Thai Smile
Mar 5, 2017, 7:58 pm
#3
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Dulles, VA
Programs: UA Life Gold, Marriott Life Titanium
Posts: 2,757
Basically, a Smile-branded flight will get you what a non-Smile-branded Thai flight gets you. Check the fare bucket carefully before buying.
Mar 5, 2017, 8:01 pm
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: PSM
Posts: 69,232
I do not believe this is accurate.
I also do not believe this is accurate. Also, Eurowings is most definitely listed separately on the UA site and ahs different rules versus LH/LX/SN/OS.
It is more SilkAir than United Express AFAIK.
It is more SilkAir than United Express AFAIK.
Mar 6, 2017, 1:40 am
#5
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: NZ*G ELT, VA-G
Posts: 3,595
Smile could count, as it's just a sub-brand. It's not listed out separately on the UA website like Edelweiss or Eurowings are. However, a lot of Thai fare buckets get you nothing or heavily reduced accrual- in RDMs and/or PQMs - in MileagePlus.
Basically, a Smile-branded flight will get you what a non-Smile-branded Thai flight gets you. Check the fare bucket carefully before buying.
Basically, a Smile-branded flight will get you what a non-Smile-branded Thai flight gets you. Check the fare bucket carefully before buying.
Mar 8, 2017, 5:25 pm
#8
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 26
Very true statement..always always check the award charts for fare class and the mileage. Got burned a few years ago and missed Gold by 3,000 miles because last two flights on Swiss Airlines to Europe at the end of the year got me zero PQM's!
Mar 8, 2017, 7:46 pm
#9
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,564
Even if we don't understand the logic of it, there must be one and it certainly brings them more money, otherwise they would not be doing it.
Mar 8, 2017, 11:24 pm
#10
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: LCA/KUL/RGN
Programs: RJ Gold, AZ E+, Air Asia Platinum
Posts: 2,188
As with everything in business, don't give away more benefits/lower price as long as you can get away with it. They have probably calculated that the very small number of pax they will attract (the non TG *G) are not worth the additional expense.
Mar 9, 2017, 1:54 am
#11
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Programs: M&M SEN, Amex Plat, Club Carlson, Marriott, HHonors & Accor Gold, Velocity Silver, Qantas Bronze
Posts: 3,767
By now most *A members or, at least most "big" members, have subsidiaries that are not in any sense connected to *A. Even worse, A3, for example, has now almost all of its domestic flights operated by OS (not a member) using an A3 plane.
Even if we don't understand the logic of it, there must be one and it certainly brings them more money, otherwise they would not be doing it.
Even if we don't understand the logic of it, there must be one and it certainly brings them more money, otherwise they would not be doing it.
Mar 11, 2017, 3:11 am
#12
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: SQ, QF, UA, CO, DL
Posts: 2,879
It's Thai that does not want Thai Smile in Star. Thai Smile was created to compete with LCCs and Thai works hard to keep its costs down. Awarding miles on other programs means Thai Smile needs to buy those miles. Access to Thai lounges for Gold members would also be charged to Thai Smile.