Originally Posted by
ffay005
Okay. No surprise. But is America Light the same as Euro Light?
- will status pax still get +1 bag like on AY's Euro Light?
- will status pax still get seat selection, and Platskus free Y+?
- will status pax get lounge & priority access?
- will earnings be 50 % or even 25 %?
And will this mean that the cheapest non-campaign tickets will turn Light, so basically if you need bags or want a seat, you will need to pay more than now to get a Standard (what's this ne name!?)? Will you, in that case, earn 100 %?
And lastly, apparently the Branded Fares text means that all OTAs will practically only sell Light tickets and super-expensive refundable Y tickets (and J).
Important questions.
It seems Star Allinace is moving the direction towards elites not getting extra bag on "unbundled" fares (SK the latest airline to exclude it) and we all know BA already negates many elite perks on HBO tickets.
And yes, how "great" to get a new, confusing, naming scheme on a subset of the routes. Basic/Light and Main/Standard/Optima, Yeez...
I just love how one airlines calls something "standard" , ie sees it as the vanilla choice while another one calls the same optima, ie sees it as the over-the-top choice..