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SQTalk Life Solitaire PPS
Join Date: 16-Dec-2010
Location: Currently MEL, sometimes DUS
Programs: KF Pleb
Posts: 2,819
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![]() Hi, I thought someone with more experience flying with Air China might be able to solve this one easily for me.
I took two CA international flights (PEK-TSE return) in early April. The economy booking class was T. I specified my KF number when I booked online and that number is on my e-Ticket, although shows as my PhoenixMiles No. Nowhere on my ticket can I find a reference to miles accrual and nothing has shown up in my account almost 8 weeks since the first flight. Does CA actually even issue miles? Or could the problem be the T fare class? The PhoenixMiles website I can access is full of "under construction" sections and when I try to use the mileage calculator, it only allows selecting from drop-downs in fields that are all in Chinese characters, which isn't much use to me. The KF calculator only shows information for SQ/MI flights. |
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SQTalk PPS Club
Join Date: 10-Aug-2008
Posts: 385
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SQTalk PPS Club
Join Date: 26-Dec-2009
Programs: Krisflyer, TrueBlue, Flying Blue, AAdvantage
Posts: 551
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From the chart, there is no T booking class in the row for Air China, which means that it does not earn any miles at all. I refer to it constantly when making flight bookings on partner airlines to check if it's worth going for a slightly more expensive fare for more miles that can be credited to Krisflyer, almost always avoiding fare classes which do not earn me any Krisflyer miles. |
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SQTalk Elite Gold
Join Date: 03-Jun-2017
Location: SIN
Programs: SQKF
Posts: 193
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![]() I did the same 'mistake' years ago thinking my relatively cheaper (compared to SQ) SIN-PEK-SIN flight on Air China would accrue KF miles. It didn't accrue any. Later I found out about the booking class and accrual tables and have used it religiously when booking flight on partner airlines.
Using the table, I used to figure out some "hacks" to maximise KF miles accruals without paying expensive fares. eg. 1. SIN-HKG-SIN on United (before the accrual table changed, United Economy fare always get 100% even the cheapest one like S$ 250 ~ 330) but now this route is no longer served. 2. SIN-TPE-SIN on EVA Air Premium Economy earns you 110% miles at the price cheaper than SQ Economy fare which probably earn only 70% miles. Interestingly, some of these cheaper fares would still accrue the operating carrier's frequent flyer miles albeit not at 100%, but earn 0% on KF. |
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SQTalk Life Solitaire PPS
Join Date: 16-Dec-2010
Location: Currently MEL, sometimes DUS
Programs: KF Pleb
Posts: 2,819
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![]() Thanks everyone! This saves my time not looking further into it.
That chart was definitely the missing piece of the puzzle, although had I looked at it before booking, I doubt it'd have helped in this case, as T class was expensive as it was and the only other option was the full-flexi that was insanely expensive. That's the reality of flying a route with hardly any competition I guess. |
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Join Date: 10-Aug-2008
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SQTalk Elite Silver
Join Date: 11-Apr-2014
Location: Singapore
Programs: KFEG, AA Platinum
Posts: 77
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