Originally Posted by
Xiaotung
What you are saying might be true but it's not the point. We are discussing the extra benefit of *G. All good if NZ didn't belong to any alliance. Being a NZ*G I wouldn't be too happy to find Air China or Singapore Airlines tomorrow charge me for checking in a bag. In fact I shouldn't need to check the rules of each individual *A members. There are 27 members currently in the alliance. Are you saying I should check 27 times for different rules to fly each airline? What's the point of the alliance? Point is all good if NZ decided to leave *G. If it wanted to stay then please stick to the rules. I am sure the fares would be even lower if NZ stopped allowing *G into the lounges but would that be acceptable?
Thank you,
Xiaotung...exactly my point.
Also, the "generous allowance" of 3x23kg for J class is nothing more than a dazzler. It obviously is working for some people but I'd like to see you with 6 bags checking in for a flight when you travel with a companion on an extended trip. It's just not practical in reality.
In reality hardly anyone would have 3 bags of 23kg each. More likely you'll have 2 bags (because God has only given me two arms to carry them anyway), one with say 28kg and one with say 27kg. So, in this case they are just extracting another $100 from you even though as *Gold I should be allowed to take an extra 20kg in weight.
If NZ wants to play the low cost carrier game, they can play this outside Star Alliance and be done with it.