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At a ceremony held in Shanghai today, Star Alliance and Juneyao Airlines formally sealed a strategic partnership which will see the Shanghai based airline become a “Connecting Partner” of Star Alliance in 2017. Under the Alliance’s innovative partnership concept, the airline will soon start offering services such as through-checkin, as well as Lounge access and other Priority privileges to qualifying passengers travelling on connecting itineraries with Star Alliance member airlines.


http://www.staralliance.com/en/news-...leId=119655972

keitherson

What the heck is Juneyao Airlines????

Mwenenzi

Good question
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneyao_Airlines
A "Connecting Partner" is not a full member

trooper

Likely to be benefits like baggage....lounge etc... probably miles but NOT Status Points.....

As is currently the case with other airlines NOT full members of *A....(Flying FJ on an NZ code for instance)

moondog

The 3rd or 4th largest Shanghai based airline. I end up on them fairly often; not good, but not bad either. I will say that they are remarkably stingy when it comes to doling out miles in their own program (i.e. I typically book a day or two in advance, and the vast majority of my flights accrue ZERO), and I am doubtful that they will suddenly become more generous after they join *A.

IluvSQ

I flew them last year, at the time they were one of the few airlines flying to XMN out
of PVG rather than SHA, so I was able to make a direct connection.
I was impressed ( in J class) on a very new aircraft. Lounge, meal, service - all good.

And, on a funny note, when I researched this flight on Exper Flyer, they had the "HO" code
linked to some other defunct airline. I had to point them inthe right direction.

1353513636

But in China many times deep discount fares are released a few days prior to travel.

moondog

This is not the case on the routes I fly any more; starting at about 2 weeks out, fares tend to rise as the day of travel approaches, and rarely fall significantly. The problem is that typical discounts (e.g. 40%) don't accrue miles on HO. Ctrip often offers the opportunity to spend an additional ~Y200 in order to earn 50% miles...um, no thanks.

michlflyer

I have used this airline in discounted J on the DLC-PVG route. Seat and service were fine and they had a reasonable lounge at PVG.

They have a funny nickname in China - Nai Hang - which roughly translates as Milk Air. This is because apparently the parent group that owns them has specialized in milk and dairy products among other things.

timwet

How can anyone take Junyao airlines seriously when they offer a brown paper bag with water and peanuts in it in first class??????

REALLY???

Not one airline does this and it is a put down and humiliating gesture. To think that a billion dollar airline serves a brown paper bag???

This is not acceptable. This is not what first class means. This airline does not know what first class is and or what class is about!!!

I advise this airline not to take advantage of the Chinese population not knowing much about first class. Because they will find out after eating too many peanuts. Go to Virgin Air or Hainan.

Until this changes, as an absolute last resort, I will be forced to fly this airlines! Otherwise, I will not.

Tim
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Xiaotung

Expect joining date to be mid May which happens to be Star's 20th anniversary.

worldwidedreamer

I personally can't wait for this to happen! Juneyao offers *A pax connecting in PVG a number of great deep Asia connections, e.g. KBV or CNX, otherwise difficult from the Americas.

vbroucek

"Lovely" first post by @timwet... Seems he likes lots of multiple punctuation marks...

moondog

Methinks that person has yet to experience an airplane flight (though I must admit that HO isn't exactly shangrila).

Xiaotung

Official joining date coming next month, HO has signed interline agreement with 5 Star members (minimum requirement is 3) with more to come before the end of the year. Hopefully this will lead to better connection arrangement at PVG.