LX operated by EDELWEISS AIR
Apr 26, 2013, 10:45 am
#1
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LX operated by EDELWEISS AIR
Hello,
I'll be returning from ZRH to TLV in June. I've noticed that the flight (LX 254) is marked as "Operated by EDELWEISS AIR" - what does that mean?
Are they the same LX planes? is there a difference in the miles accumulated on these flights?
Thank you
I'll be returning from ZRH to TLV in June. I've noticed that the flight (LX 254) is marked as "Operated by EDELWEISS AIR" - what does that mean?
Are they the same LX planes? is there a difference in the miles accumulated on these flights?
Thank you
Apr 27, 2013, 12:31 am
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It seems you will have an Edelweiss A333, an not an LX A333:
http://www.edelweissair.ch/en/aboard/
As the flight number is LX254, it is an LX wetlease flight, so you should get the miles according the booking class you have booked.
http://www.edelweissair.ch/en/aboard/
As the flight number is LX254, it is an LX wetlease flight, so you should get the miles according the booking class you have booked.
Apr 27, 2013, 4:10 am
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That is what I thought (and I hope), but according to the miles and more in Lufthansa I should get status miles, but when I check the lufthansa site for this flight it doesn't show these miles in the calculated miles I get for these flight (get only the TLV-ZRH miles which are operated by Swiss)
Apr 28, 2013, 8:08 am
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OK maybe we should create a wiki entry or something because this questions seems to pop up fairly often...
Since LX has no spare aircraft in case of mx, they sometimes use WK (Edelweiss) aircraft to operate on their routes; if that happens, nothing regarding mileage accrual will change!
Btw, the OP is lucky, SWISS used to put A321 on this flight to TLV, so an Edelweiss A330 is much better!
Since LX has no spare aircraft in case of mx, they sometimes use WK (Edelweiss) aircraft to operate on their routes; if that happens, nothing regarding mileage accrual will change!
Btw, the OP is lucky, SWISS used to put A321 on this flight to TLV, so an Edelweiss A330 is much better!
Apr 28, 2013, 2:00 pm
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As I already wrote, flight number LX254 is a wetlease, so you will get the miles. It is just the same case as when WK operates ZRH-HAM or so for LX.
Forget about what the lufthansa site shows you about mileage in this case.
May 19, 2013, 5:10 am
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In August Edelweis is flying to Tokyo for LX:
17:10 ZRH - 12:00 +1 NRT
LX 8946
Operated by EDELWEISS AIR
What would I have to expect mileage-wise? Edelweiss doesn't seem to be a partner of M&M...
HTB.
17:10 ZRH - 12:00 +1 NRT
LX 8946
Operated by EDELWEISS AIR
What would I have to expect mileage-wise? Edelweiss doesn't seem to be a partner of M&M...
HTB.
May 19, 2013, 6:24 am
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There are two different flights ZRH-NRT.
- LX is flying daily
- WK 2x the week (LX got codeshare on this WK flights)
Code:
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.7/Diamond - Amadeus: Timetable/NL-BCDF] ZRH Zurich CH [LSZH] NRT Tokyo Narita JP [RJAA] MON 29 Jul 2013 - 05 Aug 2013 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Effect | Ending | Exceptions --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- LX 160 ZRH 13:00 NRT 07:50 +1 343 0 1234567 11:50 - 1 16 May 26 Oct LX/WK 8946 ZRH 17:10 NRT 12:00 +1 332 0 ---4-6- 11:50 - 1 15 Jun 07 Sep
May 19, 2013, 8:56 am
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May 19, 2013, 3:07 pm
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May 20, 2013, 4:11 am
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It's different than for exampe LX14 that is a LX flight and operated by WK...
May 20, 2013, 4:54 am
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It's a real shame that customers are supposed to know that you might get miles with two/three digit LX flight numbers operated by Edelweiss but might not for four digit flight numbers operated by Edelweiss. But informing customers has always been taking a back seat with Miles&More. The less they know the better.
HTB.
May 20, 2013, 5:15 am
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