thalenoi Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Exchanged 40k miles for business upgrade on Qatar BKK-DOH-CDG and it was great, really very very good. But checking my milage status online I see "Business Class Fare paid is not eligible" and get no miles for the trip Any one know if that is normal practice? I know I can send them an email to ask, but would like to know what others airlines do. I bought an economy ticket and asked for an upgrade, I supposed I would get regular economy miles and keep my status for next year, but like this I will not get my gold card.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 TG gives you the miles for economy class, but not for the upgraded class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 you just get the miles for the class you pay for! that's like in life, you get what you pay for! if you have free tickets: ZERO mileage credit. upgrade to biz or first: just mileage on the class you paid for. that's applicable on all frequent flyer programs i know of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojis Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Getting the miles corresponding to the class U paid for is indeed standard, yet I happened to get the miles of the upgraded class on TG (like a few weeks ago coming back from BKK ). TG must have seeked revenge! Showed up without a reservation to Don Muang a few days ago with BOTH a ticket in J and F to CDG but both cabins were full and had to fly in Y Noticed as well they credited the miles as Y trip (while it ended up costing me a J coupon)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 I once also got miles for an upgraded trip in 1st class, more than 1 year later TG discovered it an took back the difference between 1st and economy (had used a renewal upgrade to biz and as biz was overbooked I was upgraded to 1st). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 samak said:you just get the miles for the class you pay for! that's like in life, you get what you pay for! if you have free tickets: ZERO mileage credit. upgrade to biz or first: just mileage on the class you paid for. that's applicable on all frequent flyer programs i know of... Ja, from nothing comes nothing, especially in LOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I once also got miles for an upgraded trip in 1st class, more than 1 year later TG discovered it an took back the difference between 1st and economy (had used a renewal upgrade to biz and as biz was overbooked I was upgraded to 1st). NWA did the same thing witn me, guess I should have chased in the miles b4 they figured it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I've had it both ways on the same ff programme(SK eurobonus)!! gotten normal economy miles on an upgrade flight to biz & gotten biz miles(double) on another occasion Its a jungle out there(strugling to get every flown mile credited) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianTroy Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 It depends on your status! If you have in example Senator Status with Miles and More you won't get bonus miles from Thai Airways, you have to apply for an TG account as well. Once you have reached Gold Status they will give you bonus miles from the upgraded flights. Don't know about other countries but on the route FRA-BKK Thai is offering the upgrades very cheap (600 USD per class) Ask Lufthansa for an upgrade on the same route you'll pay 3 times more! If you have time to travel you could redeem your miles at hotels. Thai has really great hotel partners all over the world! I don't know if this works for you too, but my travel agent always surprises me with incredibly cheap first class tickets (official rate 7400 EUR, Discount Rate 7 days before flight 3500 EUR, My Travel Agency 2200 EUR) That's exactly the rate I would pay for business class. On my route i get 10.000 miles per flight. Check out their special miles packages or even better, call them! You'll be surprised what they offer you for 30.000 miles for free! I don't know if these offers are just for Gold Members! Check it out, if the upgrades are cheap for you too it might be worth it to pay them in cash and to receive a free holidays on thei costs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojis Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 "I don't know if this works for you too, but my travel agent always surprises me with incredibly cheap first class tickets (official rate 7400 EUR, Discount Rate 7 days before flight 3500 EUR, My Travel Agency 2200 EUR) That's exactly the rate I would pay for business class." How can you get those rates?? dirt cheap for First! Plus the new TG F is awesome! almost OD'd on caviar and it's so relaxing to lie in those isolated seats. Anybody knows where to get similar rates?? preferably in Paris or Bangkok?? Kojis, envious!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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