Europe and Middle East & India Flight Pass Now Allow Partner Metal
Jul 22, 2021, 3:12 pm
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Europe and Middle East & India Flight Pass Now Allow Partner Metal
Well, this interesting - FP credits usable on partner flights:
Jul 22, 2021, 3:28 pm
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Jul 22, 2021, 4:46 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2021
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Does this apply to the 'Gift of Travel - Europe' flight passes sold back in the late fall of 2020? On the drop down menu I can only see the list of Air Canada cities and am only offered Air Canada flight options. Are those of you with 'regular' flight passes already able to see availability of options on Lufthansa or United metal ?
Jul 22, 2021, 4:56 pm
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Jul 22, 2021, 5:03 pm
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Jul 22, 2021, 7:05 pm
#8
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This is a positive change. The only downside would be the inability to use eUpgrades on partner flights. That makes the latitude flight pass no more valuable as they can't be upgraded at booking on partner carriers.
Jul 22, 2021, 7:36 pm
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I'd see this as being useful to get somewhere like DBV. Fly AC to Germany, then LH to your actual destination. Upgrade the longhaul.
Jul 23, 2021, 9:52 am
#10
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Interesting trade off right now - I can use my Lat pass for direct YYZ-CDG on LH, but I can't upgrade. I sleep well on the overnight, so maybe that is good on the way there, but on the way home during the day, J is worth a lot to me.
Need the AC YYZ-CDG direct to get operational again!
Need the AC YYZ-CDG direct to get operational again!
Jul 23, 2021, 12:05 pm
#11
Join Date: May 2021
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Thanks After Burner! Glad for you and other Flight Pass Holders (really). Sucks for my Gift of Travel Flight Pass which does not seem to allow for this new feature of adding a connection on partner metal. But I do like that the GOTFP provides extra options to nominate travelers..
Jul 23, 2021, 2:53 pm
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I was excited to see this long overdue actual enhancement but equally bummed out if it doesn't apply to the Europe version of the Gift of Travel pass.
Jul 23, 2021, 3:39 pm
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Would've been nice to have this enhancement in the past when I did my weekly Euro trips, but hey, better late than never.
I wouldn't be shocked if the prices went up because of this.
I wouldn't be shocked if the prices went up because of this.
Jul 23, 2021, 3:42 pm
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