Difference between R and RD fare class
May 7, 2013 | 9:20 pm
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Difference between R and RD fare class
Hello all:
I booked a domestic award ticket in first for two persons. When I paid the $20 fee via CC, the system responded that there was an error and to try again. But I got a confirmation email and the booking shows up on my delta account.
The two outbound segments shows First (RD) and the two return segments show First (R). What is the difference between R and RD. Is this possibly related to the error? Should I be concerned with the error message and call and confirm?
I searched for an explanation of R and RD but no luck!
Thanks!
I booked a domestic award ticket in first for two persons. When I paid the $20 fee via CC, the system responded that there was an error and to try again. But I got a confirmation email and the booking shows up on my delta account.
The two outbound segments shows First (RD) and the two return segments show First (R). What is the difference between R and RD. Is this possibly related to the error? Should I be concerned with the error message and call and confirm?
I searched for an explanation of R and RD but no luck!
Thanks!
May 7, 2013 | 10:31 pm
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May 8, 2013 | 5:44 am
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Stuff like this might be good for the wiki... since aren't there additional buckets for the medallion inventory based on status such as RN etc?
Oh and LOL about the P
Oh and LOL about the P
May 8, 2013 | 9:21 am
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AFAIK there still are the inventory buckets for enhanced domestic coach awards for elite levels and maybe DL AmEx cardholders. There was a post listing the codes, perhaps by mersk862 several months ago.
May 8, 2013 | 10:26 am
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Is there really AmEx low as some people thought they had observed a few months ago?
Also, please remind us of the low medium high codes for FC and BE award inventory.
Also, please remind us of the low medium high codes for FC and BE award inventory.
May 8, 2013 | 10:30 am
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First/Biz
R/O - low
RD/OD - med
RK/OK - high
May 8, 2013 | 10:31 am
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May 8, 2013 | 10:47 am
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Yeah there aren't any inventory classes that exist other than what I put above. I'd assume people were correlating more MQMs = higher status = higher medallion low level award being shown.
One interesting thing is that the medallion awards will show up booked as N. They do bucket above N though.
One interesting thing is that the medallion awards will show up booked as N. They do bucket above N though.
May 8, 2013 | 11:29 am
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Yeah there aren't any inventory classes that exist other than what I put above. I'd assume people were correlating more MQMs = higher status = higher medallion low level award being shown.
One interesting thing is that the medallion awards will show up booked as N. They do bucket above N though.
One interesting thing is that the medallion awards will show up booked as N. They do bucket above N though.
May 8, 2013 | 12:37 pm
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I have an NP segment at the moment that shows as just ECONOMY (N) on the main itinerary view. However, on my receipt, it shows as NP. It would be helpful if these showed up somewhere in the booking process so that when you're looking for space to use to change an existing ticket you don't need to do the search both logged in and logged out. I've found that it's much easier to get agents to find the elite inventory if you tell them that's what they're looking for.
May 8, 2013 | 5:27 pm
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Also, if one segment is low and one medium, I assume the booking looks like RD followed by O (rather than OD) for example, so that if I later find R, I'm already holding the O on my PNR/ticket and I can just replace the RD by an R segment to get some miles refunded. Is this right?
However I'm not sure how mileage refunds work so I can't speak to the specifics on that part.
May 9, 2013 | 7:47 am
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I have an odd situation. I had an int'l business mileage flight that had a JFK-FLL leg in Coach because there was no availability.
JFK-MIA opened up in first and I called the agent to change the segment to that. She made a mistake an re-isused the ticket in first on the JFK-FLL (which was not available at the low level).
Shows up on the receipt as RD (which makes sense because it is a "medium" availability), but the mileage is still 120K - low.
Fare codes also show 60K each segment. Agent insists it is fine
JFK-MIA opened up in first and I called the agent to change the segment to that. She made a mistake an re-isused the ticket in first on the JFK-FLL (which was not available at the low level).
Shows up on the receipt as RD (which makes sense because it is a "medium" availability), but the mileage is still 120K - low.
Fare codes also show 60K each segment. Agent insists it is fine
Last edited by FlyAO2; May 9, 2013 at 7:57 am
Feb 5, 2014 | 5:13 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