Air Berlin
Just got an email from Air Berlin... (I wrote them on April 16 and it took AB forty days to answer a simple inquiry!)
Unfortuantely OW Emeralds will not get extra baggage allowance.
Hello,
Thank you for your e-mail.
Concerning your baggage allowance, you do not have advantages on any of the other airlines participating in oneworld. The regular baggage allowance on airberlin flights is one piece up to 23 kg.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Wishing you a good weekend
Mr. T. Richhardt
topbonus Team
About seat assignments, I guess we have to pay and am not sure what happened in my case.
Now I begin to wonder what benefits does AB and HG provide to their Oneworld Emerald and Sapphire members? Other than earning and redeeming miles, why does OneWorld admit a member, which cannot provide reasonable benefits to the OW family? I am going to write a strongly worded letter to Oneworld. Air Berlin is still mostly a LCC and its operating philosophy does not correspond to most OW members. So why will OW allow such a member to join the group without providing fellow OW members any realistic benefits?
Carfield