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Jan 28, 2014 | 8:05 pm

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djsflynn

Join Date: Aug 2007

Location: Sydney, Australia

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jimyvr

UL actually posted the remark of being OW member for flight information listed on/after 01MAR14 in the GDS.

Of course, Ausbt was "alerted" by my posting on twitter...otherwise they probably wouldn't even bother to ask the airline again on the date.

[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.3/Diamond - Operational Info: UL 503/01 Mar 2014]

Code:

                 Planned Flight Info
Segment          Departure  Arrival    Duration
-------          ---------  ---------  --------
CMB-LHR          13:05/Sat  19:30/Sat  11:55

Segment          Flight Note
-------          ----------------------------
CMB-LHR          MEMBER OF ONEWORLD
CMB-LHR          ARRIVES TERMINAL 4
CMB-LHR          2/ TELEPHONE
CMB-LHR          4/ AUDIO PROGRAMMING
CMB-LHR          5/ TELEVISION
CMB-LHR          7/ DUTY FREE SALES
CMB-LHR          9/ NON-SMOKING
CMB-LHR          ET/ ELECTRONIC TKT CANDIDATE

Hi Jim...

1. Absolutely I was alerted by the heads-up tweet from Airline Route. AR provides a great service which I've tapped and acknowledged in the past, as relevant (eg http://www.ausbt.com.au/singapore-ai......-upper-deck and others).

2. That said, GDS data is not always reliable, which is why as a journalist I sought confirmation from SriLankan Airlines, and a senior member of their Media/PR department confirmed the March 1st date.

3. But as it turns out, UL appears to have jumped the gun on their entry in to oneworld – the PR person was a bit too eager and the GDS entry would seem to be not accurate. Oneworld's corp comms manager called me this morning to advise that March 1st is in fact NOT the joining date for UL and they don't expect to announce that date for at least another month (my story on AusBT has been updated accordingly).

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