Crediting Codeshare Flight Nuances
Mar 14, 2019, 4:32 pm
#1
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Crediting Codeshare Flight Nuances
Hi everyone!
I had a question regarding crediting codeshare flights to Alaska Airlines.
I bought a flight on AA and from HKG to SFO, it was a codeshare AA operated by CX on booking class V, which earns 75% on AA but 50% on CX. However, I was told by airline representatives from AS that they base it off the operating carrier (CX) so I was awarded 50% of the miles from that flight.
However, looking at my boarding pass, it seems as if I flew on Y class of CX, which is 100% of miles. I gave AS a call about this and they told me that my receipt says V class so they are awarding at V class, despite what my boarding pass says.
I wanted to know if anyone has any experience or workarounds regarding this because another ~3.5k miles would be pretty useful. I am sure that sometimes booking classes from one airline don't exist in another so it's even possible to get 0% of miles flown.
Thank you so much!
I had a question regarding crediting codeshare flights to Alaska Airlines.
I bought a flight on AA and from HKG to SFO, it was a codeshare AA operated by CX on booking class V, which earns 75% on AA but 50% on CX. However, I was told by airline representatives from AS that they base it off the operating carrier (CX) so I was awarded 50% of the miles from that flight.
However, looking at my boarding pass, it seems as if I flew on Y class of CX, which is 100% of miles. I gave AS a call about this and they told me that my receipt says V class so they are awarding at V class, despite what my boarding pass says.
I wanted to know if anyone has any experience or workarounds regarding this because another ~3.5k miles would be pretty useful. I am sure that sometimes booking classes from one airline don't exist in another so it's even possible to get 0% of miles flown.
Thank you so much!
Mar 14, 2019, 4:35 pm
#2
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Hi everyone!
I had a question regarding crediting codeshare flights to Alaska Airlines.
I bought a flight on AA and from HKG to SFO, it was a codeshare AA operated by CX on booking class V, which earns 75% on AA but 50% on CX. However, I was told by airline representatives from AS that they base it off the operating carrier (CX) so I was awarded 50% of the miles from that flight.
However, looking at my boarding pass, it seems as if I flew on Y class of CX, which is 100% of miles. I gave AS a call about this and they told me that my receipt says V class so they are awarding at V class, despite what my boarding pass says.
I wanted to know if anyone has any experience or workarounds regarding this because another ~3.5k miles would be pretty useful. I am sure that sometimes booking classes from one airline don't exist in another so it's even possible to get 0% of miles flown.
Thank you so much!
I had a question regarding crediting codeshare flights to Alaska Airlines.
I bought a flight on AA and from HKG to SFO, it was a codeshare AA operated by CX on booking class V, which earns 75% on AA but 50% on CX. However, I was told by airline representatives from AS that they base it off the operating carrier (CX) so I was awarded 50% of the miles from that flight.
However, looking at my boarding pass, it seems as if I flew on Y class of CX, which is 100% of miles. I gave AS a call about this and they told me that my receipt says V class so they are awarding at V class, despite what my boarding pass says.
I wanted to know if anyone has any experience or workarounds regarding this because another ~3.5k miles would be pretty useful. I am sure that sometimes booking classes from one airline don't exist in another so it's even possible to get 0% of miles flown.
Thank you so much!
Mar 14, 2019, 4:54 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2015
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Hi everyone!
I had a question regarding crediting codeshare flights to Alaska Airlines.
I bought a flight on AA and from HKG to SFO, it was a codeshare AA operated by CX on booking class V, which earns 75% on AA but 50% on CX. However, I was told by airline representatives from AS that they base it off the operating carrier (CX) so I was awarded 50% of the miles from that flight.
However, looking at my boarding pass, it seems as if I flew on Y class of CX, which is 100% of miles. I gave AS a call about this and they told me that my receipt says V class so they are awarding at V class, despite what my boarding pass says.
I wanted to know if anyone has any experience or workarounds regarding this because another ~3.5k miles would be pretty useful. I am sure that sometimes booking classes from one airline don't exist in another so it's even possible to get 0% of miles flown.
Thank you so much!
I had a question regarding crediting codeshare flights to Alaska Airlines.
I bought a flight on AA and from HKG to SFO, it was a codeshare AA operated by CX on booking class V, which earns 75% on AA but 50% on CX. However, I was told by airline representatives from AS that they base it off the operating carrier (CX) so I was awarded 50% of the miles from that flight.
However, looking at my boarding pass, it seems as if I flew on Y class of CX, which is 100% of miles. I gave AS a call about this and they told me that my receipt says V class so they are awarding at V class, despite what my boarding pass says.
I wanted to know if anyone has any experience or workarounds regarding this because another ~3.5k miles would be pretty useful. I am sure that sometimes booking classes from one airline don't exist in another so it's even possible to get 0% of miles flown.
Thank you so much!
Mar 14, 2019, 5:44 pm
#4
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V fare would not map to full Y. AS goes off receipt so you may be out of luck. Many carriers just put the generic cabin designation vs actual booking class. Next time try to avoid the codeshare
Mar 15, 2019, 2:30 am
#6
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This is quite common with international carriers (especially in Asia) – the boarding pass will show something like Y/M (Main) for Economy, W for premium economy, J/C for Business, and F for First regardless of booking class.
You’d probably know if you booked a full Y fare because it would have been astronomically expensive relative to normal pricing on your route (for reference, I just checked a Y class fare on United for SFO-HKG in the summer and it’s $4600 round trip).
You’d probably know if you booked a full Y fare because it would have been astronomically expensive relative to normal pricing on your route (for reference, I just checked a Y class fare on United for SFO-HKG in the summer and it’s $4600 round trip).
Mar 18, 2019, 10:08 am
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apropos of nothing, I misread the thread title as "Crediting Code-Share Flight Nuisances" which it seems would have also been appropriate 
