Re: Only 1000 miles for LHR-DEL!
- From: whitely525@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 31 Mar 2007 13:44:15 -0700
On 31 Mar, 06:37, Mike Hunt <postmaster@localhost> wrote:
whitely...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On 30 Mar, 16:43, Newbie <new...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I recently travelled ORD-LHR (on AA) and LHR-DEL (on BA). Each sector
is about 4000 miles. While AA deposited 4000 miles in my AA account,
their "partner" BA gave me only about 1000. An unpleasant surprise.
"miles" was always a misnomer. Essentially, it is 'points' correlated
to how much you pay over
the odds and which operating carrier (whether primary, fully
integrated partner or other..).
Perhaps, but AAdvantage has Elite Qualifying Points, so calling miles
"points" would only make the issue more confusing.
All programs I suspect have two types of 'miles': one for status and
one
for awards (in Lufthansa terminology). In KLM it is 'level miles' and
something
else. So I think it is already confusing enough...! It is basically
the more you spend, the more you earn. Which is fare enough, but
miles
is a misnomer.
The issue also is
NOT becasue they chose a partner, as some partners give full credit.
BA isn't as giving with miles for discounted economy even in its own
plan. That said, I don't see the reason for much surprise, since the
information is very available by looking at the partner info at aa.com.
Not so for BA, last time I checked. They appear to keep this type of
information a closely guarded secret.
There even some AA fares that don't earn any miles and there are some
fares that give higher payment rates. Upgrade awards mileage
requirements also depends on fare class. You can spend less miles to
upgradde if you are not upgrading from discounted economy. I recommend
reading the documentation on the website if you want to maximize miles.
No chance of that with BA. AFAIK the BA 'excutive' scheme is more
focussed
on premium fare paying customers.
.
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