Status miles accrued on sector upgraded with miles/e-voucher/bid
Sep 23, 2023, 9:23 am
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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Status miles accrued on sector upgraded with miles/e-voucher/bid
Hi
As I understand it, miles/e-voucher/bid upgrades from Y or PE to Business are now (re-)ticketed in P, irrespective of the revenue class available in Business at the time of the upgrade. So what happens to the status miles that are credited by the system? I am asking as, e.g., some PE fares (G, E) actually accrue more status miles than P. Does any difference then need to be claimed manually, or does the system recognize it correctly, and automatically credit the status miles as per the base ticket, and not P (I have my doubts, since it is also not capable of correctly applying award miles to business upsell/bid tickets, usually just crediting the status miles as award miles as well, which in many cases may be less than the revenue-derived calculation that should actually be applied, thus requiring a manual retro-claim for the difference)?
Thanks.
As I understand it, miles/e-voucher/bid upgrades from Y or PE to Business are now (re-)ticketed in P, irrespective of the revenue class available in Business at the time of the upgrade. So what happens to the status miles that are credited by the system? I am asking as, e.g., some PE fares (G, E) actually accrue more status miles than P. Does any difference then need to be claimed manually, or does the system recognize it correctly, and automatically credit the status miles as per the base ticket, and not P (I have my doubts, since it is also not capable of correctly applying award miles to business upsell/bid tickets, usually just crediting the status miles as award miles as well, which in many cases may be less than the revenue-derived calculation that should actually be applied, thus requiring a manual retro-claim for the difference)?
Thanks.
Sep 23, 2023, 9:50 am
#2
Join Date: May 2018
Location: FRA
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 1,505
Hi
As I understand it, miles/e-voucher/bid upgrades from Y or PE to Business are now (re-)ticketed in P, irrespective of the revenue class available in Business at the time of the upgrade. So what happens to the status miles that are credited by the system? I am asking as, e.g., some PE fares (G, E) actually accrue more status miles than P. Does any difference then need to be claimed manually, or does the system recognize it correctly, and automatically credit the status miles as per the base ticket, and not P (I have my doubts, since it is also not capable of correctly applying award miles to business upsell/bid tickets, usually just crediting the status miles as award miles as well, which in many cases may be less than the revenue-derived calculation that should actually be applied, thus requiring a manual retro-claim for the difference)?
Thanks.
As I understand it, miles/e-voucher/bid upgrades from Y or PE to Business are now (re-)ticketed in P, irrespective of the revenue class available in Business at the time of the upgrade. So what happens to the status miles that are credited by the system? I am asking as, e.g., some PE fares (G, E) actually accrue more status miles than P. Does any difference then need to be claimed manually, or does the system recognize it correctly, and automatically credit the status miles as per the base ticket, and not P (I have my doubts, since it is also not capable of correctly applying award miles to business upsell/bid tickets, usually just crediting the status miles as award miles as well, which in many cases may be less than the revenue-derived calculation that should actually be applied, thus requiring a manual retro-claim for the difference)?
Thanks.
Fixed price / bid upgrades do change the fare class and you should expect the lowest class for the upgrade cabin and be pleasantly surprised if it's anything higher.
Upgrades seem to confuse the system and they usually revert to mile based accrual in my experience, even when I have a 220 ticket bought directly from LH.