Frequent Flyer Airmiles for student tickets

[eddiesnipsnip]

The table you have showing which airlines award airmiles for student flights is a great resource but is there any chance of it being updated soon??

For instance, the table (http://www.studentuniverse.com/aboutus/faq.jsp#13) currently suggests that US Airways awards air miles for student tickets as long as they are DOMESTIC flights. I called US Airways to confirm this and they said "No way do we offer air miles on any student ticket going anywhere." None of their employees seem to remember ever offering FF miles for student flights so the policy must have changed some time ago. Has the table been updated since 2004?

I know there is a disclaimer at the bottom of the table ("The above table is for informational purposes only") but it also says "we will make every attempt to keep this information up to date." So could you perhaps contact each airline and ask them what their current policy is on awarding FF miles for student tickets?

I, for one, would grately appreciate it.

[wilson49332]

Thanks for the comment. I will try to get that to the webmaster and or correct people.

As far as I know however, Ive always flown with SU and always recieved air miles no matter where and with who. They may tell you different, but as long as you enter the info when booking, you will get the miles.

If you dont get the miles auto, here is what you can do. Keep your flight boarding pass that they give you. Then you can go to the website, and there is a link that will say request credit for miles not debited to account. It asks for flight info including the booking number (E.G. a 6 digit letter code) times etc. They may also ask you to mail copies of your boarding passes to them, and it takes like 5 weeks but worth it if say you went abroad! Ive even done this to "double dip" on my miles. When I went to London on United, I got the United miles, AND since there connected via Star Alliance I also got the same miles on US air. (Your not supposed to do that of course- but how do they know!)

[eddiesnipsnip]

Thanks for the response.

The reason I posted is that I've been trying to get United to credit me with airmiles because I flew with a Star Alliance partner, US Airways. But United write back saying "the records indicate this was a free or an award ticket, or a fare which is not eligible for mileage plus credit." I know for sure the flight wasn't free (that'd be nice!) and it wasn't an award flight so I guess they are rejecting my claim for miles based on the fact it was a student ticket. This particular ticket I bought in the UK so I didn't buy it through Student Universe. I went from Manchester, UK to PHL to LAX and back again (in 2005). So even if US Airways only offer miles on domestic student flights (as your table suggests) I thought I might at least get the credit for the Philadelphia-Los Angeles flights. But not according to United and US Airways.

So maybe when your guys re-do the table they can put in an extra column. The first column would say if the airline awards miles for flights booked via SU and the second column would be if they award miles for student flights in general (since it appears that these two things may be different). Since it seems there is more chance of getting miles if you book through SU, such a table is going to demonstrate an extra reason why it would be better to book with SU than with your student travel competitors (Travelcuts, STA, etc).