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Old Jan 11, 2014, 7:13 pm
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Originally Posted by Aussie_flyer
the code thing is so utterly ridiculous. do you think the airline staff are so stupid they can't work it out ? ... I don't get it . why don't you go open a blog with discussion capability if you are so desperate to talk in riddles?
Consider their general level of competence and take that into account.
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Old Jan 11, 2014, 7:38 pm
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Consider their general level of competence and take that into account.
yea. i'm sure if they decided to filter star redemptions ex-na below 30k, they'd find MOST of the loopholes, lol.

they haven't done anything excpet for one city. and a modification of carriers permitted for another. but that's about it, and it's been well over an year.
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Old Jan 12, 2014, 5:03 am
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Originally Posted by yerffej201
yea. i'm sure if they decided to filter star redemptions ex-na below 30k, they'd find MOST of the loopholes, lol.

they haven't done anything excpet for one city. and a modification of carriers permitted for another. but that's about it, and it's been well over an year.
They've done much much more in the first few months, some were absolute goldmines. They aren't *that* thick
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Old Jan 12, 2014, 6:26 pm
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Originally Posted by GmK
They've done much much more in the first few months, some were absolute goldmines. They aren't *that* thick
i'd think those were the result of the airlines providing award space, i.e. lx, rather than lm's doing.
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Old Jan 13, 2014, 1:43 am
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Originally Posted by yerffej201
i'd think those were the result of the airlines providing award space, i.e. lx, rather than lm's doing.
Nope. There were quite a few miscoded airports in the beginning, that allowed some wonderful things. But yes, the LX phenomenon was also wonderful
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Old Jan 13, 2014, 4:24 am
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Nope. There were quite a few miscoded airports in the beginning, that allowed some wonderful things. But yes, the LX phenomenon was also wonderful
that were fixed? sorry, i just remembered two more in china. so that brings the total that lm has touched to 4.
am i missig anything else?
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 6:02 am
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Most of the ones I use have not been fixed.. Are we sure they fixed 4?
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 10:19 am
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Most of the ones I use have not been fixed.. Are we sure they fixed 4?
correct... 2 in china, 1 in africa, and they've touched one so only 1(2?) airlines show up
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Old Mar 26, 2014, 8:58 pm
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Nope. There were quite a few miscoded airports in the beginning, that allowed some wonderful things. But yes, the LX phenomenon was also wonderful
What was the LX phenomenon?
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Old Mar 27, 2014, 10:00 am
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Originally Posted by SwissTraveller78
What was the LX phenomenon?
The ability to book LX O space using LM.
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Old Mar 27, 2014, 12:22 pm
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Originally Posted by AA_EXP09
The ability to book LX O space using LM.
Sorry, still don't know what you are meaning with O space
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Old Mar 27, 2014, 12:59 pm
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Originally Posted by SwissTraveller78
Sorry, still don't know what you are meaning with O space
time to go to frequent flyer school? hehe

O = first class award fare bucket for star alliance
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Old Mar 27, 2014, 3:56 pm
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Originally Posted by Aussie_flyer
time to go to frequent flyer school? hehe

O = first class award fare bucket for star alliance
O.K. thanks. I flow so many times in F on different *A flights but never saw an O.... I think most of my flights were in booking class X. but this was with DM not with LM.
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Old Mar 27, 2014, 4:04 pm
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Originally Posted by SwissTraveller78
O.K. thanks. I flow so many times in F on different *A flights but never saw an O.... I think most of my flights were in booking class X. but this was with DM not with LM.
x is economy award
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Old Mar 27, 2014, 6:59 pm
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Originally Posted by SwissTraveller78
O.K. thanks. I flow so many times in F on different *A flights but never saw an O.... I think most of my flights were in booking class X. but this was with DM not with LM.
SwissTraveller, many ways to find out what differecnt award booking classes used by airlines mean. e.g. if you go to KVS Help section, they have a good summary of the different award classes used by different airlines, so you would be able to find out for yourself what a U on BA means, or an X on SQ etc.

PS - before you ask what KVS is, here is the link

http://www.kvstool.com/FAQ.php?Source=HOME
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