Originally Posted by
Dr. HFH
The only thing I saw was for AA pax: "If you’re flying on American Airlines in Flagship® First or Flagship® Business Plus on qualifying international or transcontinental flights, you automatically have access." I didn't see anything for access based on OneWorld status from other carriers.
Because as far as I know there's no status entrance to it, pretty certain it's just based on your ticketed cabin, don't even think CK's get access based on status. They even have this disclaimer
*Departing flight must be marketed and operated by American on the same day (or before 6 a.m. the following day).", so doesn't even seem that partner F gets you Flagship dining. Once First is officially gone I'm not sure how sustainable it's going to be. I guess it depends on how many people are actually buying the Business Plus tickets.
Originally Posted by
brosephine69
Yea, I was definitely surprised that OWS has access to AA FL. Do you know if that extends to Flagship Dining as well (seemed unclear),
No Flagship Dining, you have to fly AA Flagship First or buy the Business Plus ticket to qualify. Note Flagship First means the premium transcons on the A321T or international F which is on very few routes now. Those are the 77W routes which might only be LHR, GRU, and maybe still SYD now
Originally Posted by
brosephine69
When I was looking at *A, TK seemed like the best option, while I originally was going to go OZ, it didn't seem to make sense since it may change. And Aegean requires the A3 Metal flights, whereas TK doesn't.
Also I think my company has a Delta Status Match offer, so once I get to OWS (IB Gold, it may be worth matching to a different program if I have a bunch coming up on that alliance. So far I have been selecting AA/AS only, but there are times when DL or UA would be a bigger plane possibly with lie-flat (777/787, or DL1 on 767), vs AA's 737MAX/A321s
Ultimately this is something best weighed in the *A forum, but thought I'd mention it at least since you're doing several programs. You might double check on A3, there is a reduced qualification requirement if you have 4x A3 segments, but it isn't a hard requirement like some other airlines. They have raised the bar though, it's now 70,000 status miles without A3 segments vs. the old 48,000. Their earnings and award charts can be quite decent for premium cabins, so worth comparing. The bar on TK is a lot lower for sure at 40k for Elite and 80k for Elite Plus, but which will be more valuable to redeem? (assuming you can feasibly hit the 70k for A3 anyway) Both credit UA P and Z fares at 100% though TK has a 50% bonus for J, C, D that A3 does not.