Originally Posted by
d00t
Cathay, for example - spraying is only inbound to Malaysia. What about other airlines?
Spritzer, Oris, Sony branding all over the KL lounges.
Oneworld mandates that if you offer a benefit to your own program tier, the corresponding OW tier needs the same entitlement. So for example, Enrich Plat have free seat selection, and therefore it has to be extended to OW Emerald. MH has decided not to give express immigration slips to OW Sapphire but is giving to their own Gold members.
The CX exmaple is different as it's a defined benefit of the tier. MH makes no mention that benefits in their tiers. I use these passes on a monthly basis ex-KL and it must have been a very recent policy change because since about November I've been told "no".
Can't say I ever flew MH back in it's glory days, but I do compare it to every other premium airline in the market. I guess that's what they're aiming for? Premium carrier?
Strange, I've only had spraying on the outbound from Malaysia when flying into Australia, but not anywhere else.
As to Spritzer, Oris etc branding, I don't quite see it, at least in the F side. Granted, I haven't seen the J side of the lounge (should that be where all the branding appears), but even so I don't recall seeing any of these branding since the renovation of the lounges even in the J lounges.
Finally, I don't think MH is going for being a premium airline anymore unfortunately. Full service it definitely is, but not quite premium. Rather than compare it to the likes of SQ, QR, JL or even CX, I'd compare it more to something more like RJ or even UL. Full service, but not quite premium. I think these days MH seem to focus on just surviving and being a bit of a middle market airline, or perhaps upper-middle rather than fully premium, as evident from their choices in hardware and such. Just my opinion though...