EB points with Lufthansa Cityline?
Feb 24, 2011, 2:45 am
#1
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EB points with Lufthansa Cityline?
I'm thinking of booking a LH flight from OSL-HAM that is operated by Lufthansa Cityline. Lufthansa Cityline is owned by LH but I'm not sure if that would give me EB points and if so whether they would be status points.
Feb 24, 2011, 6:18 am
#4
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Good to hear. I wonder if that is the case for all daughter/subsidiary company airlines of all Star Alliance members? I know that it works for some of the US feeder airlines, like United/United Express.
Feb 24, 2011, 9:39 am
#5
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Feb 24, 2011, 10:45 am
#6
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Feb 24, 2011, 11:00 am
#7
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I wonder if there is any rhyme or reason to knowing which *A airline subsidiaries give *A points?
Could it be that if the subsidiary has the name of the *A airline in it, like United Express or Lufthansa Cityline, then you get points? This should be listed somewhere.
Could it be that if the subsidiary has the name of the *A airline in it, like United Express or Lufthansa Cityline, then you get points? This should be listed somewhere.
Feb 24, 2011, 11:41 am
#8
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There is a good summary table if you search for Star Alliance on Wikipedia
Feb 24, 2011, 4:58 pm
#9
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That's the key difference. Wideroe and Estonian Air are operating under their own designators and remain to a large extend commercially independent, even they are wholly or partially owned by SK. So you can get only EB credit with them.
So to answer your question, if *A flight is operated by whoever under a *A designators only (not a code-share!) you can be 99.9% sure you will get *A points.