Krisflyer Mileage

[EWR]

I don't get it. When one flies an indirect route from one point to another with a transit/stopover at another airport, Krisflyer awards you miles calculated based on a non-stop route. My question is, if I buy a ticket from Dubai to Houston, that would route me DXB-SIN-DME-IAH, why would I only earn 8157 miles on Krisflyer, according to the calculator.

It's happened so many times for me. I really should be getting a lot more miles based on the great circle routes I actually fly! (same thing happens for JFK-SIN, I only get 9533 miles when the stop at FRA would bump up the actual mileage to over 10,000)

[TerryK]

......if I buy a ticket from Dubai to Houston, that would route me DXB-SIN-DME-IAH, why would I only earn 8157 miles on Krisflyer, according to the calculator.....

You may want to check your facts first.

You are always awards great circle miles based on the O/D of your fight coupon. For JFK-SIN, your flight coupon only shows JFK-SIN, without FRA in between. The flight is treated as JFK-SIN direct for mileage purpose. For your DXB to IAH example, you will be awarded DXB-SIN and SIN-IAH mileage since DME doesn't show up on your flight coupon. It should be 13564 miles.

[EWR]

You may want to check your facts first.

You are always awards great circle miles based on the O/D of your fight coupon. For JFK-SIN, your flight coupon only shows JFK-SIN, without FRA in between. The flight is treated as JFK-SIN direct for mileage purpose. For your DXB to IAH example, you will be awarded DXB-SIN and SIN-IAH mileage since DME doesn't show up on your flight coupon. It should be 13564 miles.

I see. Do the other airlines do that too? Why are the flight coupons issued like that, cos for the DXB-IAH example, the true mileage is 14787 miles, not 13564. http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=D...OR=&MAP-STYLE=

And oh, what happens if you make a stopover at DME? You get 1200 miles more?

[TerryK]

I see. Do the other airlines do that too?....

That's industry standard. You are also charge for the mileage on your flight coupons only, if you are on a mileage based fare such as CRWSTARx.

....And oh, what happens if you make a stopover at DME? You get 1200 miles more?

Correct. You will have three flight coupons, DXB-SIN, SIN-DME, DME-IAH. It all depends on what is on your flight coupon. What doesn't show up doesn't count.