Velocity Saver Fare clarification.

[GSP]

Heh, I have a return domestic flight courtesy of the Amex Velocity Platinum card. Reading the T's and C's (published May '17), it says that it must be a Saver fare class. Given they have now moved to Getaway, Elevate and Freedom, I'm a little baffled. Searched around the Velocity website to no avail.

I'm assuming it is most likely Getaway and possibly Elevate. Can anybody shed any light on this?

Cheers

 

[Plutonus]

Basically there needs to be Q or T fare class availability as that's what it books in to. You can search for flights on the Amex Travel site and it shows fare classes.

N or E is a no go. I believe S class is cheaper than those classes so if that's showing Q/T is still available.

 

[serfty]

I presume the flights habe been booked?

Do you know the fare bucket? If not you can call and ask(Either VA or Amex).

Then check here: https://www.velocityfrequentflyer.com/content/Info/StatusEarnFareClass/

 

[grubbidok]

I just redeemed my AMEX flights yesterday and pestered the other end with questions about this.

Plotonus is right, it has to be a Q or a T class and they can book in either. This complicates matters as T is Getaway and Q is Elevate. I needed fly ahead so asked if they could specifically book Q and they could (and it is what was sent through).

In terms of availability, it required Getaway availability to book my particular flights (or more accurately, the only flights available to me on that day were flights that had a Getaway option available). Not sure if that was correlation or causation though.

 

[GSP]

I presume the flights habe been booked?

Do you know the fare bucket? If not you can call and ask(Either VA or Amex).

Then check here: https://www.velocityfrequentflyer.com/content/Info/StatusEarnFareClass/

No, haven't booked them yet. I should just call, but haven't had a chance during business hours. I also checked that page and as you can see "Saver" isn't listed there. Post above gives some insight into what's allowed or not.

 

[Rubix]

I understand this free domestic flight earns no miles and status credits yeah?

Using it for BNE>HBA>BNE in November.

 

[GSP]

I understand this free domestic flight earns no miles and status credits yeah?

Using it for BNE>HBA>BNE in November.

Yes Rubix, that is my understanding (nor points)

 

[Rubix]

Yes Rubix, that is my understanding (nor points)

I gifted it to my partner but thought I might get pooled some freebies.

Your answer is what I expected though.

Thanks.

 

[Atleastonce]

I didn't think you could gift these fares. When I have used mine I have always been told by Amex that the card holder must be the traveller. Also as a point of interest these fares must be a return flight to same location as departure flight.

 

[Rubix]

I didn't think you could gift these fares. When I have used mine I have always been told by Amex that the card holder must be the traveller. Also as a point of interest these fares must be a return flight to same location as departure flight.

I am new to Amex direct as I used bank issues before I got the VFF Platinum card.

I only recently booked it for the first time and lady at Amex said gift is no issue at all. Took the partners details and emailed the e ticket with her deets straight away.

 

[blackcat20]

You may or may not earn points/SC depending on which fare bucket it books in to.

 

[CJEMNMAC]

I didn't think you could gift these fares. When I have used mine I have always been told by Amex that the card holder must be the traveller. Also as a point of interest these fares must be a return flight to same location as departure flight.

The card holder can book for another person... no issue