moeser

I booked TPs Plus fare mainly for the better seats,better pitch,adjustable back & headrest,from CMN to OTP and ended up getting K class for In and T class for Outbound which earned
me 50% in K and 10% in T with M&S.

No possibility to check prior booking.Expedia and others only show the booking class for the cheapest fare,which was the same in this case.

I think the decision not to show the booking classes ''before '' you have paid is deliberate.If you want to earn miles and be on the safe side,you need to book TP Business class.

Conclusion : TP Plus seems to be good if you earn with their own program because it guaranties 100% Status Miles.

GBobon

poor guy... you can trick very easy their system to get that premium economy seats for free
are you flying often with TP?

leafs123

Really? How? I already booked discount tickets, but just wondering.

GBobon

update: Aegean sees it as O class = 0 miles...

Tafflyer

dinoscool3

TP is shady in everything they do. It is the only *A airline I completely refuse to fly.

Tafflyer

TP are not the only members of *A that act shady. It's a shame, the alliance is one in name only. I refuse to research every flight I book for hours in advance to check which booking class the operating carrier will assign, or if I even get anything credited to my FFP of choice, if there are silly lounge access exception rules that prevent me using my *G privileges, or if I'm likely to be turfed out of my exit row seat on the whim of some gate agent preferring the looks of the HON. When alliance member airlines clearly favour their own members, hide or withhold benefits from other airlines elites or just generally obfuscate things then then I ask myself why they still bother to be in an alliance.

My request for missing miles came back as expected with the response from A3 that the booked class does not qualify for credit.
My request to credit 100% miles for my H class ticket (Basic) came back with the response that TAP now awards miles based on fare family and Basic only gives 50% and "correctly" credited as P.
So, TP is screwing us. Your booking class must now be high enough to credit AND your fare family booked must correspond. So, terms and conditions from A3 and TP must BOTH be fulfilled. This is BS and I shall no longer be booking these flights.

SkyTeam777

thaitraveller

If I already have booked a ticket, how can we find booking class and fare family. On the phone, TAP agents refuse to disclose. It is weird.

nutsbr

I sent an e-mail to them a few weeks ago inquiring on the fare class of a ticket I bought and told me to call them so I "can receive all necessary information". Haven't tried calling yet.

khlay

You should be able to find it on your confirmation/receipt.
two of mine (both discount and basic booked into O fare, Business in J":
FROM /TO FLIGHT CL DATE DEP FARE BASIS NVB NVA BAG ST
SAN FRANCISCO S TP 236 O 15FEB 1610 OUSDSI0E 0PC OK
SAN FRANCISCO S TP 236 O 15FEB 1610 OUSBSI0E 1PC OK
SAN FRANCISCO S TP 236 J 15FEB 1610 JUSEXI0E 2PC OK

kcaluwae

I came here to know how to find the booking class of the ticket.

Thanks to the info in this thread I now know it's 'E' but I got a whole lot of other question.

Is it really true that you don't really know how much miles you will earn although you booked your tickets on TAP's own website even though that website clearly states how much miles you should earn (as a percentage)?

My 'E' ticket should earn 50% as it's booked as 'Basic'. (The table at the beginning of this thread has other earnings but that table is from 2009.)

khlay

Not really. It's clear how many miles you are going to get if you credit to TAP miles & go. In your case, as their website states, 50% miles for international 'basic'.
The problem is crediting to partner program.

kcaluwae

OK, is this the case for all flights or only when it's a codeshare? I know codeshare flights work differently in *alliance than in OW.
Normally once you know the booking code you should be able to look it up in the tables provided by the program where you want to credit your mileage.

I noticed how 'E' earns almost nothing in other programs although it earns 50% in TAP which I found rather odd indeed.

Sorry for these questions, the thread got me a little confused.

khlay

That's why we have the discussion here. TAP is not normal!

That's why I always credited it to TAP except Biz. Both O(Discount, some Basic) or E(Basic) get me nothing for my three major program (UA,ANA,Avianca).