Originally Posted by
transportbiz
Bad, apparently no seats set aside for Star Gold (exit row, or forward in cabin for example).
done for their own elites only?
Originally Posted by
transportbiz
Really bad, not many of the new partners give Elite bonus miles, including Swiss. Also half miles with T and W fare codes. Is it my impression or is it true that ST partners were more consistant with this? It's strange Swiss is so different when it's part of the Lufthansa group...but then I don't understand the corporate structure of those groups at all.
Truest nightmare of them all. Moreover, fare classes from one airline do not map to same class in another airline. Result: one fare class on CO metal may get you 100% EQM, but same fare class on CO-ticketed LH-operated codeshare flight may get you 50% EQM.
Originally Posted by
transportbiz
Not a complaint, I just hope that as this alliance develops it becomes more and more customer driven.
Unlikely that CO entering *A will change *A policies. The best CO can do is hold on to its best policies and not penalize its own elites in obvious ways. * is a strange bird. Just look my previous post upthread about mileage accrual on AC metal... not much cooperation between CO and AC there.