Latam Premium Business Z-fare No Longer Eligible for TPs/Avios?
Thinking of booking BOG-GRU (or BOG-SCL-GRU for additional points) in Premium Business as the difference is not so big on my dates ($250 more each way). These book into Z-class.
Now, they used to accrue 140 TPs on BA, but since Latam Chile and Brazil merged their booking systems, Class Z seems to have fallen off the eligible accrue fares (per BA's website). It's a normal revenue class, so any ideas if this is a fluke or it's viewed as a deeply discounted J product which should not accrue? Confusingly, it shows Z still accrues under TAM (but not Latam). Who should I contact at BAEC to clarify? https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...922f14b507.jpg Full TPs prior to May 11 https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...8b667351c2.jpg No TPs after May 11 |
I believe its a deliberate change. I was looking at this last week for Frankfurt to Madrid
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It does look like it. What's weird is that BA award tickets in coach book into P-class on Latam, which earns TPs per Premium Economy. So for once that I'm willing to splurge on J I don't get any.
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I wonder if this has to do with TAM coming from Star Alliance where Z is discounted business, and LAN from OneWorld where Z is award first class. As they harmonize booking classes, Z will stop being a revenue booking class, and BA is just a bit early on the trigger?
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Originally Posted by RafKa
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It does look like it. What's weird is that BA award tickets in coach book into P-class on Latam, which earns TPs per Premium Economy. So for once that I'm willing to splurge on J I don't get any.
How certain are you on this? all the tickets I have on LAN on award tickets are all showing as T class for economy on Latam, Has this also changed? |
Originally Posted by cgtechuk
(Post 29766487)
How certain are you on this? all the tickets I have on LAN on award tickets are all showing as T class for economy on Latam, Has this also changed?
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This is really annoying and I hope an error on the part of BA similar to when R class fares on QR were tagged as ineligible for TPs and Avios. They later fixed the chart. I made several Latam bookings last month that fall into the Z bucket but I won't be flying them until the end of the year. If I had thought BA was going to pull a stunt like this I would have booked with Avianca and topped up my Star Alliance balance instead.
Bob |
Sounds similar to what I experienced earlier in the year on a BA ticket via KUL in I-class with an onward MH connection. Apparently I-class on MH is not eligible for even reduced TPs/Avios, whereas even a discounted economy ticket will be! Quite disappointing - surely even a discounted business class fare should earn more than the cheapest eligible Economy given the price tag.
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Originally Posted by SKT-DK
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Sounds similar to what I experienced earlier in the year on a BA ticket via KUL in I-class with an onward MH connection. Apparently I-class on MH is not eligible for even reduced TPs/Avios, whereas even a discounted economy ticket will be! Quite disappointing - surely even a discounted business class fare should earn more than the cheapest eligible Economy given the price tag.
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https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d79089fa4.jpeg
I got Z avios and tier points from flights last week. Even bigger shocker.. they posted automatically! |
Originally Posted by Schwann
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https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d79089fa4.jpeg
I got Z avios and tier points from flights last week. Even bigger shocker.. they posted automatically! |
Originally Posted by Bobbex
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This is really annoying and I hope an error on the part of BA similar to when R class fares on QR were tagged as ineligible for TPs and Avios. They later fixed the chart. I made several Latam bookings last month that fall into the Z bucket but I won't be flying them until the end of the year. If I had thought BA was going to pull a stunt like this I would have booked with Avianca and topped up my Star Alliance balance instead.
Bob |
On the positive side - and I hadn't noticed that BA was changing earning rates for LA/JJ (thanks for pointing it out) - Economy earning rates have improved. Really good to see that A fare is now eligible for earning (I've missed out on a few of those in the past year), and quite a few fare classes moved up to 50% earnings.
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Originally Posted by CPH-Flyer
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The cut off was the 11th. When did you fly, and when did they post?
Presumably they would honour TPs for tickets issued before the changes were announced? Or not? |
Originally Posted by Schwann
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10th May! That was close then. Anyway, apologies.. I didn't read the thread in it's fullest to realise there had been a cutoff.
Presumably they would honour TPs for tickets issued before the changes were announced? Or not? |
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