Lounge access at JNB with codeshare outbound
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Hi,
Was wondering if anyone can confirm if this is still the case re: lounge usage? The price difference between the Kulula flight and the BA flight is close to 1000 Rand, so am leaning towards the cheaper fare between JNB-CPT.
And do I get TP if the flight is operated by kulula but marketed by BA?
Was wondering if anyone can confirm if this is still the case re: lounge usage? The price difference between the Kulula flight and the BA flight is close to 1000 Rand, so am leaning towards the cheaper fare between JNB-CPT.
And do I get TP if the flight is operated by kulula but marketed by BA?
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On a side note, should I take chance on separate tickets if I arrive in JNB at 11am and try and grab a flight at 1240pm?
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I didn't think any Kulula-operated flights earned TPs? As I understood it (and things may have changed), on Kulula.com you can book either Kulula or Comair operated flights. The latter will earn TPs but not the former.
I'm unaware that BA does market Kulula operated flights.
I'm unaware that BA does market Kulula operated flights.
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I didn't think any Kulula-operated flights earned TPs? As I understood it (and things may have changed), on Kulula.com you can book either Kulula or Comair operated flights. The latter will earn TPs but not the former.
I'm unaware that BA does market Kulula operated flights.
I'm unaware that BA does market Kulula operated flights.
Thanks for help to all!
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I didn't think any Kulula-operated flights earned TPs? As I understood it (and things may have changed), on Kulula.com you can book either Kulula or Comair operated flights. The latter will earn TPs but not the former.
I'm unaware that BA does market Kulula operated flights.
I'm unaware that BA does market Kulula operated flights.
There is one operating airline concerned: Comair. There are two ways that Comair flights are marketed:-
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Consequently, if you buy a BA flight number you will earn Avios and TPs in the same way as if you were flying on a BA-operated flight.
If you buy a kulula flight number, you will not earn TPs although you can still earn avios through avios.com if you can jump through whatever hoops are now necessary to do that.
If you think that you are buying a BA flight number on a kulula-operated flight, you are not and something has gone wrong in the descriptions. The most common source of the problem is that kulula's marketing code (MN) is Comair's two-character IATA code. The other thing that can happen is a late sub of a BA configured and liveried aircraft onto a kulula flight, or a late sub of a kulula-configured and liveried aircraft onto a BA flight. AIUI these late subs can be easily done by Comair because both BA and kulula flights are operated by Comair on the same AOC.
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...and as I discovered last year during a very pleasant boozy evening at the Protea next to JNB, operated by the same crew, who just don different uniforms depending on which livery the aircraft have.
(The Comair simulator facility is just up the road from the Protea, hence a mob of crew staying there and being very sociable)
(The Comair simulator facility is just up the road from the Protea, hence a mob of crew staying there and being very sociable)
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