Right. I have no idea how to translate booking classes between carriers. The only thing I could suggest is to see if you can find a similar priced fare on SA and guess that it is likely the same booking class.

Not true! I called this evening about some other issues (lots and lots of missing OLCI and online purchase bonuses). The agent said that she "did not have time to go through all these flights" so sent me to a service director.

This guy was great. He added an AC flight from February that was still pending and also this LH flight from last week. He then commented that there was a "new directive" saying that UGS and 1K members should have missing mileage credit expedited.

Cool. ^ Unfortunately, the directive comes to late for me, as I have dropped MP and being a 1K as a result of endless hassle getting LH mileage credited. Instead, I put my miles to M&M (renewing SEN early by crediting 100k EQM that would have gone to MP otherwise) and will hence be a humble 1P with my 52k remaining EQM collected from January till July. Since the directive doesn't cover 1Ps, I guess the hassle can continue. Well done, UA!

Sent in the boarding pass when I returned to the States in July. Just checked back and noticed that the tiny (W) BMI fare did post. 500 miles for that one. And they did not adjust the 750 miles I earned for the other one (which we think should have been only 500).

So, take that for what it's worth. I'm still mystified as to what BMI is really supposed to earn, but it seems that buying up for about EUR3 gives you 750 instead of 500 miles. ;)

Thanks for the update MKR-MR. ^

I think we're all mystified. I updated the guide anyway. :)

If you fly on a codeshare service and both are star, are the miles calculated on the airline fare base of the one you are ticketed on or on the airline whose metal you fly ??

eg a BMI fare but on say a SK aircraft

The fare base on the airline whose metal you fly. In this case, the fare basis code that SK uses for that ticket, regardless of what letter BD sold it under.

Which makes it really hard to know what you're really getting when you buy codeshares.

Couldn't have explained it better myself.

I can only repeat what I said earlier where you can try to match what you paid up to a published fare on the operating carrier. This is of course, error prone and inaccurate, but might give you a decent idea.

After faxing a copy of my flight confirmation (which included the cost of the ticket), I finally got my T-class fares properly credited to my MP account. For some reason, one segment was still missing, but at least the bulk of them are in there.

Thanks for the update! ^

re: minimum earning on LH

i think that actually the minimum earning on LH in intra-europe coach is 500, not 250. i experienced it, also see post 13 in this
thread and i read it in your thread, post #153.

oh, and thanks qasr for maintaining this great thread ^

Maybe it is that intra-Germany gets 250 minimum, and cross-border "intra-Europe" gets a 500 minimum? Can anyone else confirm?

Flying from Frankfurt to Warsaw on LH in coach one way and business the other way, I got 500 miles for each leg.

BTW - I have this thread bookmarked - great reference. Thanks, qasr! ^

I can only confirm what everyone probably already knows: cross-border LH flights within Europe earn 500 minimum as of last week. I flew ZRH-FRA and FRA-LHR routings all in S class.

What was the booking class? At least full fare econ maybe? Even so, it is strange that you didn't get the 25% bonus for paid C... Maybe try calling MP, seeing what they say and reporting back? :)
No problem! It is also linked from the FAQ sticky. ;)