Qantas lounge access coming for Alaska elites?
Jun 19, 2017, 9:45 pm
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Qantas lounge access coming for Alaska elites?
This blog from today indicates Alaska elites will have access to Qantas lounges when flying on Qantas:
http://pointsfromthepacific.boarding...e-partnership/
No mention if top tier Alaska flyers will get into the first class international lounges at LAX or SYD - that would be something to cheer about (AA top tier flyers do have that level of access).
MVP Gold, 50K, and 75K members will be able to use the Qantas Clubs and International Business lounges on a Qantas service.
No mention if top tier Alaska flyers will get into the first class international lounges at LAX or SYD - that would be something to cheer about (AA top tier flyers do have that level of access).
Jun 19, 2017, 10:08 pm
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This blog from today indicates Alaska elites will have access to Qantas lounges when flying on Qantas:
http://pointsfromthepacific.boarding...e-partnership/
No mention if top tier Alaska flyers will get into the first class international lounges at LAX or SYD - that would be something to cheer about (AA top tier flyers do have that level of access).
http://pointsfromthepacific.boarding...e-partnership/
No mention if top tier Alaska flyers will get into the first class international lounges at LAX or SYD - that would be something to cheer about (AA top tier flyers do have that level of access).
Jun 19, 2017, 10:16 pm
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Jun 19, 2017, 10:34 pm
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50K with Partners
While MVPG can be achieved at 40K if flown solely AS metal, MVPG requires 50K if some are credited from Partners. You reach MVPG Elite Status with whichever threshold you pass first. There is no requirement for any AS segments to achieve Elite Status. One return flight on BA in discounted F from YVR-CPT would give you MVP on the outbound and MVPG on the return even with Zero EQM. Safe to say the blogger was referring to mid-tier Gold.
Jun 19, 2017, 11:19 pm
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Forgot about the "Alaska and partners" tiers. Being that I just did a Qantas trip credited to Alaska last month, it's something I'm still new to. Already have 80K flown this year and about 1/3 is from partners.
Jun 20, 2017, 1:10 am
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Look at you go! 😁
Happy traveling.
Jun 20, 2017, 7:34 am
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While MVPG can be achieved at 40K if flown solely AS metal, MVPG requires 50K if some are credited from Partners. You reach MVPG Elite Status with whichever threshold you pass first. There is no requirement for any AS segments to achieve Elite Status. One return flight on BA in discounted F from YVR-CPT would give you MVP on the outbound and MVPG on the return even with Zero EQM. Safe to say the blogger was referring to mid-tier Gold.
Jun 20, 2017, 8:20 am
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There are no "50K and 90K" separate "member" levels. You're either MVPG or MVPG75K.
And back to the OP, this is one of the items that I've been responding to in AS questionnaires - having more status benefits while flying on partners.
Jun 20, 2017, 11:26 am
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Here's the QF press release to tide you over until the Lounge pages get updated this week.
http://www.qantas.com/agents/dyn/qf/info/201706/0609
http://www.qantas.com/agents/dyn/qf/info/201706/0609
Last edited by missydarlin; Jun 20, 2017 at 11:42 am
will come in handy next year when I lose it though
Jun 20, 2017, 12:01 pm
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Here's the QF press release to tide you over until the Lounge pages get updated this week.
http://www.qantas.com/agents/dyn/qf/info/201706/0609
http://www.qantas.com/agents/dyn/qf/info/201706/0609
Jun 20, 2017, 1:26 pm
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Jun 20, 2017, 2:09 pm
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Jun 20, 2017, 10:05 pm
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It is interesting that that all of the Qantas codeshare additions are new flights operated by Alaska and not VX. Something tells me that this is mostly about feeding the Qantas flight from SFO to Sydney and we will see a lot more codeshares out of SFO once VX and AS have merged. I wouldn't expect any Qantas flights to Seattle.