TK Earnings on AC Basic Eco (G) ticket slashed to 25%?
Jan 17, 2024, 3:08 pm
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TK Earnings on AC Basic Eco (G) ticket slashed to 25%?
As the title states, has the TK earnings on AC changed recently for Basic Eco tickets?
Just took an international AC flight in Basic Eco (G) fare, and instead of 50% (according to the TK earning table for AC), received only 25% of the miles flown. Has anyone noticed any changes to their earnings on AC vis-a-vis what is mentioned on TK website?
Just took an international AC flight in Basic Eco (G) fare, and instead of 50% (according to the TK earning table for AC), received only 25% of the miles flown. Has anyone noticed any changes to their earnings on AC vis-a-vis what is mentioned on TK website?
Jan 17, 2024, 7:53 pm
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Flown in L fare class in November, got 50% mileage on Air Canada ( was not Basic Economy ).
Website was correct in my case.
Website was correct in my case.
Jan 18, 2024, 6:53 am
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Good to know. For me as well, all my Comfort and Flex International fares credited as shown. I faced this issue only this time for the bottom of the barrel 'G' fare. Or another explanation maybe: even though it shows 'G' on my ticket, maybe it is a 'K' fare somehow?
Jan 23, 2024, 5:35 pm
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As the title states, has the TK earnings on AC changed recently for Basic Eco tickets?
Just took an international AC flight in Basic Eco (G) fare, and instead of 50% (according to the TK earning table for AC), received only 25% of the miles flown. Has anyone noticed any changes to their earnings on AC vis-a-vis what is mentioned on TK website?
Just took an international AC flight in Basic Eco (G) fare, and instead of 50% (according to the TK earning table for AC), received only 25% of the miles flown. Has anyone noticed any changes to their earnings on AC vis-a-vis what is mentioned on TK website?
Jan 23, 2024, 6:20 pm
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yyzcdg - Per your post, if you have always been awarded 25% of miles for Eco Basic fares, then, either your were in 'K' fare or TK quietly changed the earnings for 'G' fares as well to 25%! For me, the choice was between S & G fare classes, and since they earn the exact same amount of status miles (or so I thought according to the chart below), went with 'G', only to be awarded 25% of the miles flown.
TK earning chart for flights on AC
TK earning chart for flights on AC
Jan 23, 2024, 6:59 pm
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yyzcdg - Per your post, if you have always been awarded 25% of miles for Eco Basic fares, then, either your were in 'K' fare or TK quietly changed the earnings for 'G' fares as well to 25%! For me, the choice was between S & G fare classes, and since they earn the exact same amount of status miles (or so I thought according to the chart below), went with 'G', only to be awarded 25% of the miles flown.
Regardless, I know that AC gives their own Aeroplan members only 25% status miles for basic international fares, whether it be basic K , Y or B. Never made sense to me why TK would give more status miles for AC basic fares. I've accepted to only receive 25% miles.
Since 2019 I've flown YYZ>LIS (Basic L), YYZ> OPO(Basic L), and YYZ>CDG (Basic K, Basic T, Basic G). All flights have earned only 25% status miles on TK.
Jan 23, 2024, 9:47 pm
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I'm well aware of TK's award chart and that TK's award chart has never reflected AC's branded fares (ie. basic, standard, flex, comfort, and latitude). Also, it is possible that AC fares from different fare brands map to a different fare class on TK's award chart.
Regardless, I know that AC gives their own Aeroplan members only 25% status miles for basic international fares, whether it be basic K , Y or B. Never made sense to me why TK would give more status miles for AC basic fares. I've accepted to only receive 25% miles.
Since 2019 I've flown YYZ>LIS (Basic L), YYZ> OPO(Basic L), and YYZ>CDG (Basic K, Basic T, Basic G). All flights have earned only 25% status miles on TK.
Regardless, I know that AC gives their own Aeroplan members only 25% status miles for basic international fares, whether it be basic K , Y or B. Never made sense to me why TK would give more status miles for AC basic fares. I've accepted to only receive 25% miles.
Since 2019 I've flown YYZ>LIS (Basic L), YYZ> OPO(Basic L), and YYZ>CDG (Basic K, Basic T, Basic G). All flights have earned only 25% status miles on TK.
Two points:
- First, if you have only received 25 % earned on anything other than 'K', it may be either an error on TK's end, them printing the chart incorrectly, them slashing the earnings, or something else. Regardless, with time and patience, if you wanted to chase it up with their CS (or maybe their Elite Plus line), you could have (esp. as you could reference their chart directly for booking class)
- Second - just a simple 'where to credit' search (not saying it is a 100 % accurate, but a pretty solid starting point) reveals that there are many programs which, for example, earns 50% for 'G' fares. AP members earning 25%, has no bearing on whether TK (or A3 or OZ or any other program for that matter) should earn more or less than 25% %: https://www.wheretocredit.com/air-canada/g
Jan 25, 2024, 1:00 pm
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Two points:
- First, if you have only received 25 % earned on anything other than 'K', it may be either an error on TK's end, them printing the chart incorrectly, them slashing the earnings, or something else. Regardless, with time and patience, if you wanted to chase it up with their CS (or maybe their Elite Plus line), you could have (esp. as you could reference their chart directly for booking class)