Feb 1, 2013, 12:04 pm
Redeeming Miles for Awards on Malaysia Airlines / MH (Master thread)
Dec 2, 2014, 7:11 pm
#406
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On MH the entry level "Smart" fare is V class which is the lowest AA (and QF) earning fare class.
One of these days I will have to consider the MH sale fares - even without earning - as the price differences are "large".
Happy wandering
Fred
One of these days I will have to consider the MH sale fares - even without earning - as the price differences are "large".
Happy wandering
Fred
Dec 3, 2014, 1:47 am
#408
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Not possible. If mileage earn is important to you in future you should ensure you check the fare bucket you are booking against the earning table for that airline in your frequent flyer program. Not all fare buckets earn as you have found out, and then with codeshare flights marketed/operated by different carriers there can be cases where you do not earn anything as well.
Feb 10, 2015, 12:42 pm
#409
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Business class on Malaysia only gets 1.25 x EQP
I checked and flights on every other Oneworld partner get 1.5 x EQP. Does anyone know the reason for this oddity? I was quite surprised when last month's KUL-MNL sector got me less EQP than I thought. Luckily it's only about a difference of 385 EQP so it's not a great loss this time. Last year I had a longer haul round trip with them but since I was comfortably over 100K EQP I didn't notice that it was only 1.25.
I realize that there is already a general thread on miles earning for MH. But this is such a singularly odd thing in Oneworld that I feel it deserves its own thread. In my 10 years or so in AAdvantage I've flown most of the partners and it seemed like holy writ that all business fares got 1.5. So I'm a bit flabbergasted about this MH being 1.25 business.
At least people should be made well aware of this because many people plan their trips carefully to qualify for next year's status. If they're like me they just assume that in all of OW business class gets them 1.5 x EQP, and they don't necessarily check earnings charts.
I realize that there is already a general thread on miles earning for MH. But this is such a singularly odd thing in Oneworld that I feel it deserves its own thread. In my 10 years or so in AAdvantage I've flown most of the partners and it seemed like holy writ that all business fares got 1.5. So I'm a bit flabbergasted about this MH being 1.25 business.
At least people should be made well aware of this because many people plan their trips carefully to qualify for next year's status. If they're like me they just assume that in all of OW business class gets them 1.5 x EQP, and they don't necessarily check earnings charts.
Feb 10, 2015, 12:47 pm
#410
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Nasty surprise. Only First on MH earns 1.5 EQP per base mile.
New airline to fly? It pays to check FT threads and the "Earn Miles" link, following to "Airlines", from the AA AAdvantage page, lest we get caught short.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...iaairlines.jsp
New airline to fly? It pays to check FT threads and the "Earn Miles" link, following to "Airlines", from the AA AAdvantage page, lest we get caught short.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...iaairlines.jsp
Last edited by JDiver; Feb 10, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Mar 30, 2015, 6:43 pm
#412
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There is no way I can give you a definitive answer but in my experience no.
Mar 30, 2015, 6:58 pm
#413
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Similar situation also for an inner-Asia flight. No additional award seat even with lots of seats for sale.
Looks like they don't open up more seats close to departure.
Apr 10, 2015, 9:18 am
#416
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Having trouble booking award space with MH:
For instance, I wanted to book a flight on April 17th next week and was told there's no availability for any of the flights on that day (when I see lots of Y and J availability through the BA site.) But on the 18th, what they can see lines up perfectly with BA.
Is it a strange glitch - or is there some restriction on booking MH more than X days in advance?
For instance, I wanted to book a flight on April 17th next week and was told there's no availability for any of the flights on that day (when I see lots of Y and J availability through the BA site.) But on the 18th, what they can see lines up perfectly with BA.
Is it a strange glitch - or is there some restriction on booking MH more than X days in advance?
Apr 10, 2015, 12:22 pm
#417
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: The KUL city
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I had a rather strange experience with MH. BA.com shows U1 and I was booking for me and my friend. After confirming my seat, the US agent request another seat from MH for my friend and managed to get it confirmed.
Apr 10, 2015, 5:30 pm
#418
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Apr 11, 2015, 4:50 am
#419
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