Originally Posted by
Mbcijim10
I have United Gold status this is my first year for anything like that. I very quickly fell in love with status after I got bumped the 2nd or 3rd time to first class.
Anyway, if I book a UA flight operated by a partner, say Lufthansa, does the status come with on that flight? Can I still skip the lines, bags fly free, chance of being bumped, free premium seats, etc?
Thanks for the help in advance. Just found these boards 3 months ago and already racked up a pretty hefty point balance on a few airlines. Appreciate it so much!
Hi, and welcome to FT.
In my opinion, Star Gold is the single most valuable thing to have. I have been treated better on *A airlines as a Star Gold than UA has treated me as a 1K.
Please visit the "star alliance" web site. They have a lot of good content that summarizes all the global benefits.
Short answer is, yes, you get a lot of benefits like you described. Just make sure to enter your UA FF number and make sure they recognize you as *G when you book.
My experience has been that many *A airlines stopped recognizing me as *G after CO took over UA and replaced the UA FF numbers with CO FF numbers. I've had a lot of trouble and frustration, on almost every *A flight, since then.
So, make sure you call the *A airline, get that number into the system, and make sure they have seen you as *G.
The benefits are great - the hard part, now, is getting them to recognize that you are *G. You only get the benefits if their computers actually figure out that you are *G. And, always carry your card. You'll need to show it at some in-airport situations overseas.