Sep 18, 2023, 9:47 am
Last edit by: dayone
STARLUX Seat Assignments for AS-issued tickets
Currently, the STARLUX website does not recognize AS-issued bookings for seat assignments. To get a seat assignments, use chat or call STARLUX.
Moderator Note
Because AS is JX’s only US partner, there is lot of interest here in its service, inflight product and FTers' general experiences. For the time being, STARLUX comments and reviews (especially J and PE) will be welcome in this thread.
There is not a dedicated JX forum on FT (discussion is the “Other Asian, Australian, and South Pacific Airlines” forum). Please try to keep posts at least a bit related to AS, if possible. Thanks.
dayone, AS Moderator
Currently, the STARLUX website does not recognize AS-issued bookings for seat assignments. To get a seat assignments, use chat or call STARLUX.
Moderator Note
Because AS is JX’s only US partner, there is lot of interest here in its service, inflight product and FTers' general experiences. For the time being, STARLUX comments and reviews (especially J and PE) will be welcome in this thread.
There is not a dedicated JX forum on FT (discussion is the “Other Asian, Australian, and South Pacific Airlines” forum). Please try to keep posts at least a bit related to AS, if possible. Thanks.
dayone, AS Moderator
AS Partnership with STARLUX Airlines (JX) [Launched 4/26/2023]
Jul 27, 2023, 10:24 am
#121
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I think there would be fewer digs if more bloggers would still participate in and contribute to this community instead of just harvesting content for commercial purposes.
Getting back on topic, what are the chances of adding positioning segments on AS to an LAX-TPE award without causing the cost to double, assuming of course there is saver inventory?
Jul 27, 2023, 10:46 am
#122
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As someone who occasionally “digs” let me welcome you back to Flyertalk. Five years - it’s been a long time
I think there would be fewer digs if more bloggers would still participate in and contribute to this community instead of just harvesting content for commercial purposes.
Getting back on topic, what are the chances of adding positioning segments on AS to an LAX-TPE award without causing the cost to double, assuming of course there is saver inventory?
I think there would be fewer digs if more bloggers would still participate in and contribute to this community instead of just harvesting content for commercial purposes.
Getting back on topic, what are the chances of adding positioning segments on AS to an LAX-TPE award without causing the cost to double, assuming of course there is saver inventory?
Jul 27, 2023, 10:54 am
#123
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Jul 27, 2023, 11:28 am
#124
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AS must've re-adjusted all the award seat after mid august, cuz there is still plenty of availability for 60K redemption prior to mid august lax-tpe..... there is no way all 60K redemption availability from mid-august to may 2024 all being booked overnight, cuz everything after mid august is now 165K. I think this is Alaska playing games cuz they dont want you to book 60K award after 8/31. starlux still makes award available, AS just prices it 165K after mid august.
This seems like a good indication that after 8/31, starlux long haul will be priced at 165K.... which is among the worst award redemption among US carriers (second worse after Delta).
This seems like a good indication that after 8/31, starlux long haul will be priced at 165K.... which is among the worst award redemption among US carriers (second worse after Delta).
Last edited by uclacolumbiaunc; Jul 27, 2023 at 11:39 am
Jul 27, 2023, 12:04 pm
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Jul 27, 2023, 12:51 pm
#126
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I also highly doubt availability dried up this quickly over the span of 3-5 hours after it being made publicly available for about 8 hours. It is either some brokers bought off a vast majority of the seats (which should definitely trigger AS to investigate), or AS realized releasing 7 seats per day per direction is just not profitable, and reduced seats by ~4-5 each day at the saver level to make sure they do not let us gain too much leverage. I am highly inclined towards the second.
Also a fun thing to note is that yesterday is exactly 3 months after partnership is announced, so next time if any new partner is announced we can use this as a potential timeline to anticipate and preemptively strike before the bloggers catch these deals.
Also a fun thing to note is that yesterday is exactly 3 months after partnership is announced, so next time if any new partner is announced we can use this as a potential timeline to anticipate and preemptively strike before the bloggers catch these deals.
Jul 27, 2023, 2:14 pm
#128
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Missed out too after figuring out travel dates yesterday. Thought I would have more time given so much availability earlier yesterday.
I will probably book economy since it is still a decent deal. If business becomes available again, can I change for free and just pay the difference in miles?
I will probably book economy since it is still a decent deal. If business becomes available again, can I change for free and just pay the difference in miles?
Jul 27, 2023, 2:29 pm
#129
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AS must've re-adjusted all the award seat after mid august, cuz there is still plenty of availability for 60K redemption prior to mid august lax-tpe..... there is no way all 60K redemption availability from mid-august to may 2024 all being booked overnight, cuz everything after mid august is now 165K. I think this is Alaska playing games cuz they dont want you to book 60K award after 8/31. starlux still makes award available, AS just prices it 165K after mid august.
This seems like a good indication that after 8/31, starlux long haul will be priced at 165K.... which is among the worst award redemption among US carriers (second worse after Delta).
This seems like a good indication that after 8/31, starlux long haul will be priced at 165K.... which is among the worst award redemption among US carriers (second worse after Delta).
James
Jul 27, 2023, 3:22 pm
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Jul 27, 2023, 4:36 pm
#133
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Why? They put out some somewhat bogus promotion by only having 60K redemption for one day, but their promotion specifically says promotion will be on until 8/31... and they pull the award availability after mid august, so it means after mid-august, this promo becomes completely utterly useless.
Jul 27, 2023, 4:38 pm
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Jul 27, 2023, 4:48 pm
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I suspect there were more available yesterday than they (JX/AS) intended. I can fully understand your frustration if you missed out - I have been in those shoes many times.