RTW mileage calculation?
Apr 27, 2002 | 12:25 am
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RTW mileage calculation?
Just spent 1:10 on the phone with UA pricing a RTW. Can anyone confirm that surface segments (i.e. openings between flights) count towards the mileage limit?
In my case I am flying AKL-SYD and then BNE-SIN (buying my own ticket SYD-BNE, because there is no Star Alliance service) and the SYD-BNE segment is being counted towards the 29,000 limit.
This doesn't make any sense.
Also I notice that UA has booked me on all UA flight numbers for Star Alliance partners. I think I should switch them to the flight number of the operating carrier, so I have more flexibility for making changes.
thoughts?
In my case I am flying AKL-SYD and then BNE-SIN (buying my own ticket SYD-BNE, because there is no Star Alliance service) and the SYD-BNE segment is being counted towards the 29,000 limit.
This doesn't make any sense.
Also I notice that UA has booked me on all UA flight numbers for Star Alliance partners. I think I should switch them to the flight number of the operating carrier, so I have more flexibility for making changes.
thoughts?
Apr 27, 2002 | 12:33 am
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by das:
Just spent 1:10 on the phone with UA pricing a RTW. Can anyone confirm that surface segments (i.e. openings between flights) count towards the mileage limit?
YES YES YES
In my case I am flying AKL-SYD and then BNE-SIN (buying my own ticket SYD-BNE, because there is no Star Alliance service) and the SYD-BNE segment is being counted towards the 29,000 limit.
SORRY, BUT THAT IS THE RULE. YOU COULD, OF COURSE GO VIA AKL TO GO TO BNE. HOWEVER, THE MILES WOULD NATURALLY INCREASE FURTHER.
This doesn't make any sense.
Also I notice that UA has booked me on all UA flight numbers for Star Alliance partners. I think I should switch them to the flight number of the operating carrier, so I have more flexibility for making changes.
IT DOES NOT MATTER UNDER WHAT FLIGHT NUMBER UA HAS BOOKED YOU ON. YOU "DO-DO-DO" HAVE COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE YOUR FLIGHT DATES, DAYS, FLIGHT NUMBERS ETC. ANY TIME YOU WANT, AT NO CHARGE. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A SMALL CHARGE FOR RE-ROUTING, IF YOU EVER DO THAT.
thoughts?</font>
Just spent 1:10 on the phone with UA pricing a RTW. Can anyone confirm that surface segments (i.e. openings between flights) count towards the mileage limit?
YES YES YES
In my case I am flying AKL-SYD and then BNE-SIN (buying my own ticket SYD-BNE, because there is no Star Alliance service) and the SYD-BNE segment is being counted towards the 29,000 limit.
SORRY, BUT THAT IS THE RULE. YOU COULD, OF COURSE GO VIA AKL TO GO TO BNE. HOWEVER, THE MILES WOULD NATURALLY INCREASE FURTHER.
This doesn't make any sense.
Also I notice that UA has booked me on all UA flight numbers for Star Alliance partners. I think I should switch them to the flight number of the operating carrier, so I have more flexibility for making changes.
IT DOES NOT MATTER UNDER WHAT FLIGHT NUMBER UA HAS BOOKED YOU ON. YOU "DO-DO-DO" HAVE COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE YOUR FLIGHT DATES, DAYS, FLIGHT NUMBERS ETC. ANY TIME YOU WANT, AT NO CHARGE. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A SMALL CHARGE FOR RE-ROUTING, IF YOU EVER DO THAT.
thoughts?</font>
GOOD LUCK ON YOUR RTW.
Apr 27, 2002 | 10:58 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by das:
Just spent 1:10 on the phone with UA pricing a RTW. Can anyone confirm that surface segments (i.e. openings between flights) count towards the mileage limit?
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Just spent 1:10 on the phone with UA pricing a RTW. Can anyone confirm that surface segments (i.e. openings between flights) count towards the mileage limit?
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Whose flight number they put on it shouldn't matter ... FWIW, they'll end up as the base flight number of the carrier whose metal it is when they hit your M+ account.
Another option: It's probably cheaper for you to fly out to Australia on one ticket and then do a RTW from here and then fly back to the USA on the original ticket than to start the RTW in the USA. (Done right it'd give you close to 50k status M+ miles too.)