rustykettel

rj123456

Good catch. They repeat this for domestic flights but leave it out for international.
Complicates things because BA does not allow elites any baggage on basic economy fares, but if it's an AA codeshare AA rules apply. But then I can't credit N for 50% to AS I guess 25% credit to BA is the consolation prize.

Bonaventure

So my friend was just denied on a AA-marketed BA-operated "P" fare for Premium Economy.

Since "P" is an AA code which does not exist on BA, the credit was denied by Alaska. What can my friend do? This was a paid cash fare for PE, seems unfair that it would get 0 when both carriers are AS partners.

eponymous_coward

https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...er-overview:AA

Quote:

Qualify for mileage accrual on international flights

https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...ritish-airways

To repeat:

The rules have never changed. What everyone reports on FT is that AS has ignored the published rules when people submit boarding passes.

I'd have your friend submit the BPs for credit on BA or AA (whichever makes more sense; BA Avios can be redeemed in the USA for as little as 7.5k miles for a one-way AA/AS flight).

rustykettel

milypan

jinglish

How P credits on BA is irrelevant. When AS has given credit, it's based on the operating partner's earning charts in their with their underlying fare bucket.

Flying for Fun

What I would do is email your boarding passes & confirmation email as an attachment and ask them what Fare Class the AA P fare would match to on BA (there are more than one) showing the PE purchase. Email directly to [email protected] rather than using the online missing credit function.

James in Empire Bay.

milypan

According to the post, BA was the operating carrier, the fare code was P, and P does not earn on the BA chart. How is that irrelevant? Maybe I'm not parsing "based on the operating partner's earning charts in their with their underlying fare bucket" correctly. Is your point that there's a hidden fare bucket that BA is using that the traveler can't see but that AS has access to?

jinglish

Oops, scratch the "with their". P is the bucket it booked into on AA, but BA's records will show the passenger in another fare bucket that actually exists on their end. It should be accessible to both AS and the customer, although I don't remember if it's made plain in any of BA's materials or if it'd have to be deciphered from the fare code.

My one experience with this was on a BA-operated AA codeshare, booked into O on AA's end. At the time, AA O earned 100% on AS and BA O earned 25%; whichever bucket BA had me in got me 50% mileage credit after I submitted my request.

Bonaventure

My friend has tried e-mailing Alaska, and been denied twice.

This is something that I've been wondering - can't Alaska see the 'real' fare class code when they plug it into their system? I've sent in boarding passes before without a receipt, so clearly there is no fare class that can be deduced from the boardingpass, so it must be in the system. If so I can imagine that what Alaska is seeing is AA "P" = BA "P". I've told my friend to contact BA but BA customer service is notoriously inept about anything.

This is interesting. However since Oneworld operates on marketing code, I'm not sure if BA actually has different internal codes when their partners operate with different fare naming systems for codeshares on their metal. My search on the BA / AA forums hasn't yielded anything on this front but I'll keep the forum (and future unlucky persons reading this!) updated.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

milypan

I've got several AY-marketed, BA-operated flights coming up. All the AY fare codes are D (eastbound) and I (westbound), regardless of whether it's AY-operated or BA-operated.

I did find the BA fare codes on britishairways.com, but it's not very easy. On the "Manage My Booking" page, if you scroll down to the individual flights, there is a "More flight information" link. Clicking on that link brings up details that include "Selling class." On my 3 BA-operated flights, one is D for AY and BA, one is I for AY and BA, and one is I for AY but R for BA.

For the record, BA does appear to have a P fare class. It looks like a mileage or upgrade class, so it seems a bit odd that a paid AA ticket would book into that, but it would certainly explain why it doesn't qualify for mileage.

MSPeconomist

Flying for Fun

Yes, this is true with AS as well. In fact, you will see reference to upgraded class on AS Partner earning charts with the notation that accrued Mileage Plan miles will be based on the original booking class.

Last year I flew DPS-SIN on KLM and upgraded to J at check-in. When I manually submitted the boarding pass, AS gave me credit for J. I advised them of the error and in appreciation, AS allowed me to keep the J earnings.

James

milypan

Sure, but I don't think that's the issue here. It sounds like it was a purchased PE fare, and the passenger sat in PE.