Difference between R and RD fare class
Feb 5, 2014 | 8:02 pm
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do any of these fares below earn MQM's using the new rules of paying for a first class ticket and getting MQM's. Or is it technically not paying with miles so you don't earn mqms?
R= First class award ticket/low miles
RD= First class award ticket/medium miles
RK = First class award ticket/high miles
R= First class award ticket/low miles
RD= First class award ticket/medium miles
RK = First class award ticket/high miles
I believe you're thinking of using pay with miles, which means purchasing a normal FC ticket, for instance, and then using some miles to reduce the price at a rate of approximately one cent per mile with some rounding. To do this you must have DL AmEx caredit card IIRC.
Mar 15, 2014 | 9:22 pm
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I think this may have changed.
I was looking at EF and am finding lots of flights with R/N/O availability via the EF search tool but they are only showing as standard when booking on DL.com. Could EF be lumping them all together (R, RN, RD) rather than showing just R availability?
I was looking at EF and am finding lots of flights with R/N/O availability via the EF search tool but they are only showing as standard when booking on DL.com. Could EF be lumping them all together (R, RN, RD) rather than showing just R availability?
Mar 15, 2014 | 9:48 pm
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AFAIK EF doesn't show award inventory for DL. Has this been changed recently?
Mar 15, 2014 | 10:02 pm
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Of course, when you try to book that SLC-CDG flight on DL.com it comes up as "standard" and not "low".
Mar 15, 2014 | 11:18 pm
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I wonder if this is our back door into seeing SWU/miles upgrade inventory. Recall on the SWUs, instructions for travel agents were to book O class.
Mar 16, 2014 | 12:46 am
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Mar 16, 2014 | 9:51 am
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Another thought might be that EF can't determine the sub-fare classes allocation and just lumps all O availability together. So in the example above, there may be a total of 7 in O but those are allocated like this:
O=0
OD=2
OK=3
OP=2
Last edited by TTT; Mar 16, 2014 at 9:59 am
Mar 16, 2014 | 10:56 am
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Well I found some flights that said upgrade available, but no O inventory on EF. So it doesn't seem to be for comp upgrades.