*G benefits on Hong Kong Airlines (operated by EVA Air)
Feb 28, 2014, 4:00 pm
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*G benefits on Hong Kong Airlines (operated by EVA Air)
Hi there,
Not sure if this is the right forum, but thought I'd ask anyway....
I'm booking a 1 way ticket from Taipei to HK - fare is sold by Hong Kong Airlines, but it's operated by EVA Air (via codeshare).
Do my *G benefits apply? (i.e. baggage, lounge, etc.)
Thanks!
Not sure if this is the right forum, but thought I'd ask anyway....
I'm booking a 1 way ticket from Taipei to HK - fare is sold by Hong Kong Airlines, but it's operated by EVA Air (via codeshare).
Do my *G benefits apply? (i.e. baggage, lounge, etc.)
Thanks!
Feb 28, 2014, 4:10 pm
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Yes you will - get your *A number in the record or give it to EVA at check in...
Mar 7, 2014, 10:07 am
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Mar 7, 2014, 10:51 am
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Sep 14, 2014, 4:47 pm
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Sep 14, 2014, 5:01 pm
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But still I think that even if you bought a ticket through VA and flew on NZ and were *G you should still receive your *G benefits. However, if I as a *G from UA bought a ticket through NZ that was on a CX flight I wouldn't receive anything.
Sep 15, 2014, 4:04 am
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Correct things get tricky if it is with a "partner" of an airline when the partner isn't in *A.
But still I think that even if you bought a ticket through VA and flew on NZ and were *G you should still receive your *G benefits. However, if I as a *G from UA bought a ticket through NZ that was on a CX flight I wouldn't receive anything.
But still I think that even if you bought a ticket through VA and flew on NZ and were *G you should still receive your *G benefits. However, if I as a *G from UA bought a ticket through NZ that was on a CX flight I wouldn't receive anything.
If you travel on Cathay Pacific flight numbers (i.e. your ticket shows a Cathay Pacific flight number) between Auckland and Hong Kong you will earn Airpoints Dollars based on the earning rates in the Partner flights section of the Airpoints Dollars earning rates look up table and Cathay Pacific's eligible booking classes, and you will not receive any Status Points or Elite, Gold or Koru benefits. This applies to flight numbers CX107, CX108, CX197, CX198, CX7401, CX7402.
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Airpoints Elite and Gold members who book an Air New Zealand code share flight operated by Cathay Pacific will continue to receive the same (or materially similar) loyalty benefits to those that they usually receive on Air New Zealand operated flights. These benefits include:
lounge access
priority check-in
priority boarding
priority airport standby
priority baggage
extra baggage allowance (1 additional checked piece up to 23 kg)
carry on allowance (2 carry on bags up to 7kg each)
priority seating
Sep 15, 2014, 9:08 am
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Yes I didn't know the exact details in the NZ case but like for example Aer Lingus is a "partner" with United where they'll sell you tickets on UA.com operated by Aer Lingus and even reward tickets.
You can earn UAMP miles on the flights but I don't think you receive any benefits but I don't think someone with an OZ or TG account would be earn anything since it is a UA partner and not a *A partner.
The new muddy water seems to be Germanwings with some reports of *G being denied lounge, baggage allowances etc on what were originally LH routes/flights.
You can earn UAMP miles on the flights but I don't think you receive any benefits but I don't think someone with an OZ or TG account would be earn anything since it is a UA partner and not a *A partner.
The new muddy water seems to be Germanwings with some reports of *G being denied lounge, baggage allowances etc on what were originally LH routes/flights.
Sep 17, 2014, 6:20 am
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Germanwings (4U), which is a LH subsidiary, sadly isn't muddy at all - there are no *A benefits because it is not a *A member, just the same as Silkair (SQ's subsidiary) isn't.
Many people have concluded that LH quite deliberately transferred lots of routes over for the prime reason that it could avoid the costs of extra bags and lounge access. There aren't many other logical reasons other than that when it comes to flights between two capital cities in London and Berlin ...
In the OP's case it sounds like the flight has a 'real' *A number and is not a wet-lease operated by BR for Hong Kong, so benefits will be honoured.
Many people have concluded that LH quite deliberately transferred lots of routes over for the prime reason that it could avoid the costs of extra bags and lounge access. There aren't many other logical reasons other than that when it comes to flights between two capital cities in London and Berlin ...
In the OP's case it sounds like the flight has a 'real' *A number and is not a wet-lease operated by BR for Hong Kong, so benefits will be honoured.
