Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
That's a pretty new clause - I'd guess less than two or three months old. So it may take some time for people to get retrained.
+1, I haven't seen that before.
I guess it's because of all the complaints?
Originally Posted by
Xiaotung
I think some (if not all) *A airlines systems don't check names. So if you use someone else's account number at check in, you will get somebody else's status printed on your BP. They won't get your miles but you can get away with some *G benefits. How do I know? Once they mistakenly entered my number on my wife's ticket and she got *G printed on her BP. I think this is one area which *A should put effort into.
Yes, this is true. I did inquire with Michelle (previous official rep on FT) about this abuse/loophole, but she said that LH has procedures in force to prevent this from happening. But I suspect many airlines still have this open loophole in their systems. Take HX (although not a *A member) for example, I hold Gold status with them and accidentally entered my card no. into a family member's booking (I wasn't flying with this family member and note: entirely different name apart from surname), it still showed up as "Gold" and was offered a lounge pass at check-in.