I am hoping for the best:
SK983/26:
J/0 Y/0 S/0 B/0 P/0 A/0 E/1 M/1 H/0 Q/0 V/0 W/0 U/0 K/0 L/0 T/0 O/0 G/0
C/9 D/9 Z/4.
If the upgrades clears I am expecting to credit 18600 miles to my newly opened Aegean miles account. Together with the sign up bonus it leaves me 400 short from reaching gold in this trip. I thought I will credit miles from Hertz and/or hotel bookings from booking.com but it turns out that these do not count as tier miles.
I have trips coming up in Oct. (TG in W = no miles) and Dec. (SK) and it would be nice to be able to use the gold benefits by then. Is flying a short milage run the only alternative? I am based in TYO and would like any advice on how to earn those last 400?
SK983/26:
J/0 Y/0 S/0 B/0 P/0 A/0 E/1 M/1 H/0 Q/0 V/0 W/0 U/0 K/0 L/0 T/0 O/0 G/0
C/9 D/9 Z/4.
If the upgrades clears I am expecting to credit 18600 miles to my newly opened Aegean miles account. Together with the sign up bonus it leaves me 400 short from reaching gold in this trip. I thought I will credit miles from Hertz and/or hotel bookings from booking.com but it turns out that these do not count as tier miles.
I have trips coming up in Oct. (TG in W = no miles) and Dec. (SK) and it would be nice to be able to use the gold benefits by then. Is flying a short milage run the only alternative? I am based in TYO and would like any advice on how to earn those last 400?
Aug 31, 2014, 8:43 pm
#548
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 1
Just found out about *G with A3 last week. Signed up and already updated my FF# for an upcoming ORD-CPH trip (Z class/business). If I am calculating this correctly, I should have 18,025 miles (including the 1,000 sign up). Trying to figure out how to get to 20,000 quickly. I've been looking at a lot of options. Does "Skywest DB United Express" count? I'm looking at ORD-MCI (first class/A class, UA5209 and UA4969) which, if it counts, should give me triple the miles. Seems like that is one of the quicker day trips and cheaper than some of the other cities I've been looking at - even compared to economy depending on the booking class.
Aug 31, 2014, 10:04 pm
#549
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: homeless 2.0
Programs: A3 Gold, LH FTL
Posts: 1,065
Sep 1, 2014, 12:16 pm
#550
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: AMS
Programs: AAdvantage Platinum, Asiana Club Silver, Flying Blue Ivory
Posts: 368
P booking class on United.
A newbie question:
I checked the Aegean site. http://en.aegeanair.com/milesandbonu...-miles/#UNITED
It states
Are they serious about P. On a future flight, I was actually thinking of upgrading to Business class, for the extra status miles, but I noticed I was getting P booking class.
Oddly, enough, according to this site:
http://cwsi.net/united.htm
the Z class, which does earn miles, is a more heavily discounted booking class than P?!
Is it really true that on paid business class with United you get no miles and are better off booking Fullflex Y at the same price?
I checked the Aegean site. http://en.aegeanair.com/milesandbonu...-miles/#UNITED
It states
Note: Booking Classes not eligible for accrual:O, I, X, R, N, P
Oddly, enough, according to this site:
http://cwsi.net/united.htm
the Z class, which does earn miles, is a more heavily discounted booking class than P?!
Is it really true that on paid business class with United you get no miles and are better off booking Fullflex Y at the same price?
Sep 1, 2014, 1:28 pm
#551
Community Director
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norwich, UK
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold, BD Gold (in memoriam), IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 8,477
A newbie question:
I checked the Aegean site. http://en.aegeanair.com/milesandbonu...-miles/#UNITED
It states
Are they serious about P. On a future flight, I was actually thinking of upgrading to Business class, for the extra status miles, but I noticed I was getting P booking class.
Oddly, enough, according to this site:
http://cwsi.net/united.htm
the Z class, which does earn miles, is a more heavily discounted booking class than P?!
Is it really true that on paid business class with United you get no miles and are better off booking Fullflex Y at the same price?
I checked the Aegean site. http://en.aegeanair.com/milesandbonu...-miles/#UNITED
It states
Are they serious about P. On a future flight, I was actually thinking of upgrading to Business class, for the extra status miles, but I noticed I was getting P booking class.
Oddly, enough, according to this site:
http://cwsi.net/united.htm
the Z class, which does earn miles, is a more heavily discounted booking class than P?!
Is it really true that on paid business class with United you get no miles and are better off booking Fullflex Y at the same price?
Sep 1, 2014, 2:09 pm
#552
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: AMS
Programs: AAdvantage Platinum, Asiana Club Silver, Flying Blue Ivory
Posts: 368
Yes, correct.
Remember that full fare Y may be worth more to UA than discounted C
When I use United's mileage calculator, P and Z earn exactly the same (which, compared to full-fare Y is just as much PQM and slightly more award miles).
http://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/Mark...es/united.aspx
I mean, I'd understand P earning the same as Y with Aegean. I just don't get it earning _no_ miles. It means I'm better off buying a mile-earning heavy discount economy ticket, than a ticket that's twice as expensive.
Oh well, there goes my cunning plan to book a nice seat :-)
Sep 1, 2014, 2:23 pm
#553
Community Director
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norwich, UK
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold, BD Gold (in memoriam), IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 8,477
Thanks for the quick response!
That's the weird thing. With United itself, there's no such exception. It's just Aegean.
When I use United's mileage calculator, P and Z earn exactly the same (which, compared to full-fare Y is just as much PQM and slightly more award miles).
http://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/Mark...es/united.aspx
I mean, I'd understand P earning the same as Y with Aegean. I just don't get it earning _no_ miles. It means I'm better off buying a mile-earning heavy discount economy ticket, than a ticket that's twice as expensive.
Oh well, there goes my cunning plan to book a nice seat :-)
That's the weird thing. With United itself, there's no such exception. It's just Aegean.
When I use United's mileage calculator, P and Z earn exactly the same (which, compared to full-fare Y is just as much PQM and slightly more award miles).
http://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/Mark...es/united.aspx
I mean, I'd understand P earning the same as Y with Aegean. I just don't get it earning _no_ miles. It means I'm better off buying a mile-earning heavy discount economy ticket, than a ticket that's twice as expensive.
Oh well, there goes my cunning plan to book a nice seat :-)
UA obviously feels there's not enough money in a P fare to justify paying A3 against it.
Sep 1, 2014, 3:17 pm
#554
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: ZRH/SFO
Programs: A3*G - AZ CFP- HH DIA
Posts: 3,666
Thanks for the quick response!
That's the weird thing. With United itself, there's no such exception. It's just Aegean.
When I use United's mileage calculator, P and Z earn exactly the same (which, compared to full-fare Y is just as much PQM and slightly more award miles).
http://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/Mark...es/united.aspx
I mean, I'd understand P earning the same as Y with Aegean. I just don't get it earning _no_ miles. It means I'm better off buying a mile-earning heavy discount economy ticket, than a ticket that's twice as expensive.
Oh well, there goes my cunning plan to book a nice seat :-)
That's the weird thing. With United itself, there's no such exception. It's just Aegean.
When I use United's mileage calculator, P and Z earn exactly the same (which, compared to full-fare Y is just as much PQM and slightly more award miles).
http://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/Mark...es/united.aspx
I mean, I'd understand P earning the same as Y with Aegean. I just don't get it earning _no_ miles. It means I'm better off buying a mile-earning heavy discount economy ticket, than a ticket that's twice as expensive.
Oh well, there goes my cunning plan to book a nice seat :-)
United Airlines / UA Fare Class P [earns no A3 Miles&Bonus miles - merged]
Sep 1, 2014, 5:15 pm
#555
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: AMS
Programs: AAdvantage Platinum, Asiana Club Silver, Flying Blue Ivory
Posts: 368
Funny that you say that. I used the forum search function, instead of Google, I'll guess I should've used both :-)
I'll still take (newbie) cred for the fact that I researched my question relatively in-depth with the involved airlines, and checked up on the meaning of the booking classes.
The logic just escapes me. Luckily, after reading the thread you provided, I can console myself with the thought that this at least puts me in plenty company.
I'll still take (newbie) cred for the fact that I researched my question relatively in-depth with the involved airlines, and checked up on the meaning of the booking classes.
The logic just escapes me. Luckily, after reading the thread you provided, I can console myself with the thought that this at least puts me in plenty company.
Last edited by AtlanticX; Sep 1, 2014 at 5:21 pm