Copa announced ConnectMiles
Oct 17, 2015 | 8:04 am
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Oct 17, 2015 | 9:30 am
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They can also just let it run its course - since people who status match in and fly copa will need to credit to copa to maintain status, those who don't lose status in Feb 2017.
Given the relative upgrade potential, if you say fly 25K a year 80%UA 20%CM, it might be more valuable to go for CM Prefer Silver than UA Premier Silver since UA Silvers basically never get upgraded.
Oct 17, 2015 | 11:54 am
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It's pretty similar. CM has to pay UA for the UA miles that people are earning on the tickets where they switch FF# after getting the CM upgrade. I guess CM is getting some ticket revenue, but by definition these are economy tickets we're talking about.
Oct 17, 2015 | 3:29 pm
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I'm interested to see if they keep offering such great deals now that their stock is recovering from the nearly 60% drop it suffered over the summer.
Oct 17, 2015 | 5:45 pm
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True. I just got an email from them saying they've stopped and will come up with some other way of doing this. Said I should contact them again at the end of the year.
Oct 18, 2015 | 1:58 pm
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What it screws over though are the actual frequent fliers with Copa who credit their miles to them. They have to compete against elites who are there just for the upgrades. In other words, it devalues the FFP. This is less of a problem in other status match programs where there are no upgrades involved. But this should all be over in 2017 when most expire.
Oct 18, 2015 | 6:59 pm
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Oct 18, 2015 | 8:18 pm
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Any sense on how much this is? Looking at financial statements for some other airlines, it looks like about half a cent per mile which would be only tens of dollars per flight.
Oct 18, 2015 | 8:20 pm
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i wonder, and i guess this isn't just re CM, but is it cheaper for them to buy the miles when we credit to partners, or use their own miles to get an award ticket on a partner?
Oct 19, 2015 | 12:05 am
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There's an element of speculation here, but I'm pretty sure the actual cost is will be higher to purchase miles from another carrier. There's going to be a pretty significant breakage allowance for their own miles (i.e., allowance for miles that are never used). And their *A redemption chart is not particularly generous.
Oct 20, 2015 | 12:03 am
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I've tried matching my AirBerling Gold first, got a reply that they don't match with that airline, send my AirFrance card (also gold) and got same response, called them, was told that they only match with the airlines from the region, so I send them my American Airlines Platinum Card and the account statement screenshot. Two weeks later and still no reply.
My girlfriend send the American Airlines Platinum Card and was matched in 6 days. I have no idea what's going on with them and to be honest - I'm not gonna try anymore.
My girlfriend send the American Airlines Platinum Card and was matched in 6 days. I have no idea what's going on with them and to be honest - I'm not gonna try anymore.
Oct 20, 2015 | 7:11 am
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Well, to be honest: I'm quite a lazy person, and as I don't use the physical card that much I had it at somewhere the bottom of "that one drawer" we all have. On the other hand the other two cards I had already scanned for various reasons so well, I just went with them.
Oct 27, 2015 | 4:44 pm
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CPU Z Class
Since CM uses Z Class for CPU's, does anyone know how to search for the fare class like "expert mode" on UA? I have a trip next week and curious to know how things look.. Thanks and Safe Travels
Oct 27, 2015 | 4:52 pm
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I've used ExpertFlyer for this -- they have a 5 day trial of you're not a member.
Oct 27, 2015 | 6:48 pm
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But, I'm 18/18 so far on upgrades under the ConnectMiles program, so it doesn't seem to be an issue. Sometimes, I've gotten upgrade notice 72 hrs in advance (I've got Platinum status), but other times it's barely over 24 hrs. I haven't figured out yet how Copa manages this inventory.