PQD when no Miles
May 9, 2014, 10:41 pm
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The fare class that appears on your ticket may differ from the fare class that the operating airline uses to determine flight miles earned.
May 10, 2014, 12:34 pm
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mduell, what I emphasized from your first post in this thread is what really confuses me.
It makes it sounds like I can't really know if I'll actually earn miles based on what united.com tells me. Or is this really only an issue if I don't go through United to purchase my tickets?
It makes it sounds like I can't really know if I'll actually earn miles based on what united.com tells me. Or is this really only an issue if I don't go through United to purchase my tickets?
Note if you were booked on UA6889, a UA codeshare on a SAS flight, in L class, you would need to determine the matching SK booking class to determine mileage accural. This information is available from EF or KVS.
I haven't been able to find the underlying booking class on UA.sux, so I use EF instead of calling a phone agent.
This is an issue to consider regardless of where you book if you book a codeshare flight.
May 10, 2014, 1:08 pm
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May 10, 2014, 1:16 pm
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You'll get something like this, for a UA Q fare on Germanwings:
Code:
11 EWRCPH 19JUN14 UA USD 951.00 QHX06NCE STAY-SU/12MBK-Q
FARE CLS EXPLANATION BOOK CODES
-------- ---------------------- ----------
QHX06NCE HIGH SEASON MIDWEEK APEX NONREFUNDABLE Q
QHX06NCE FARES
QHX06NCE FOR ROUND TRIP FARES
QHX06NCE FOR ADULT
BOOKING CODE EXCEPTIONS FOR CARRIER: 4U
IF VIA UA Q- FARES
VIA 4U W REQUIRED
IF VIA UA ALL ECONOMY CABIN
VIA 4U R REQUIRED
IF VIA ** ALL CARRIERS EXCEPT 4U ALL
ECONOMY CABIN
VIA 4U L REQUIRED
Mar 12, 2017, 3:10 pm
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Flew to Osaka the other day on a 016 (united) ticket. United between US and Narita while the Japan domestic legs were ANA (ANA flight numbers). When I checked my UA account, the ANA section wasn't counted as part of PQD, while the miles were credited. Checked the United website and its say "most" star alliance flights. When is a Star Alliance not counted despite being on a 016 ticket?
Mar 12, 2017, 3:25 pm
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Maybe you need to write to MPSC to have them review it. It seems that when an ANA domestic ticket is connected to an international itinerary, there should be no reason for it to be treated unusually.
https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/mar...spx?ItemId=299
(unless perhaps it was "Air Japan"?)
I point this out only to say that you can see there is something a little different if the ANA flight were not connected to an intl leg.
Did you receive PQMs, RDMs, but just no PQDs?
https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/mar...spx?ItemId=299
(unless perhaps it was "Air Japan"?)
I point this out only to say that you can see there is something a little different if the ANA flight were not connected to an intl leg.
Did you receive PQMs, RDMs, but just no PQDs?
Mar 12, 2017, 5:38 pm
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Flew to Osaka the other day on a 016 (united) ticket. United between US and Narita while the Japan domestic legs were ANA (ANA flight numbers). When I checked my UA account, the ANA section wasn't counted as part of PQD, while the miles were credited. Checked the United website and its say "most" star alliance flights. When is a Star Alliance not counted despite being on a 016 ticket?
Apr 6, 2017, 5:29 am
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sure We are analyzing the issue of whether an 016 ticket is eligible for PQD
Where does lufthansa get control over the ticket?
Here is the statement
If you purchase a ticket for a flight that is marketed by United but operated by another airline (known as a codeshare flight), If you purchase a ticket for a flight that is marketed by United but operated by another airline (known as a codeshare flight), the operating airline determines how many miles you earn.
Clear as day. NO miles. but miles are not dollars. if United wrote that that operating airline "determines how many PQDS and miles " etc. I would have no problem. But they didn't
they wrote miles. NOT Dollars
So this sentence cannot support denial
later United writes
If a partner flight is not eligible to earn award miles, then it is also not eligible to earn Premier qualifying miles, segments or dollars.
But flights are not tickets Flights are never on 016 stock
Only Tickets are on 016 stock
If they wrote if a ticket on a partner flight is not eligible, no problem. But they didn't
So what language do you use to get across these gaps.