Status miles for irreg/skchg rebooking
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Status miles for irreg/skchg rebooking
It seems that LX1077 is cancelled for this and next Thur. I have a ticket MAD-FRA-ZRH-GRU in P for 22 April and am looking how to maximize the earning of award miles (and ideally stay with LX on a flight to GRU) in light of this cancellation. Currently LH sells MAD-FRA-GRU in Z and higher. Will LH rebook me into Z (or higher) also for FRA-GRU or will it rebook me me in P, even if it does not offer this booking class?
Worst case I will ask to be rebooked for MAD-FRA-GVA-ZRH-GRU. Thank you for guidance.
Worst case I will ask to be rebooked for MAD-FRA-GVA-ZRH-GRU. Thank you for guidance.
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It seems that LX1077 is cancelled for this and next Thur. I have a ticket MAD-FRA-ZRH-GRU in P for 22 April and am looking how to maximize the earning of award miles (and ideally stay with LX on a flight to GRU) in light of this cancellation. Currently LH sells MAD-FRA-GRU in Z and higher. Will LH rebook me into Z (or higher) also for FRA-GRU or will it rebook me me in P, even if it does not offer this booking class?
Worst case I will ask to be rebooked for MAD-FRA-GVA-ZRH-GRU. Thank you for guidance.
Worst case I will ask to be rebooked for MAD-FRA-GVA-ZRH-GRU. Thank you for guidance.
If you're crediting to a partner FFP, most likely you would get Z miles.
Lufthansa would be happy to book you into Z fare class if there is no P fare class availability.
By the way, I don't see any barriers why you shouldn't be rebooked on MAD-FRA-GVA-ZRH-GRU if there is availability and you request it.
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If you're crediting miles to Miles&More, you would get status miles respective to P and award miles on what you paid regardless of which fare class they rebook. ( unless there is something I don't know )
If you're crediting to a partner FFP, most likely you would get Z miles.
Lufthansa would be happy to book you into Z fare class if there is no P fare class availability.
By the way, I don't see any barriers why you shouldn't be rebooked on MAD-FRA-GVA-ZRH-GRU if there is availability and you request it.
If you're crediting to a partner FFP, most likely you would get Z miles.
Lufthansa would be happy to book you into Z fare class if there is no P fare class availability.
By the way, I don't see any barriers why you shouldn't be rebooked on MAD-FRA-GVA-ZRH-GRU if there is availability and you request it.
Last edited by olm022; Apr 18, 2021 at 8:20 am
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Thanks for the reply. What I am really after is award miles, given the current promotion with Miles and More. In my experience, award miles are credited based on what they rebook (on all occasions when I had to be rebooked and got bumped to higher booking class, it was that class that was used to credit award miles). I wonder whether the fact that LH does not sell P class on MAD-GRU route means that the rebooking will also be mapped to a class higher than P. Or whether despite that only Z and up is available, LH will still rebook into the original booking class. Ideally, I would just love to be rebooked into MAD-FRA-GRU into C/D to get 200% of award miles and two times of that under the current promotion. That would earn me enough miles to make it to SEN with this trip :-)
https://www.miles-and-more.com/row/e...atusmiles.html
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Award miles when ticketed to LH/LX are given per price paid, not according with booking class, distance or segments. Current double status miles promotion is only for status miles, not for award miles.
https://www.miles-and-more.com/row/e...atusmiles.html
https://www.miles-and-more.com/row/e...atusmiles.html
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OK, so as your fare basis would remain "P" even though you have been rebooked on a higher fare bucket, you would be earning status miles regarding "P" fare class.
However, you would be able to maximize mileage by adding the FRA & GVA stops.
Also consider upgrading the ZRH-GRU flight to F for additional status miles.
However, you would be able to maximize mileage by adding the FRA & GVA stops.
Also consider upgrading the ZRH-GRU flight to F for additional status miles.
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OK, so as your fare basis would remain "P" even though you have been rebooked on a higher fare bucket, you would be earning status miles regarding "P" fare class.
However, you would be able to maximize mileage by adding the FRA & GVA stops.
Also consider upgrading the ZRH-GRU flight to F for additional status miles.
However, you would be able to maximize mileage by adding the FRA & GVA stops.
Also consider upgrading the ZRH-GRU flight to F for additional status miles.
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OK, so as your fare basis would remain "P" even though you have been rebooked on a higher fare bucket, you would be earning status miles regarding "P" fare class.
However, you would be able to maximize mileage by adding the FRA & GVA stops.
Also consider upgrading the ZRH-GRU flight to F for additional status miles.
However, you would be able to maximize mileage by adding the FRA & GVA stops.
Also consider upgrading the ZRH-GRU flight to F for additional status miles.
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I credit only to Miles and More and status miles always posted according to the booking class that I had on the day of the travel. So, in case of being rebooked, new booking class was used by the system to determine the amount of status miles.
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If they rebook you into Z you will get Z SM and sometimes award miles. It seems agents can WL you in P and the bot will rebook and reissue in P, but some just pick the next lowest BK in the service class and reissue the ticket in short notice rebookings.
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indeed, somewhat pity that both A and F earn the same, I almost always end up being Involed into F yet the earning doesn’t change :-(
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