United Basic Economy (fare class N) credit to Asiana
Jun 12, 2017, 12:19 am
#1
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United Basic Economy (fare class N) credit to Asiana
Folks,
I just noticed that the earning rate for United flights has the following statement in Asiana's website.
http://us.flyasiana.com/C/en/homepag...0&menuType=CMS
I'm looking at some United basic economy flights, which were coded as N class. Both Asiana's table and WhereToCredit http://www.wheretocredit.com/united-airlines/n suggest 50% accrual, but I'm confused by their wording.
Do they mean that they will count the miles for elite qualification purposes but these miles are not available for award tickets?
I just noticed that the earning rate for United flights has the following statement in Asiana's website.
http://us.flyasiana.com/C/en/homepag...0&menuType=CMS
- V Effective as of March 1, 2017
N Class : Miles can be earned but cannot be used for flights
Do they mean that they will count the miles for elite qualification purposes but these miles are not available for award tickets?
Jun 12, 2017, 6:29 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Miles can be earned - as written. N class accrual rates are as per the website
Miles cannot be used for flights - N class cannot be upgrades using miles.
Forgive the broken Korean English. I'm used to it.
Miles cannot be used for flights - N class cannot be upgrades using miles.
Forgive the broken Korean English. I'm used to it.
Jun 13, 2017, 1:06 am
#3
Join Date: Jan 2017
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So what can N class miles be used for if not for flights??? I also got very confused when I looked at the updated United chart for Asian Club
Jun 21, 2017, 5:52 pm
#5
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Ok, I finally made the time to give a call and got the confirmation that bobbybrown is correct. Indeed, United N class flights accrues 50% redeemable miles but won't count towards status qualifications.
Aug 26, 2017, 12:53 am
#6
Join Date: Oct 2015
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I recently made a trip in United Basic Economy (N class). It was rather nice with *G from Asiana: free carry-on and checked bag, early boarding and lounge access.
Oddly enough, now that my miles have credited it looks like I have earned both redeemable miles and status miles at the 50% rate. Or at least, on my "Membership status" page the "Asiana Airlines and Star Alliance Miles" number has incremented by the amount I earned for the trip. I won't complain, but clearly something is inconsistent in their IT system compared to what the customer service told the poster above.
Oddly enough, now that my miles have credited it looks like I have earned both redeemable miles and status miles at the 50% rate. Or at least, on my "Membership status" page the "Asiana Airlines and Star Alliance Miles" number has incremented by the amount I earned for the trip. I won't complain, but clearly something is inconsistent in their IT system compared to what the customer service told the poster above.
Aug 26, 2017, 8:31 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: SFO/SJC/OAK
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I recently made a trip in United Basic Economy (N class). It was rather nice with *G from Asiana: free carry-on and checked bag, early boarding and lounge access.
Oddly enough, now that my miles have credited it looks like I have earned both redeemable miles and status miles at the 50% rate. Or at least, on my "Membership status" page the "Asiana Airlines and Star Alliance Miles" number has incremented by the amount I earned for the trip. I won't complain, but clearly something is inconsistent in their IT system compared to what the customer service told the poster above.
Oddly enough, now that my miles have credited it looks like I have earned both redeemable miles and status miles at the 50% rate. Or at least, on my "Membership status" page the "Asiana Airlines and Star Alliance Miles" number has incremented by the amount I earned for the trip. I won't complain, but clearly something is inconsistent in their IT system compared to what the customer service told the poster above.
Sep 7, 2017, 11:01 pm
#8
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: SFO/SJC/OAK
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Just flew BE a few days ago and was credited BOTH 50% RDM & EQM. Checked by adding up all my flight miles for my qualification period and it matched up exactly. Super happy about this, although I'm guessing it's due to OZ's software incompetence. Funny thing is this was the quickest a flight has ever credited to my account. Took just 2 days, when it's usually near a week.
But this certainly changes the proposition of BE for me if it's for example a $40 spread below normal Y. Although I've heard UA has much scaled down BE, as they've found it to be a failure, which I'm glad for. The spreads between normal Y and BE do seem to have really shrunk last I checked.
But this certainly changes the proposition of BE for me if it's for example a $40 spread below normal Y. Although I've heard UA has much scaled down BE, as they've found it to be a failure, which I'm glad for. The spreads between normal Y and BE do seem to have really shrunk last I checked.
Apr 21, 2019, 8:37 am
#9
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Bump, any recent experiences with Basic Economy fares? Do they still post qualifying/status miles at 50%?
Apr 21, 2019, 3:40 pm
#11
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Oct 9, 2019, 3:06 am
#13
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Booking UA BE for late November right now. I'll make a reminder to post a DP here to see if both credits are still posting. If so, it makes it a no-brainer when using CC credits to buy a seat.