a silly mileage annoyance
Mar 17, 2017, 6:08 pm
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a silly mileage annoyance
just looking at my miles. on an international paid business class fare. one segment is domestic, and the way the dollars are allocated, i earn less miles than i woudl if it was based on distance. significantly. so miles/dollar in this one case didn't get me more when buying business. actually the international leg as well, same issue. it was $900 one way so less than 10k RDM. and it would have been about 14k RDM if based on distance. oh no, it owuld be more. that's just the GS 100% bonus. with fare class bonus, it would be like 17k RDM. i think.
Mar 17, 2017, 6:41 pm
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Mar 17, 2017, 8:20 pm
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I got more PQM on an international trip recently than RDM. Happens these days a fair bit, even in paid premium cabin (especially paid premium when in discount F).
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