Status Miles - Question

Posted on January 6, 2009 under xn--omr06vg8k1ys.com edit

  • I booked 2 business class tickets yyz-yul recently on the same flight.

    Printed out 2 boarding passes at the machine and had the gate agent scan both.

    Will I get status miles credited for both flights or just one?

    To answer the 'why would anyone do that?'; I had latitude pass flight credits that were about to expire.

    Thanks.


  • Interesting question. It's my understanding that the "larger flyers" amongst us, who book 2 seats to accomodate their substantial girth only get points for one of the seats.

    Would not the same principle apply? Otherwise, come to think of it, it would provide an easy avenue to get to SE - book a whole row of discounted seats on a flight to asia - stretch out, enjoy the flight, and get to SE with 1 flight.

    PS Welcome to FT!

    I believe the Economy Seat Challenged pax are charged a discounted rate for the second seat, so they would not receive the points. But in this instance you should???


  • Interesting question. It's my understanding that the "larger flyers" amongst us, who book 2 seats to accomodate their substantial girth only get points for one of the seats.

    Would not the same principle apply? Otherwise, come to think of it, it would provide an easy avenue to get to SE - book a whole row of discounted seats on a flight to asia - stretch out, enjoy the flight, and get to SE with 1 flight.

    PS Welcome to FT!

    I was kinda thinking the same thing...
    I'll post the results from aeroplan when they are available.
    Regards.


  • I was kinda thinking the same thing...
    I'll post the results from aeroplan when they are available.
    Regards.
    Yes, it would be interesting to see, how does it decide which one you get, e.g. what if you flew both J with CoS bonus and discounted one without it?


  • Welcome to Flyertalk!


  • . So only 750 status miles, 500 + 250 for J.
    Just wondering how you got 50%+ for COS as initially it was a Latitude pass fare and those only earn 100% status miles - none for the upgrade? :confused:


  • or else you've just caused a system-crash in Aeroplan's database that rivals the Y2K bug... ;)


  • Latitude pass upgrades are booked in J and J earns 50% COS bonus.
    Thank you Andrew! Didn't see the Latitude/J-upgrade spiel on the AC.com site but I'll take your word for it. :)


  • I was kinda thinking the same thing...
    I'll post the results from aeroplan when they are available.
    Regards.

    And what happened? This was back in April.
    Inquiring minds want to know :)

    I never thought of this with expiring items. :o

    ShortHaul


  • And what happened? This was back in April.
    Inquiring minds want to know :)

    I never thought of this with expiring items. :o

    ShortHaul


    Sorry for the delay - I forgot to post follow-up.
    I only received credit for one of the 2 seats. So only 750 status miles, 500 + 250 for J. I called Aeroplan to find out why and after having to explain several times what I had done, I was told that you can only get credit for one seat per flight.

    I did have lots of extra room on that flight.


  • Latitude pass upgrades are booked in J and J earns 50% COS bonus.


    And once upgraded to J you can change to another flight with J space, even if the original fare class is not available.


  • Interesting question. It's my understanding that the "larger flyers" amongst us, who book 2 seats to accomodate their substantial girth only get points for one of the seats.

    Would not the same principle apply? Otherwise, come to think of it, it would provide an easy avenue to get to SE - book a whole row of discounted seats on a flight to asia - stretch out, enjoy the flight, and get to SE with 1 flight.

    PS Welcome to FT!


  • I am not sure anyone has actually done that here before.

    I would think you would get credit for both.

    Let us know. And Welcome to FT


  • Just wondering how you got 50%+ for COS as initially it was a Latitude pass fare and those only earn 100% status miles - none for the upgrade? :confused:
    Latitude pass upgrades are booked in J and J earns 50% COS bonus.


  • Past results suggest you shouldn't get this but YMMV. The original Aeroplan terms were specific about this but don't know about the updated terms and conditions . . .







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