Originally Posted by
kcaluwae
OW certainly lacks a partner in Asia. Even if JAL and CX are in OW I feel they're not covering the area as good as Star and Skyteam are doing.
Based on this thread and other threads it always comes down to CX who is assumed to be blocking potential new partners.
I don't understand how this fits with the fact that CX is offering peanuts instead of miles to OW partners.
AA : 0% miles for all not full fare economy travel
AB & BA not much better.
AY seems to be the exception with at least 50% miles.
But 0% is something not often seen in OW...
This indicated CX's attitude is they don't need OW to drive traffic and CX is able to handle competition in Asia without the need of an alliance.
As far as the miles go, it depends. LA, RJ, AY, UL, you're able to earn miles on a lot of fare codes banking it on MPC.
You look at AAdvantage. They are giving miles out like it's going out of fashion. It's good but look at the consequences. For example, you were able to get a seat for 55k in J class on a DFW-HKG flight. Now, if you want to be guaranteed a seat, it will cost you in excess of 170k and that's oneway!
You look at JL's program. It's VERY VERY HARD to earn miles on cheap fare tickets.