jsloan

Yes. It's still on the website, but it's hidden. Near the top of the Lufthansa earnings page, you'll find a link called "Earning Premier Bonus Award Miles." The bonus is detailed in the second table on the linked page.

geometry

I'm a little confused about the UA miles that I earn when flying Swiss.

I'm a Gold member with UA. My ticket was purchased from a 3rd party non-airline website.

The flight was on Swiss from Zurich to Hong Kong in T-class, which is deep discount coach. Whenever I flew Swiss on other routes on T-class fares, I get only 50% miles(which is what UA's website shows https://www.united.com/cms/en-us/mar...spx?itemid=297 )

However, whenever I'm on Swiss flight from Zurich to Hong Kong in T-class, I get 50% UA miles plus 25% bonus(1447 miles, see below). I never get the 25% bonus miles when flying in the other direction(Hong Kong to Zurich, also in T class) or on any other Swiss flight. For example, on the return Hong Kong to Zurich flight, I never get the 1447 miles. This has happened on all three of my Zurich-Hong Kong roundtrips this year. Where are the 1447 miles coming from and why is it only on the eastbound flights?

https://i.imgur.com/MdH9Hux.jpg


Zurich - Hong Kong
Total miles: 4341
Base miles: 2894
Fare class bonus miles: 0
Bonus miles: 1447
PQM: 5788
PQS: 1
PQD: Ineligible

WineCountryUA

As a UA Gold premier, you get a 50% RDM bonus for LX when not on a 016 UA ticket

As you do on other Air Canada, ANA, Austrian, Azul, Brussels, Lufthansa and SWISS flights

cfischer

you should get your Premier bonus on ALL Swiss-operated flights. I have never had it NOT post, so I am perplexed you mention you get the bonus in one direction and not the other ... and that repeatedly. Can you post some examples? I cannot see any scenario where this would be consistent with MP rules or my experience (and I fly LX quite a bit).

Muckael

So the Premier Bonus caps at flight distance, regardless of booking class?

LH 220 Stock FRA-PEK in B as 1K: 4853 (distance) + 2427 (fare) + 4853 (100% 1K)

LH 220 Stock FRA-PEK in J as 1K: 4853 (distance) + 4853 (fare) + 4853 (100% 1K)

Fare bonuses are disregarded?

fumje

Yes, correct.

Digressing, I feel the language used in their partner charts pages is unclear, and even knowing the answer I find it difficult to see how the verbiage matches the fact, but that is how it is.

Gig103

Simple question about redeemable miles. On AA and Delta, when earning on a distance based fare (partner / bulk), the elite program members earn a bonus of 40% / 60% / 80% / 120%.
For example, when I flew DTW-CDG on an Air France ticket as a Delta Silver medallion, the route was 3962 miles, but I earned 5547.

Is this similar on United?

jsloan

It depends upon the partner. Some airlines earn a bonus (25% / 50% / 75% / 100%), and some don't. On the specific airline partner's page, look for a link near the top called "Earning Premier bonus award miles," which links to this page. Scroll down and you can see the bonuses for partner tickets. According to that page, the following flights are eligible for bonus miles:

Note that while it says "ticketed by" one of these airlines, in practice, I think the rule is just "not ticketed by United." If you had a Lufthansa flight on an Air China ticket, I believe you'd still get the bonus.

Vangrovsky

I have taken several Swiss(LX) flights on non-016 tickets. (most were booked on the Swiss website) All are flights between Europe and East Asia.

UA should have only credited my 50% of the actual miles because they were all deep discount economy tickets.

However, I always see the 50% miles, plus 25% bonus mils under that....

Can anyone tell me where that extra 25% is for?

Thanks!

fumje

Is your MP status Premier Silver?

https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...r/bonuses.html

jsloan

Swiss is one of the airlines that provide bonus miles for Premier members:

https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...r/bonuses.html