"Method: Fare - Exception Applies" Notation on Flight on my AA Account?
Jul 13, 2017, 3:55 am
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"Method: Fare - Exception Applies" Notation on Flight on my AA Account?
I just had a flight credited to AAdvantage and the notation after Method: Fare piqued my interest. Has anyone ever seen this "exception applies" notation or know what it means?
I was credited the correct normal 2x EQM and right amount of EQD for that flight. Just was wondering what the "exception applies" means.
DFW - LHR
Jul 10, 2017 • AA 0050 • Business (R)
Posted: Jul 11, 2017
Method: Fare - exception applies
EQM 9,502
EQD 4,397
I was credited the correct normal 2x EQM and right amount of EQD for that flight. Just was wondering what the "exception applies" means.
DFW - LHR
Jul 10, 2017 • AA 0050 • Business (R)
Posted: Jul 11, 2017
Method: Fare - exception applies
EQM 9,502
EQD 4,397
Mar 8, 2019, 8:21 pm
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Mar 8, 2019, 8:49 pm
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Mar 8, 2019, 8:54 pm
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The OP was ticketed in R, which is an upgraded business class code, maybe it has something to do with that, usually if I buy a ticket in O, and get upgraded to R, it still posts at O.
Mar 9, 2019, 5:48 am
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But on long-haul flights like DFW-LHR, R is a normal business class fare bucket, not an upgrade.
Mar 9, 2019, 7:15 am
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One such situation is when you request mileage credit for a flight that didn't post, and they can't find evidence you took the flight (this recently happened to me, and I got fewer miles than I would have had the flight posted properly). It is also scary they had no record that I took the flight, but that's a separate issue.
Mar 9, 2019, 9:14 am
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But note this isn't what the first posters in this thread are seeing. In the above situation it's a distance earning. They're seeing something that says exception, but the flight is crediting normally by fare paid. I've never seen that.
Mar 9, 2019, 3:14 pm
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I would suspect that many fares offered by another carrier which include sectors on AA would post in such a way
Mar 13, 2019, 11:24 am
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I had a fare post as fare unknown before, but it was a ticket that I redeemed a paper voucher, and then later called to upgrade one way to business. Somewhere in the middle of all that the fare basis got lost in the computer, so it posted based on distance, which worked out for me as it was a cheap ticket.
Nov 20, 2019, 11:23 am
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Resuscitating this one, as I just searched for “Distance - exception applies” and came across this.
I recently flew RDU-LHR on AA in D, and LHR-IST (on BA, with BA flight number) in J, all booked on AA.com. The LHR-IST segment posted as the above. Just trying to figure out what the “exception” actually is?
I recently flew RDU-LHR on AA in D, and LHR-IST (on BA, with BA flight number) in J, all booked on AA.com. The LHR-IST segment posted as the above. Just trying to figure out what the “exception” actually is?
Nov 20, 2019, 11:31 am
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Resuscitating this one, as I just searched for “Distance - exception applies” and came across this.
I recently flew RDU-LHR on AA in D, and LHR-IST (on BA, with BA flight number) in J, all booked on AA.com. The LHR-IST segment posted as the above. Just trying to figure out what the “exception” actually is?
I recently flew RDU-LHR on AA in D, and LHR-IST (on BA, with BA flight number) in J, all booked on AA.com. The LHR-IST segment posted as the above. Just trying to figure out what the “exception” actually is?
Perhaps it's the exception that proves the rule.
Nov 20, 2019, 11:58 am
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I have had “Distance - exception applies” on the INV/LHR segment of INV/JFK, BA metal and marketed. The LHR/JFK segment was BA metal, AA marketed, and miles posted as method - fare.. 001 ticket, in J. Correct miles, EQM, EQD in both cases.
Perhaps it's the exception that proves the rule.
Perhaps it's the exception that proves the rule.