2018 MP earning changes (AV, ET - Feb, LH group, all fares atleast 100% PQM - March)
Feb 13, 2018, 4:31 pm
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2018 MP earning changes (AV, ET - Feb, LH group, all fares atleast 100% PQM - March)
My change alerts for UA's MilagePlus accrual websites have been lighting up the past couple of days as UA changes PQM & RDM earnings across its partners.
Here's a summary of the changes:
Lufthansa (on flights flown on or after March 1, 2018)
Avianca RDU Accumulation on non-UA issued stock
Avianca New PQM Qualification
Ethiopian Airlines RDU
Ethiopian Airlines PQM Qualification
Safe Travels,
James
Here's a summary of the changes:
Lufthansa (on flights flown on or after March 1, 2018)
- K booking class now earns 25% RDU and 100% PQM but no premier qualifying segments (used to earn nothing)
Avianca RDU Accumulation on non-UA issued stock
Avianca New PQM Qualification
Ethiopian Airlines RDU
Ethiopian Airlines PQM Qualification
Safe Travels,
James
Last edited by FlyerTalker70; Feb 13, 2018 at 4:42 pm Reason: Added images (well that's embarrassing)
Feb 13, 2018, 4:49 pm
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Also seems to impact fares LX/OS
Feb 13, 2018, 5:04 pm
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K class Lufthansa now earns 100% PQM on United after March 1? Why didn't they implement this earlier especially since Swiss K already earns 100% PQM. Would have been nice if this was put in before the start of this year.
Last edited by VWang1111; Feb 13, 2018 at 5:04 pm Reason: added LH
Feb 13, 2018, 5:10 pm
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Wow. Looks like all LH Group fares now earn 100% PQM (which you would expect for a JV partner). While this is a nice change for the positive, I am getting really tired of short-notice changes to earning which are ex post facto if you purchased tickets in advance, because sometimes they are cuts.
Feb 13, 2018, 5:16 pm
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Wow. Looks like all LH Group fares now earn 100% PQM (which you would expect for a JV partner). While this is a nice change for the positive, I am getting really tired of short-notice changes to earning which are ex post facto if you purchased tickets in advance, because sometimes they are cuts.
That being said these are good changes for the LH Airlines Group and I hope it remains that way for the 3-Star airlines (UA, LH Group, and AC). It's always nice to know you'll earn 100% milage on rev flights.
Safe Travels,
James
Feb 17, 2018, 1:53 am
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Updated earning charts for *A partners (JV)
Just wanted to point out there have been some major changes in earning charts for *A partners (mainly JV - LX, LH, OS) during the past weeks.
Mainly - K class on LH FINALLY earns 100% PQM (25 % RDM) - starting 3/1; K also drops from 50% RDM to 25% on OS and LX. There is no mention of RDM bonus for Premier members on either of the charts which might be major devaluation for people not booking flights on 016 ticket stock.
Mainly - K class on LH FINALLY earns 100% PQM (25 % RDM) - starting 3/1; K also drops from 50% RDM to 25% on OS and LX. There is no mention of RDM bonus for Premier members on either of the charts which might be major devaluation for people not booking flights on 016 ticket stock.
Feb 17, 2018, 2:33 am
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Just wanted to point out there have been some major changes in earning charts for *A partners (mainly JV - LX, LH, OS) during the past weeks.
Mainly - K class on LH FINALLY earns 100% PQM (25 % RDM) - starting 3/1; K also drops from 50% RDM to 25% on OS and LX. There is no mention of RDM bonus for Premier members on either of the charts which might be major devaluation for people not booking flights on 016 ticket stock.
Mainly - K class on LH FINALLY earns 100% PQM (25 % RDM) - starting 3/1; K also drops from 50% RDM to 25% on OS and LX. There is no mention of RDM bonus for Premier members on either of the charts which might be major devaluation for people not booking flights on 016 ticket stock.
Feb 17, 2018, 11:07 am
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I love how they call themselves a global airline as they cut routes and push us to partners while cutting partner earnings at the same time. I guess this is finally an improvement for some
Nov 26, 2018, 8:13 am
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I bought tickets to Europe on Expedia.com for next month. I just realized it is ticketed as LH K class although it is UA-operated flight (not code-shared, a UA fight number).I will be a couple miles short from making 1K again, so I am really nervous about the PQMs. I don't need more qualifying segments, but the PQM is important. Do you think I will be ok? Does it make any difference if it is a UA-operated flight for LH flights (both ticketed on LH-issued tickets).
Nov 26, 2018, 9:21 am
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I bought tickets to Europe on Expedia.com for next month. I just realized it is ticketed as LH K class although it is UA-operated flight (not code-shared, a UA fight number).I will be a couple miles short from making 1K again, so I am really nervous about the PQMs. I don't need more qualifying segments, but the PQM is important. Do you think I will be ok? Does it make any difference if it is a UA-operated flight for LH flights (both ticketed on LH-issued tickets).
- In Star Alliance, only the operating carrier matters
- Either LH or UA K class would earn 100% of flown distance for PQMs
Nov 26, 2018, 11:11 am
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I bought tickets to Europe on Expedia.com for next month. I just realized it is ticketed as LH K class although it is UA-operated flight (not code-shared, a UA fight number).I will be a couple miles short from making 1K again, so I am really nervous about the PQMs. I don't need more qualifying segments, but the PQM is important. Do you think I will be ok? Does it make any difference if it is a UA-operated flight for LH flights (both ticketed on LH-issued tickets).
Thank you very much for reply. I just realized my trans-atlantic flight actualy has a SN flight number but operated by UA. Based on your reply I understand it will earn 100% PQMs.
For RDMs, will it be 11 x fare for 1K? Is the receipt pulled from UA's website reliable? It said I would earn 11 Award miles for this SN-code shared K class flight (operated by UA). It means UA only got $1 for this flight? UA's receipt also said I needed to pay for the luggage for this flight. I am so confused.
For RDMs, will it be 11 x fare for 1K? Is the receipt pulled from UA's website reliable? It said I would earn 11 Award miles for this SN-code shared K class flight (operated by UA). It means UA only got $1 for this flight? UA's receipt also said I needed to pay for the luggage for this flight. I am so confused.
Nov 26, 2018, 11:27 am
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Thank you very much for reply. I just realized my trans-atlantic flight actualy has a SN flight number but operated by UA. Based on your reply I understand it will earn 100% PQMs.
For RDMs, will it be 11 x fare for 1K? Is the receipt pulled from UA's website reliable? It said I would earn 11 Award miles for this SN-code shared K class flight (operated by UA). It means UA only got $1 for this flight? UA's receipt also said I needed to pay for the luggage for this flight. I am so confused.
For RDMs, will it be 11 x fare for 1K? Is the receipt pulled from UA's website reliable? It said I would earn 11 Award miles for this SN-code shared K class flight (operated by UA). It means UA only got $1 for this flight? UA's receipt also said I needed to pay for the luggage for this flight. I am so confused.