[Premium Fare Gone}: KE: NYC-DPS $1870 rt Business
#46
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Delta says on their website that they won't give MQMs or mileage credit from anything booked from hotwire or priceline. And i can't find this fare anywhere else. EEK!
Here is the excerpt i pulled from their website:
Here is the excerpt i pulled from their website:
- Bookings made through some Internet sites as described at those sites, including without limitation tickets purchased through priceline.com and Hotwire.com.
Also, I just chose all my seats (KE, DL, GA) on the Korean Air site, using my KE confirmation code (and see my DL number on the KE site), so I can't imagine this won't be honored, unless there's been something new that would enforce what they are showing on the site. This looks like it's a regular C fare on KE - i.e. not a hotwire/priceline consolidator fare that might trigger DL to not credit. Same thing happened with the AM flight from earlier this year.
#48
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FWIW, I booked AM business NYC>SCL on priceline.com earlier this year and got full mileage/MQMs/MQDs
Also, I just chose all my seats (KE, DL, GA) on the Korean Air site, using my KE confirmation code (and see my DL number on the KE site), so I can't imagine this won't be honored, unless there's been something new that would enforce what they are showing on the site. This looks like it's a regular C fare on KE - i.e. not a hotwire/priceline consolidator fare that might trigger DL to not credit. Same thing happened with the AM flight from earlier this year.
Also, I just chose all my seats (KE, DL, GA) on the Korean Air site, using my KE confirmation code (and see my DL number on the KE site), so I can't imagine this won't be honored, unless there's been something new that would enforce what they are showing on the site. This looks like it's a regular C fare on KE - i.e. not a hotwire/priceline consolidator fare that might trigger DL to not credit. Same thing happened with the AM flight from earlier this year.
#50
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This is an economy fare that is booking into business class. I suspect that's a mistake.
KE's cheapest published true business class fare on this route is a $4930 R fare. The cheapest C fare is over $12k.
Actually it's an E fare (ELX0ZRMZ) that is booking into a business class code on the KE segments
Regardless it's a great fare, and thanks to OP for finding and publishing it!
KE's cheapest published true business class fare on this route is a $4930 R fare. The cheapest C fare is over $12k.
Regardless it's a great fare, and thanks to OP for finding and publishing it!
#52
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This is an economy fare that is booking into business class. I suspect that's a mistake.
KE's cheapest published true business class fare on this route is a $4930 R fare. The cheapest C fare is over $12k.
Actually it's an E fare (ELX0ZRMZ) that is booking into a business class code on the KE segments
Regardless it's a great fare, and thanks to OP for finding and publishing it!
KE's cheapest published true business class fare on this route is a $4930 R fare. The cheapest C fare is over $12k.
Actually it's an E fare (ELX0ZRMZ) that is booking into a business class code on the KE segments
Regardless it's a great fare, and thanks to OP for finding and publishing it!
#54
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If you can do a stopover in ICN you could do the mixed Cabin LA RTW ICN-TYO deal. You would just need a flight TYO-ICN to connect it all together.
James
James
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Can't predict that. There's certainly some risk it will credit based on the fare basis code (E) rather than booking code (C).
#57
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That said, Y-up fares like this are really common on Delta and SkyTeam partner airlines; I know Ive booked at least one AeroMexico trip with a Q fare basis that booked and credited as I class flights. Delta themselves also often offers Y-up fares that credit as the effective business fare, not the underlying coach one. I cant say I have much KE experience because the relationship with DL is so new, but I suspect these flights will credit correctly as C for all segments except the JFK-ATL-JFK ones that book into E.
#58
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That said, Y-up fares like this are really common on Delta and SkyTeam partner airlines; I know Ive booked at least one AeroMexico trip with a Q fare basis that booked and credited as I class flights. Delta themselves also often offers Y-up fares that credit as the effective business fare, not the underlying coach one. I cant say I have much KE experience because the relationship with DL is so new, but I suspect these flights will credit correctly as C for all segments except the JFK-ATL-JFK ones that book into E.
eg for DL's YUP fare JFK-LAS
QA0IA0FQ
FIRST CLASS SELL-UP
BOOKING CODE EXCEPTIONS
VIA DL Q/A PERMITTED A WHEN Q AVAILABLE
VIA DL Q/I PERMITTED I WHEN Q AVAILABLE
VIA DL Q REQUIRED
Q is coach, I/A is business
#59
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EDIT: Nevermind - I just had to choose Korean Air as the preferred airline in the search criteria and it worked no problem.
EDIT 2: Actually, that didn't work because then it shows up all economy and no business. Any help is appreciated!
Has anyone been able to make this work with a stopover in ICN via Hotwire (or anywhere else)? I would love to take advantage of this next April given I'll be close to NYC anyways.
EDIT 2: Actually, that didn't work because then it shows up all economy and no business. Any help is appreciated!
Has anyone been able to make this work with a stopover in ICN via Hotwire (or anywhere else)? I would love to take advantage of this next April given I'll be close to NYC anyways.
Last edited by nickohrn; Jun 2, 2018 at 5:55 pm
#60
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I keep getting "We weren't able to proceed with your booking. You may return to the previous page to try again. Otherwise, please try your search again." with all Expedia Group websites (expedia travelocity hotewire). Is this just me or is the fare blocked for reservation (even though it comes up in fare and availaility searches)?