Earning miles on Dragon Air?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 10
Earning miles on Dragon Air?
Hi,
Can I earn miles on Mileage Plan on a Cathay Pacific flight operated by DragonAir?
The fare class is (V).
I am at a loss to find a mileage program that I can earn miles on a Cathay flight operated by Dragon Air at a (V) class fare.
Any help is appreciated. Sorry if this is a naive question, I'm still a little new at this!
Can I earn miles on Mileage Plan on a Cathay Pacific flight operated by DragonAir?
The fare class is (V).
I am at a loss to find a mileage program that I can earn miles on a Cathay flight operated by Dragon Air at a (V) class fare.
Any help is appreciated. Sorry if this is a naive question, I'm still a little new at this!
#2
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: GEG
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Lifetime SkyClub, AS MVP
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http://www.dragonair.com/ka/en_HK/fr...rogrammes.html
Don't think so --- (how's that for a definitive answer?)
The Dragon Air website would suggest "yes", but the AS website is a bit more difficult to understand what does and doesn't count since it doesn't mention Dragon at all.
What's the CX flight number? Is it in the range that AS gives credit for?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...ity-f-j-5.html in posts 63 and 65 suggests that you can't redeem on Dragon --- if that's the case you probably can't earn either.
Don't think so --- (how's that for a definitive answer?)
The Dragon Air website would suggest "yes", but the AS website is a bit more difficult to understand what does and doesn't count since it doesn't mention Dragon at all.
What's the CX flight number? Is it in the range that AS gives credit for?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...ity-f-j-5.html in posts 63 and 65 suggests that you can't redeem on Dragon --- if that's the case you probably can't earn either.
#6
#7
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Portland, Oregon
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For sure I have never received AS miles on my KA flights. I usually just book the miles to Asia Miles and in a couple years when they expire I buy magazine subs with them.
#9
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
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On the redeem side, if you can get your hands on some BA Avios those short distances start to look pretty good for you.
#10
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 205
Those are all pretty short hops which is why they're KA in the first place, so it's not a huge loss on the earn side. I know every bit helps, but it's not really the end of the world as far as accrual goes.
On the redeem side, if you can get your hands on some BA Avios those short distances start to look pretty good for you.
On the redeem side, if you can get your hands on some BA Avios those short distances start to look pretty good for you.
Thanks
#13
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: LHR HKG
Programs: BA GOLD
Posts: 145
Hi guys, I searched the forum thoroughly and did not find an answer to my question, this post seems quite relevant to my situation.
I bought a return ticket on KA/CX from China to SFO via HKG recently. Ideally, I would like to credit the segments of China-HKG operated on Cathay Dragon to British Airways for Avios, and the segments of HKG-SFO to Alaska. When I go to Manage My Flights on CX website, it gives me an option to fill in my FFP to each segment. It states if I want to use the same frequent flyer programme for all flights. Then I filled in each leg with different FFP number as mentioned above. It is excellent if CX allows passengers to credit miles to different FFP segment by segment.
My question is how reliable this options are? Is there anyone had previous experience that it worked? I am worrying CX will credit all miles to either British Airways or Alaska, as I do not need more tier points for BAEC this year, but Alaska do not credit for KA flights.
I am not sure if the safe option would be leaving the field blank, and do a retro claiming after all of my flights are completed.
Many thanks in advance.
I bought a return ticket on KA/CX from China to SFO via HKG recently. Ideally, I would like to credit the segments of China-HKG operated on Cathay Dragon to British Airways for Avios, and the segments of HKG-SFO to Alaska. When I go to Manage My Flights on CX website, it gives me an option to fill in my FFP to each segment. It states if I want to use the same frequent flyer programme for all flights. Then I filled in each leg with different FFP number as mentioned above. It is excellent if CX allows passengers to credit miles to different FFP segment by segment.
My question is how reliable this options are? Is there anyone had previous experience that it worked? I am worrying CX will credit all miles to either British Airways or Alaska, as I do not need more tier points for BAEC this year, but Alaska do not credit for KA flights.
I am not sure if the safe option would be leaving the field blank, and do a retro claiming after all of my flights are completed.
Many thanks in advance.
#14
Join Date: Aug 2013
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold
Posts: 917
Hi guys, I searched the forum thoroughly and did not find an answer to my question, this post seems quite relevant to my situation.
I bought a return ticket on KA/CX from China to SFO via HKG recently. Ideally, I would like to credit the segments of China-HKG operated on Cathay Dragon to British Airways for Avios, and the segments of HKG-SFO to Alaska. When I go to Manage My Flights on CX website, it gives me an option to fill in my FFP to each segment. It states if I want to use the same frequent flyer programme for all flights. Then I filled in each leg with different FFP number as mentioned above. It is excellent if CX allows passengers to credit miles to different FFP segment by segment.
My question is how reliable this options are? Is there anyone had previous experience that it worked? I am worrying CX will credit all miles to either British Airways or Alaska, as I do not need more tier points for BAEC this year, but Alaska do not credit for KA flights.
I am not sure if the safe option would be leaving the field blank, and do a retro claiming after all of my flights are completed.
Many thanks in advance.
I bought a return ticket on KA/CX from China to SFO via HKG recently. Ideally, I would like to credit the segments of China-HKG operated on Cathay Dragon to British Airways for Avios, and the segments of HKG-SFO to Alaska. When I go to Manage My Flights on CX website, it gives me an option to fill in my FFP to each segment. It states if I want to use the same frequent flyer programme for all flights. Then I filled in each leg with different FFP number as mentioned above. It is excellent if CX allows passengers to credit miles to different FFP segment by segment.
My question is how reliable this options are? Is there anyone had previous experience that it worked? I am worrying CX will credit all miles to either British Airways or Alaska, as I do not need more tier points for BAEC this year, but Alaska do not credit for KA flights.
I am not sure if the safe option would be leaving the field blank, and do a retro claiming after all of my flights are completed.
Many thanks in advance.