Earning Miles on Partners VIA Third Party Website
Jul 18, 2018, 3:15 pm
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Earning Miles on Partners VIA Third Party Website
Found a cheap MU fare on Expedia. Was wondering if the earning rates are the same regardless of where you book as long as the flights are MU marketed and operated, and you enter your SkyMiles number during the booking process? I'm looking to capitalize on a J fare as a DL Diamond to earn a maximum amount of RDM's, MQM's, and MQD's.
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Jul 18, 2018, 3:53 pm
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Found a cheap MU fare on Expedia. Was wondering if the earning rates are the same regardless of where you book as long as the flights are MU marketed and operated, and you enter your SkyMiles number during the booking process? I'm looking to capitalize on a J fare as a DL Diamond to earn a maximum amount of RDM's, MQM's, and MQD's.
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Jul 18, 2018, 4:14 pm
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Jul 18, 2018, 8:35 pm
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Jul 18, 2018, 8:40 pm
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Can you price it out on ITA Matrix? It's pretty safe to assume that if ITA prices it the same, it's a published fare. ITA also provides full fare basis codes and fare rules in addition to the booking class.
Jul 25, 2018, 12:14 pm
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Just wanted to revive this thread real quick. I ended up booking a round trip ticket LAX-HKG (via PVG) on China Eastern via the Orbiz website. I also entered my Sky Miles number when I was making the reservation. Fare classes are "I" (LAX-PVG-LAX) and "J" (PVG-HKG-PVG). I called the DM line and they said it should go through after the flights are complete but I should also keep my boarding passes just in case they don't. Was curious to hear from others that have done this and received the appropriate amount of RM's, MQM's, and MQD's, when booking through a third party website. Thanks!
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Jul 25, 2018, 12:22 pm
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Just wanted to revive this thread real quick. I ended up booking a round trip ticket LAX-HKG (via PVG) on China Eastern via the Orbiz website. I also entered my Sky Miles number when I was making the reservation. Fare classes are "I" (LAX-PVG-LAX) and "J" (PVG-HKG-PVG). I called the DM line and they said it should go through after the flights are complete but I should also keep my boarding passes just in case they don't. Was curious to hear from others that have done this and received the appropriate amount of RM's, MQM's, and MQD's, when booking through a third party website. Thanks!
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Jul 25, 2018, 12:25 pm
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I did an I/J set of flights on MU this year that I purchased on Priceline (not an opaque fare) that I couldn't reproduce on matrix. Everything posted as expected within a few days. Sounds like you'll be fine, but, yeah, hang on to those boarding passes!