Miles and Upgrades for Hotwire Flights
Aug 24, 2003 | 1:34 pm
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Miles and Upgrades for Hotwire Flights
I know airlines will not give miles for priceline tickets. Does anyone know if you earn miles for tickets purchased on hotwire? On a related note, are hotwire flights upgradable?
Thanks for yhour advice.
Brandon
Thanks for yhour advice.
Brandon
Aug 25, 2003 | 5:54 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JKFlyer:
I'm pretty sure Hotwire has the same rules as Priceline when it comes to FF#. Not sure about the upgrades.</font>
I'm pretty sure Hotwire has the same rules as Priceline when it comes to FF#. Not sure about the upgrades.</font>
Aug 25, 2003 | 6:03 pm
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You can try and you may get lucky like you sometimes can do with Priceline, but I wouldn't count on it. When you check in just hand over your FF card with the ID and see if they enter it, then wait and see if you get credit.
Upgrades, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Upgrades, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Aug 25, 2003 | 7:47 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Points Scrounger:
Upgrades are usually contingent on a PUBLISHED fare [as a minimum], no?</font>
Upgrades are usually contingent on a PUBLISHED fare [as a minimum], no?</font>
Aug 26, 2003 | 8:14 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ender83:
Yes, even on AA (the most "liberal" when it comes to upgrading from any fare) they exclude opaque fares such as O (aka consolidator fares).</font>
Yes, even on AA (the most "liberal" when it comes to upgrading from any fare) they exclude opaque fares such as O (aka consolidator fares).</font>
Greg
Aug 27, 2003 | 2:01 pm
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I once managed to get NW miles on a priceline USAir flight. (probably more as a function of being rebooked by USAir on NW due to a late inbound flight that would cause me to miss my outbound connection)
Aug 27, 2003 | 3:16 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by zebraz:
Only Orbitz allows air mileage.
Both Hotwire and Priceline clearly state, NO miles, in their small print.</font>
Only Orbitz allows air mileage.
Both Hotwire and Priceline clearly state, NO miles, in their small print.</font>
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Aug 27, 2003 | 4:27 pm
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I have seen many, many instances where fares quoted on Hotwire were at or slightly above the lowest ones quoted on the standard web booking engines (Expedia/Orbitz/airline sites, etc.) for identical dates and city pairs. It appears that when they don't have access to consolidator fares, they just offer regular fares in normal booking classes (hoping that people will buy them on the incorrect assumption they are lower than available elsewhere) and these are likely the ones that do earn miles.