luckypierre

Thanks for the revelation..have a couple of SYD-AKL hops in the next year. Dislike those "gotcha" type discoveries after the fact. Emirates it is (less expensive as well)

Mwenenzi

Yikes
You must have paid well over the odds if NZ economy was more than EK first. Did you buy on the .co.nz web site?
3hrs in Air NZ economy for few ff miles is far too much compared to first in long hual aircraft

[off topic]
Airlines that fly Australia (CNS BNE OOL SYD MEL ADL PER) to/from New Zealand (AKL WLG CHC ZQN) are
- Air New Zealand (codeshares with VA) [Star Alliance]
- Virgin Australia (codeshares with Air NZ) (Delta partner)
- Jetstar (a low cost low quality carrier with low-medium-high priced fares owned by QF)
- Qantas (codeshares with EK) [OneWorld Alliance]
- Emirates (codeshares with QF)
- LAN (SYD AKL) [OneWorld Alliance]
- China Airlines (BNE/SYD - AKL and SYD - CHC) [Skyteam Alliance]
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PsiFighter37

For good clarity - this is because the ticket is not UA stock. If you purchased the route on 016 stock, you would get RDM as usual (i.e. multiplier times dollars spent), and you would get PQM as well (100% for V class).

AlanSFO

The United web site wouldn't sell me this flight.

I bought on airnewzealand.com. The emirates flight was on expedia and looking at my notes was actually $60 more. Schedule played a big factor in the decision as well. The LAN flight was by far the cheapest, but had a really bad (early) departure time, the ANZ schedule was ideal.

I had seven > 10 hour legs in 3 weeks on that trip - a four hour flight seems like you just get on, take a nap and get off. I'll have a long Emirates first trip early next year.

Any PQM one can get that isn't on an EMB-145 seems like a good deal.

cfischer

nope, not that easy. It till requires the booking class to be eligible. It's a mess.

glovestravel

While award miles are different from PQM... it appears that United uses this per their website. Anyone have experience with this?

https://www.united.com/cms/en-us/mar...spx?itemid=379

Premier qualification

Premier qualification is based on flight distance3, class of service and purchased fare class (excluding any fare class bonus).


MileagePlus Premier qualification4


Class of service

Purchased fare class

Premier qualifying miles5

Premier qualifying segments


Business
C, D, J, Z 100% 1

Pacific Premium Economy
U, E, A, O 100% 1

Economy
Y, B, M, H, Q, V, W, T 100% 1

3Flight distance is defined as the miles scheduled for a specific flight, as determined solely by United.
4For more information on Premier qualification, including how to earn Premier qualifying dollars (PQD) on partner airlines, please see the Premier Status Qualification Requirements page.
5Unless otherwise noted, Premier qualifying miles are based on flight distance, class of service and purchased fare class.

luckypierre

That Trans Tasman exception is a strange "gotcha." Takes some detective work to uncover it, but its another reason why I opted for Emirates SYD AKL next spring.