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Old Feb 2, 2012, 12:46 pm
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airberlin / AB joins oneworld Mar 20, 2012; AA benefits?
Official annoucement by oneworld

Official annoucement by airberlin

airberlin will become a full member of oneworldŽ with effect from Tuesday 20 March 2012, adding Europe's sixth largest carrier to the premier global airline alliance. Austrian airline NIKI, also a member of the airberlin group, will join oneworld at the same time as an affiliate member.

Next question: AA EQM/EQP/EQS opportunities? Elite bonus miles for AA elites? Availability of AB flights for partner and OW award redemptions?


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AB / airberlin fully joins oneworld 20 Mar 2012 - 100% EQM on AA-published fares

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Old Feb 2, 2012, 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by kebosabi
Official annoucement by oneworld

Official annoucement by airberlin




Next question: AA EQM/EQP/EQS opportunities? Elite bonus miles for AA elites? Availability of AB flights for partner and OW award redemptions?
I think some of the AB booking classes would only earn 50% miles though....
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 1:13 pm
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I think some of the AB booking classes would only earn 50% miles though....
If you look at the current earning rates, Air Berlin flights in discount economy accrue 25%. 50% would be an improvement.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea.../airberlin.jsp
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 1:25 pm
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I'm wondering what benefits (if any) we'll receive flying them as OW elites
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 1:38 pm
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Originally Posted by kebosabi
Availability of AB flights for partner and OW award redemptions?
AB is already available for award redemption with AA miles (at least for intra-european flights). I booked a weekend round trip KRK-TXL flight 5 days before departure date last November.
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 1:39 pm
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I'm wondering what benefits (if any) we'll receive flying them as OW elites
Lounge access, priority boarding.
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 1:41 pm
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Lounge access, priority boarding.
Don't they charge for baggage on domestic flights?

I was hoping maybe we'd get waived
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 1:47 pm
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Don't they charge for baggage on domestic flights?

I was hoping maybe we'd get waived
I bring mainly carry on though.
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 1:48 pm
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No, of course they don't charge for bags.

You'll get standard Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald benefits per oneworld rules. There might be also some extra luggage allowance, but I'm not sure about it.
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 1:57 pm
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Originally Posted by AA_EXP09
Lounge access, priority boarding.
Does AB even have lounges of their own?

I do know AB contracts with the Skyteam lounge at LAX. I'm sure that'll move to the OW lounge once they join come March 20.
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 2:04 pm
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One thing is for certain; there's going to be another way to get between US-Europe when redeeming awards without being penalized with YQ charges that BA loves to impose.
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 2:07 pm
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Originally Posted by kebosabi
Does AB even have lounges of their own? .
A few, but most are contracted out. DUS, TXL and apparently RSW (where they apparently serve sushi??).

http://www.airberlin.com/site/landin...s.php?LANG=eng
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 2:08 pm
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Originally Posted by kebosabi
One thing is for certain; there's going to be another way to get between US-Europe when redeeming awards without being penalized with YQ charges that BA loves to impose.
Also a way to avoid LHR ^
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 2:13 pm
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I am curious if they will do anything special for passengers with business class tickets including domestic flights that only have economy. Blocking seats B and E would be nice.
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Old Feb 2, 2012, 2:15 pm
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No, of course they don't charge for bags.

You'll get standard Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald benefits per oneworld rules. There might be also some extra luggage allowance, but I'm not sure about it.
the weight restriction was tough when i flew them domestically. my bag was fine on LH, but AB wanted extra $$$$. still a pretty cute airline.

i am currently booked on an award ticket JFK-LHR (AA) then LHR-TXL (BA) in late April. Hopefully I can switch this to AB nonstop JFK-TXL.
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