Originally posted by Zorro:
The argument about QF having to pay CX raises an interesting question: Is the carrier responsible, or the issuer of the Emerald Card ? I then should have been admitted as QF F Pax, even with no membership at all, or as Y Pax, with the emerald card ?
as far as I understand, it does not matter which airline you are an elite with...it's the airline that you are flying who pays...so, being a F/J passenger on the flight or an emerald/sapphire with any
oneworld carriers determines your lounge access eligibility...but it is always the carrier you are flying that day (or, probably to be more exact, the next onward flight
) who pays...
so, your 2nd question is not really that relevant in their accounting...although I am not too sure about codeshares...whether the "operating" airline or the "marketing" airline pays...
[This message has been edited by tedhl (edited 05-17-2001).]