Change to Fare Classes and Class of Service Bonuses (3/31/21)
May 11, 2021, 7:42 pm
#226
Join Date: Aug 2020
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May 16, 2021, 10:08 am
#228
Join Date: Aug 2018
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I'm now myself in the same boat of needing to initiate requesting the correct mileage on a flight due to the Class of Service bonus changes but I want to check my math on the RDM I received first because it seems like I'm missing something about how the bonus RDM is calculated. It's saying I received 2,454 base and 2,454 bonus for a total of 4,908 RDM on my LAX-EWR flight yesterday...I'm not even sure where it's coming from that the total RDM is just 2x the flight distance? I'm MVP (50% earning bonus) and this was a paid first class ticket (was F when I booked, now I fare class) and doesn't the Class of Service bonus apply equally to RDM?
So, one, I want to confirm that it should have been 2,454*1.5*1.5 = 5522 total RDM under the current rules and that I should be requesting 2,454*1.5*1.75=6442 total RDM based on the rules in place when I booked (incidentally the same as the total number of EQM I'm requesting since for the EQM calculation the 50% MVP RDM bonus gets replaced with the 50% EQM promotion). But two, I'm confused because it seems like 4,908 total RDM doesn't add up in any scenario? I would think 2,4908 would be what you'd get flying in coach LAX-EWR as an MVPG with the 100% earning bonus.
So, one, I want to confirm that it should have been 2,454*1.5*1.5 = 5522 total RDM under the current rules and that I should be requesting 2,454*1.5*1.75=6442 total RDM based on the rules in place when I booked (incidentally the same as the total number of EQM I'm requesting since for the EQM calculation the 50% MVP RDM bonus gets replaced with the 50% EQM promotion). But two, I'm confused because it seems like 4,908 total RDM doesn't add up in any scenario? I would think 2,4908 would be what you'd get flying in coach LAX-EWR as an MVPG with the 100% earning bonus.
May 16, 2021, 11:01 am
#229
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
I'm now myself in the same boat of needing to initiate requesting the correct mileage on a flight due to the Class of Service bonus changes but I want to check my math on the RDM I received first because it seems like I'm missing something about how the bonus RDM is calculated. It's saying I received 2,454 base and 2,454 bonus for a total of 4,908 RDM on my LAX-EWR flight yesterday...I'm not even sure where it's coming from that the total RDM is just 2x the flight distance? I'm MVP (50% earning bonus) and this was a paid first class ticket (was F when I booked, now I fare class) and doesn't the Class of Service bonus apply equally to RDM?
So, one, I want to confirm that it should have been 2,454*1.5*1.5 = 5522 total RDM under the current rules and that I should be requesting 2,454*1.5*1.75=6442 total RDM based on the rules in place when I booked (incidentally the same as the total number of EQM I'm requesting since for the EQM calculation the 50% MVP RDM bonus gets replaced with the 50% EQM promotion). But two, I'm confused because it seems like 4,908 total RDM doesn't add up in any scenario? I would think 2,4908 would be what you'd get flying in coach LAX-EWR as an MVPG with the 100% earning bonus.
So, one, I want to confirm that it should have been 2,454*1.5*1.5 = 5522 total RDM under the current rules and that I should be requesting 2,454*1.5*1.75=6442 total RDM based on the rules in place when I booked (incidentally the same as the total number of EQM I'm requesting since for the EQM calculation the 50% MVP RDM bonus gets replaced with the 50% EQM promotion). But two, I'm confused because it seems like 4,908 total RDM doesn't add up in any scenario? I would think 2,4908 would be what you'd get flying in coach LAX-EWR as an MVPG with the 100% earning bonus.
RDM = 100% Base + 50% Base COS + 50% Base MVP Elite Bonus = 200% Base.
LAX-EWR : RDM = 2454 × 2 = 4908.
If you are seeking RDM based on the 75%* COS in effect at the time you purchased your ticket, RDM earned for a MVP Member would be 225% Base. You should accrue an additional 25% Base RDM.
*LAX-EWR : RDM = 2454 × 2.25 = 5522 (rounded up)
EQM with the 50% EQM Bonus & 75% COS bonus is 263% Base, at 50% COS Bonus you earned 225% Base.
EQM 50% Bonus LAX-EWR : 2454 × 2.25 = 5522
EQM 75% Bonus LAX-EWR : 2454 × 2.63 = 6454
James
Last edited by Flying for Fun; May 16, 2021 at 11:09 am
May 16, 2021, 1:45 pm
#230
Join Date: Aug 2018
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The 50% promotional bonus (stacked on COS) applies to EQM only. Currently, I fares earn a 50% EQM bonus which is both EQM & RDM.
RDM = 100% Base + 50% Base COS + 50% Base MVP Elite Bonus = 200% Base.
LAX-EWR : RDM = 2454 × 2 = 4908.
If you are seeking RDM based on the 75%* COS in effect at the time you purchased your ticket, RDM earned for a MVP Member would be 225% Base. You should accrue an additional 25% Base RDM.
*LAX-EWR : RDM = 2454 × 2.25 = 5522 (rounded up)
EQM with the 50% EQM Bonus & 75% COS bonus is 263% Base, at 50% COS Bonus you earned 225% Base.
EQM 50% Bonus LAX-EWR : 2454 × 2.25 = 5522
EQM 75% Bonus LAX-EWR : 2454 × 2.63 = 6454
James
RDM = 100% Base + 50% Base COS + 50% Base MVP Elite Bonus = 200% Base.
LAX-EWR : RDM = 2454 × 2 = 4908.
If you are seeking RDM based on the 75%* COS in effect at the time you purchased your ticket, RDM earned for a MVP Member would be 225% Base. You should accrue an additional 25% Base RDM.
*LAX-EWR : RDM = 2454 × 2.25 = 5522 (rounded up)
EQM with the 50% EQM Bonus & 75% COS bonus is 263% Base, at 50% COS Bonus you earned 225% Base.
EQM 50% Bonus LAX-EWR : 2454 × 2.25 = 5522
EQM 75% Bonus LAX-EWR : 2454 × 2.63 = 6454
James
May 16, 2021, 1:59 pm
#231
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
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James
May 16, 2021, 7:00 pm
#232
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 621
Just didn't realize the way the EQM and RDM bonuses are applied is different.
May 21, 2021, 5:20 pm
#234
Join Date: May 2012
Location: HNL
Programs: AS MVPG, HA Plat
Posts: 1,268
Many thanks for your help!
May 21, 2021, 5:53 pm
#235
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: On a plane or a beach
Programs: Yes
Posts: 3,156
Just got a polite but unequivocal "no" from Customer Care via chat for an I class ticket purchase in January and flown in May. I have two more pre-3/31 I class tickets for travel in July and August. Better to handle them one at a time or after I've flown all three?
Many thanks for your help!
Many thanks for your help!
May 24, 2021, 2:21 pm
#238
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 621
I also got a resolution on this thanks to Anteater and his Alaska contact, yesterday I got an email from Alaska telling me tough cookies on correcting it, I contacted Anteater right after I got that email, and the corrected EQM and RDM are now showing in my account. Thanks so much to both of you!
May 24, 2021, 5:06 pm
#240
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Anchorage, AK
Programs: Lifetime AS 1MM & MVPG, AS MVPG100K, AA, DL, HH-G
Posts: 8,259
After my flight home last night I was ~1K short of 75K. AS had not given me the 75% bonus (only 50%) for three flights taken between March 31 & April 21. I contacted anteater and less than one hour later the miles had been adjusted and I am now a bit over 76K. Thanks anteater!!!
Last edited by BOB W; May 24, 2021 at 5:17 pm