Flying on Star Alliance Partners as United Silver
Jul 26, 2017, 12:02 am
#16
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: SFO/SJC/OAK
Programs: OZ Diamond (*G), KQ Asante Gold (ST+), Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,511
Jul 27, 2017, 1:34 am
#17
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: NRT / HND
Programs: AA EXP, NH Plat, Former UA 1K
Posts: 5,665
Lounge passes and perhaps even priority check in may be limited to OZ members, however there is for certain a Priority tag on my wife's luggage from just last week. I haven't flown as *S for over 10 years, but I do seem to recall getting priority boarding my first time flying OZ (which I was *S at the time). Their website also lists priority boarding as a privilege for *S now. So *S on Asiana may have limited benefit, but it has more benefit than some other *A airlines.
Jul 27, 2017, 1:04 pm
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
I've experienced AC, OS, OZ and SN all as a UA*S and I never saw a single benefit. This is one place where Star Alliance lags behind Oneworld and Skyteam. At least with OW and ST you'll get priority check in as a low tier elite.
Jul 27, 2017, 5:16 pm
#19
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: SFO/SJC/OAK
Programs: OZ Diamond (*G), KQ Asante Gold (ST+), Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,511
Lounge passes and perhaps even priority check in may be limited to OZ members, however there is for certain a Priority tag on my wife's luggage from just last week. I haven't flown as *S for over 10 years, but I do seem to recall getting priority boarding my first time flying OZ (which I was *S at the time). Their website also lists priority boarding as a privilege for *S now. So *S on Asiana may have limited benefit, but it has more benefit than some other *A airlines.
Jul 27, 2017, 8:04 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: NRT / HND
Programs: AA EXP, NH Plat, Former UA 1K
Posts: 5,665
It only mentions priority boarding, there's nothing either way about priority luggage, However I can clearly see a bright orange priority tag on our luggage from my wife's trip last week.
Jul 27, 2017, 10:52 pm
#21
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: SFO/SJC/OAK
Programs: OZ Diamond (*G), KQ Asante Gold (ST+), Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,511
https://us.flyasiana.com/C/en/homepa...0&menuType=CMS
It only mentions priority boarding, there's nothing either way about priority luggage, However I can clearly see a bright orange priority tag on our luggage from my wife's trip last week.
It only mentions priority boarding, there's nothing either way about priority luggage, However I can clearly see a bright orange priority tag on our luggage from my wife's trip last week.
With baggage, your wife got lucky. When I was *S, I would once in a while get the orange tag too, SAS comes to mind. Only UA officially gives all *S the orange tag.
Asiana actually has an official tag for their own *S (Asiana Club Gold) but it's a smaller gold tag.