Star Alliance chart will be changed next year.
Mar 10, 2013, 3:11 am
#16
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: 10 months VLC, 2 months everywhere else
Programs: *A
Posts: 3,770
Mar 10, 2013, 5:53 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: YVR
Programs: OZ*G
Posts: 34
Well, I guess they got me. Based in YVR with frequent trips to NRT (<10k mi r/t), I switched out of Aeroplan for Asiana Club this January. On the old chart, a *A award on this route is 55k Y/80k J/ 110k F; from next June it will be 80/120/160 -- a full class downgrade. Ouch.
As others have mentioned, I guess the silver lining for C1 left-coasters is flying to Europe -- going to e.g. IST will drop from 78/115/150 to 50/80/100.
As others have mentioned, I guess the silver lining for C1 left-coasters is flying to Europe -- going to e.g. IST will drop from 78/115/150 to 50/80/100.
Last edited by okurisama; Mar 10, 2013 at 6:01 pm
Mar 11, 2013, 7:43 am
#18
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: LON BCN SYD
Programs: BA, OZ, A3, VA, VS, DL, QF, former BD and others
Posts: 1,074
Apr 19, 2013, 4:37 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: coastal Croatia
Programs: BAEC Gold, M&M Senator
Posts: 2,178
I do think that it is extremely positive giving 15 months notice. There have been some airlines that have changed with absolutely no notice (BA comes to minds since they didn't reveal the details of their new mileage tables until the day of the changeover to Avios) and most give only a month or two.
15 months advance notice is very generous, even if the changes are negative (and for some they seem to be positive).
I will miss the mileage based awards since they were pretty much unique in Star Alliance and therefore offered something different (i.e. if you wanted a lot of stopovers or a more complex award, Asiana could offer good value).
15 months advance notice is very generous, even if the changes are negative (and for some they seem to be positive).
I will miss the mileage based awards since they were pretty much unique in Star Alliance and therefore offered something different (i.e. if you wanted a lot of stopovers or a more complex award, Asiana could offer good value).
Jun 7, 2013, 10:41 am
#24
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SYD or GOT
Programs: OZ Lifetime-DMPL*G, AF*G, SPG Plat, Hertz PC
Posts: 803
An update has now been posted on the Asiana website clarifying the segment based deduction. The mileage table refers to a round trip journey and no stopovers > 24 hrs. Unlimited transits <24 hrs are allowed within the maximum permitted mileage MPM of the ticket.
Where a stopover > 24 hrs is made then additional mileage is deducted for your he jourmey between stopover points. Maximum of 7 stopovers allowed in overall MPM.
As per the example in the website if journey is A-B-C reutrn
A-B (<24 hr transit)-C(destination)-B (<24hr transit)-A charge is A-C return mileage
A-B (> 24hr stopover)-C (destination)-B (<24hr transit)-A charge is sum of one way charges A-B + B-C + C-A
So the great multi city redemptions with OZ will be a thing of the past.
Where a stopover > 24 hrs is made then additional mileage is deducted for your he jourmey between stopover points. Maximum of 7 stopovers allowed in overall MPM.
As per the example in the website if journey is A-B-C reutrn
A-B (<24 hr transit)-C(destination)-B (<24hr transit)-A charge is A-C return mileage
A-B (> 24hr stopover)-C (destination)-B (<24hr transit)-A charge is sum of one way charges A-B + B-C + C-A
So the great multi city redemptions with OZ will be a thing of the past.
Jun 18, 2013, 11:55 pm
#25
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: DCA
Programs: US CP, DL GM, AA Plat
Posts: 729
Sep 11, 2013, 12:55 pm
#26
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Phuket, Thailand
Programs: Qatar Gold, Asiana Club Diamond, THAI silver
Posts: 169
Journey out of S/E Asia is affected negatively with this new chart.
USA seems to have the best benefits, less miles for those longer flights.
Imagine a First class on LH 380 LAX-FRA-EURelsewhere-ZRH-SFO with 100k? wow!!
Or a business class SFO-IAH-EZE-BOG-JFK on UA/AV for 70k!? With the old (current chart) you need 78k just for Economy class award!!
Any ideas about Partner Awards?
Will this scheme be applied with award on Etihad/Qatar flights?
I'm looking to try out Qatar 787 and/or 380 bespoke B/E Biz class,
though I know that award with QR will be terminated soon as QR is joining OneWorld.
Many thanks everyone.
USA seems to have the best benefits, less miles for those longer flights.
Imagine a First class on LH 380 LAX-FRA-EURelsewhere-ZRH-SFO with 100k? wow!!
Or a business class SFO-IAH-EZE-BOG-JFK on UA/AV for 70k!? With the old (current chart) you need 78k just for Economy class award!!
Any ideas about Partner Awards?
Will this scheme be applied with award on Etihad/Qatar flights?
I'm looking to try out Qatar 787 and/or 380 bespoke B/E Biz class,
though I know that award with QR will be terminated soon as QR is joining OneWorld.
Many thanks everyone.
Apr 16, 2014, 7:52 am
#30
Formerly known as fsa_ea
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Up in the Air
Programs: UA GS/1MM,AS 75k,NK GLD,AA 2MM,DL 2MM,LH FT,AY PLT,IC RA,FMT LT PLT,HYT GLB,HLT DIA,MRT GLD,HRTZ PC
Posts: 2,229
New award chart
Does anyone have a working link to the new *A award chart, or a copy they can paste her?
I'm trying to decide if I want to redeem before or after the change, but that's kinda hard to do without the new award chart!
I'm trying to decide if I want to redeem before or after the change, but that's kinda hard to do without the new award chart!
