Booking partner Premium Economy (R) on UA.com - Issue with projected mileage earning?
Apr 19, 2019, 12:59 pm
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If codeshare, those are correct fare classes for a codeshare. The actual LH fare class for likely N and is mileage earning. It is LH that reports the miles to be posted and there have not been reports on posting errors.
Apr 19, 2019, 1:03 pm
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Great. I will report back if anything doesn't post as my flight is May. Appreciate the response.
May 15, 2019, 8:36 pm
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G & E get 150%
Not the first time, UA and LH have had different PQM earnings for the "same" fare on their respective metal.
Jun 10, 2019, 11:41 am
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R fare on LH does not show 150% bonus PQM/PQS
I booked an open jaw with the TATL portion from BOS to FRA, booked on UA travel on LH metal. Premium economy was considerably less expensive than any Y fares, so PE it was. (Still not sure the logic there, per their seat map Y is only about half-sold yet the cheapest seat in Y is significantly more expensive than PE.) It booked in to R and by my reading that should yield an additional 50% PQM and an additional 0.5 segments but on .bomb it shows the simple accrual of the mileage without the bonus. Has anyone else seen this? Might it get updated before the flight, and if so should I simply wait to see what gets posted and then complain if I get shorted?
Related question: has anyone had any luck upgrading from PE to J on LH using a GPU? I have a 1K friend who thinks they have extras.
Related question: has anyone had any luck upgrading from PE to J on LH using a GPU? I have a 1K friend who thinks they have extras.
Last edited by vitira; Jun 10, 2019 at 11:42 am Reason: Clarifying I booked on UA.
Jun 10, 2019, 11:56 am
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It booked in to R and by my reading that should yield an additional 50% PQM and an additional 0.5 segments but on .bomb it shows the simple accrual of the mileage without the bonus. Has anyone else seen this? Might it get updated before the flight, and if so should I simply wait to see what gets posted and then complain if I get shorted?
Related question: has anyone had any luck upgrading from PE to J on LH using a GPU? I have a 1K friend who thinks they have extras.
Related question: has anyone had any luck upgrading from PE to J on LH using a GPU? I have a 1K friend who thinks they have extras.
The news gets worse, I’m afraid. LH N class is not eligible for upgrade with a UA GPU.
Jun 10, 2019, 11:56 am
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I booked an open jaw with the TATL portion from BOS to FRA, booked on UA travel on LH metal. Premium economy was considerably less expensive than any Y fares, so PE it was. (Still not sure the logic there, per their seat map Y is only about half-sold yet the cheapest seat in Y is significantly more expensive than PE.) It booked in to R and by my reading that should yield an additional 50% PQM and an additional 0.5 segments but on .bomb it shows the simple accrual of the mileage without the bonus. Has anyone else seen this? Might it get updated before the flight, and if so should I simply wait to see what gets posted and then complain if I get shorted? ...
While R on UA metal is upgradeable, N on LH metal is not.
Jun 16, 2019, 4:35 pm
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Thanks. I the LH PNR says R on it, but I figured that it must be booking into LH N.
Would it be better to simply book it on LH and use the MP number?
Would I be able to choose a seat then?
Would it be better to simply book it on LH and use the MP number?
Would I be able to choose a seat then?
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Jun 16, 2019 at 6:11 pm Reason: merging consecutive posts by same member
Jun 16, 2019, 4:40 pm
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You should be able to select a seat by calling LH; if this is the biggest issue I would try that first.
Jun 16, 2019, 11:45 pm
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Jun 17, 2019, 8:51 pm
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Interesting. Thanks. Maybe I should have taken the double-connection via EWR and DUB on a 787-10 in the same class on UA metal.
Alas, my friend who works for Swissport reports
The cabin capacities are 8/80/32/244 and the bookings are 4/59/36/260 at this moment
So I guess it depends on what the fares are for the Y tickets and how many upgrades they sell at the gate (or to people on upgrade-eligible fares). Sadly I think I may be pretty far down the list.
Alas, my friend who works for Swissport reports
The cabin capacities are 8/80/32/244 and the bookings are 4/59/36/260 at this moment
So I guess it depends on what the fares are for the Y tickets and how many upgrades they sell at the gate (or to people on upgrade-eligible fares). Sadly I think I may be pretty far down the list.