Crediting AC Basic Fares and Domestic AC Flights to OZ
Mar 27, 2019, 3:22 am
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Crediting AC Basic Fares and Domestic AC Flights to OZ
https://flyasiana.com/C/KR/EN/conten...alliance-miles
Hopefully someone here have experience with this and can address these questions for me. According to the chart, domestic AC flights don't qualify for any miles even if it's K fare. What about K-fares for international such as the US, but contains a segment within Canada (i.e. YVR-YYZ-LGA)? I'm assuming I won't earn any miles for YVR-YYZ, but I'll earn miles for YYZ-LGA at 50% of the total distance flown in that segment?
I didn't know AC introduced basic fares to Europe until fairly recently. Seems like a lot of the results on Google Flights are basic fares, but they're coded as K-fares. When I click on the link to go to AC's website to purchase the fare, it says that I won't earn any Aeroplan miles on domestic flights and only 25% on international. Since I'm crediting to OZ, how will this work? Let's say it's YVR-YUL-CDG, I'm assuming I won't earn any miles for YVR-YUL, but I will earn miles for YUL-CDG?
Hopefully someone here have experience with this and can address these questions for me. According to the chart, domestic AC flights don't qualify for any miles even if it's K fare. What about K-fares for international such as the US, but contains a segment within Canada (i.e. YVR-YYZ-LGA)? I'm assuming I won't earn any miles for YVR-YYZ, but I'll earn miles for YYZ-LGA at 50% of the total distance flown in that segment?
I didn't know AC introduced basic fares to Europe until fairly recently. Seems like a lot of the results on Google Flights are basic fares, but they're coded as K-fares. When I click on the link to go to AC's website to purchase the fare, it says that I won't earn any Aeroplan miles on domestic flights and only 25% on international. Since I'm crediting to OZ, how will this work? Let's say it's YVR-YUL-CDG, I'm assuming I won't earn any miles for YVR-YUL, but I will earn miles for YUL-CDG?
Mar 27, 2019, 10:37 am
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Each segment is credited or not credited on its own merits. So you won't get anything for a K domestic irrespective of whether or not it's part of a larger itinerary.
I've had K flights to the US post to my account. I've also had them not post, and when that happens, you can't file a missing miles claim online as the form doesn't accept any K class bookings at all. I've had to email missing miles claims to Asiana in that instance.
I've had K flights to the US post to my account. I've also had them not post, and when that happens, you can't file a missing miles claim online as the form doesn't accept any K class bookings at all. I've had to email missing miles claims to Asiana in that instance.
Mar 27, 2019, 2:23 pm
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Each segment is credited or not credited on its own merits. So you won't get anything for a K domestic irrespective of whether or not it's part of a larger itinerary.
I've had K flights to the US post to my account. I've also had them not post, and when that happens, you can't file a missing miles claim online as the form doesn't accept any K class bookings at all. I've had to email missing miles claims to Asiana in that instance.
I've had K flights to the US post to my account. I've also had them not post, and when that happens, you can't file a missing miles claim online as the form doesn't accept any K class bookings at all. I've had to email missing miles claims to Asiana in that instance.
So what's the bare minimum domestic AC fare class to earn miles with OZ?
Mar 28, 2019, 11:19 am
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Sorry, but I'm confused. You said that that I won't get anything for K irrespective of whether or not it's part of a larger itinerary, but yet you said you can e-mail OZ to claim the missing miles? For YVR-YYZ-LGA, how would that work? Or you meant OZ will only credit me the miles for the YYZ-LGA portion of the K-fare?
So what's the bare minimum domestic AC fare class to earn miles with OZ?
So what's the bare minimum domestic AC fare class to earn miles with OZ?
So in your situation, expect zero for YVR-YYZ, and a small amount of miles for YYZ-LGA. If the transborder segment doesn't post to your account, you'd need to submit a missing miles claim via email.
Mar 29, 2019, 11:19 am
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Be aware that WestJet's Basic Economy fares don't earn WestJet Dollars either. It's very hard to get credit on Canadian domestic flights if you're buying one of the lower fares.
Mar 29, 2019, 11:41 am
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Thanks for the info, but I didn't mean the basic economy fares. It's not worth the savings for me. At least on UA, you'll get credit on AC's discounted domestic economy flights?
Apr 2, 2019, 8:31 am
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Each segment is credited or not credited on its own merits. So you won't get anything for a K domestic irrespective of whether or not it's part of a larger itinerary.
I've had K flights to the US post to my account. I've also had them not post, and when that happens, you can't file a missing miles claim online as the form doesn't accept any K class bookings at all. I've had to email missing miles claims to Asiana in that instance.
I've had K flights to the US post to my account. I've also had them not post, and when that happens, you can't file a missing miles claim online as the form doesn't accept any K class bookings at all. I've had to email missing miles claims to Asiana in that instance.
Apr 4, 2019, 12:25 pm
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I recently flew on an AC basic fare (fare code A and K) and received 50% for the international and US flights, and 0% for the domestic Canada flights, as per usual. So being on a basic fare does not make a difference.
Apr 4, 2019, 3:18 pm
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Did you had any connections within Canada? Mind sharing the routes you flew?
Apr 4, 2019, 11:55 pm
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Apr 9, 2019, 4:06 pm
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Also keep in mind it takes a while to get retrocredit. It took me a month to get a response last time and I'm Diamond.
Apr 9, 2019, 4:57 pm
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Just forwarded the confirmed fax to the UK office - [email protected] Hopefully they credit sooner than later.
Apr 9, 2019, 11:14 pm
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Faxed it in on March 22nd... Just checked and it looks like I didn't e-mail.
Just forwarded the confirmed fax to the UK office - [email protected] Hopefully they credit sooner than later.
Just forwarded the confirmed fax to the UK office - [email protected] Hopefully they credit sooner than later.
I emailed [email protected] the one time I needed to retro-credit, it took 20 days to get the initial response and 25 days total to resolve the issue.
