Originally Posted by
diver858
Glass half empty person?Assuming DOJ blesses HA deal in early August, not unreasonable to expect it to close shortly thereafter. VX deal closed Dec. 14, 2016, reciprocal benefits started 5 days later, VX reward program merge started on January 9.
I am aware of what it said.
Your original statement was "
We have a leisure trip SAN-OGG planned for early November, have not yet purchased tickets, plan to use BofA companion pass. I am cautiously optimistic that it will be possible to book trip on HA A321 rather than AS 737, better chances of FC upgrades."
I think you are being rather optimistic in thinking we will be that far along (applying AS 241s to what will be HA flights for a while going forward) in less than three months time from when the merger is announced. AS/VX reciprocal benefits did not mean everything started working perfectly on day one.
I don't think it will take years as others have stated but the AS/VX timeline seems like a reasonable approximation for full integration. So completion by something like by the end of 2025. And (since we're getting way way way off the point of the thread) I could see something like a "you can use your AS miles in combination with cash for AS flights" similar to what WN does with cash and points, but...
- You don’t get a whole lot of value per point; when you outright redeem for a Rapid Rewards award flight, each point gets you over 1.2 cents toward the cost of a Southwest ticket, while with Cash + Points you’re typically getting around 0.6 cents of value per point, which is roughly a 50% reduction in value
- Cash + Points bookings don’t earn Rapid Rewards points, and don’t earn qualifying points toward A-List, A-List Preferred, or Companion Pass, even for the portion of ticket paid for with cash; so you’re being rewarded a lot less for these tickets
Seems very in line to AS
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