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Old Aug 23, 2021, 7:16 pm
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eponymous_coward
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Originally Posted by PDXPremier
Honestly I don't think this will be fixed anytime in the near future....if it does change, it likely won't be changed until we have the ability to book award travel on all OW carriers and if it's anything like Qatar, the OW carriers will be added one at a time which will likely take awhile. Maybe someone can clarify, but is AS obligated by virtue of OW membership to offer a mix/match of carriers for award travel? I also wonder if they are obligated to allow award travel on EVERY OW carrier or just those they select like AA or Finnair.
LOL, they are in no way obligated to offer mix and match carriers on any award type. Oneworld is a commercial alliance not a mechanism for FTers to demand the ability to book CX and QR on one award. They could do what BA and CX do and have a multi-partner award that’s not particularly great for low mileage awards, add a few partner charts for airlines touching the US (IB and AT) and they’d be done.
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