AS Elite earning miles on Hainan's Tianjin?
Mar 12, 2018, 10:30 pm
#1
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AS Elite earning miles on Hainan's Tianjin?
So i know the answer to this, that alaska does not credit the miles. But i was wondering why. Tianjin Airlines is owned by Hainan and they use a unified frequent flyer program. Why does Alaska only credit miles from flights on Hainan and not Tianjin?
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Mar 12, 2018, 11:25 pm
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Probably not negotiated because AS didn't see much need for it. How many Mileage Plan members do you think are actually flying on GS? There are some similar annoying exclusions--no earnings on Cathay Dragon or BA CityFlyer come to mind--but this only matters for a very small percentage of AS customers.
Mar 12, 2018, 11:40 pm
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Each partnership is individually negotiated. Same reason you cant use Dragon air, Jetstar, Thomas Cook etc that are all related to another AS partner. Hainan ownes 7 airlines, only the main one is the partner. Notice how none of these carriers have US mainland flights? Maybe as they expand more in the US things may change. I think Tianjin starts LAX service sometime this year.