CX and LH Group sign co-operation agreement
Mar 27, 2017, 12:20 pm
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CX and LH Group sign co-operation agreement
Starting April 26, CX and LH/LX/OS will start code-share and FFP earn/redemption on specific routes!
https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_...agreement.html
After the partnership with NZ and AC, this makes me really wonder when will CX leave OW and join Star!
https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_...agreement.html
After the partnership with NZ and AC, this makes me really wonder when will CX leave OW and join Star!
Mar 27, 2017, 4:58 pm
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Starting April 26, CX and LH/LX/OS will start code-share and FFP earn/redemption on specific routes!
https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_...agreement.html
After the partnership with NZ and AC, this makes me really wonder when will CX leave OW and join Star!
https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_...agreement.html
After the partnership with NZ and AC, this makes me really wonder when will CX leave OW and join Star!
Mar 27, 2017, 5:50 pm
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CX competes with SQ and NZ on many routes. I doubt the existing *A members would simply "allow" CX to switch sides. It seems like LH just found a good opportunity to expand their network against ME3 and the move has not been aggressive enough to cause trouble with existing partners. Anything beyond this, e.g. more connections to other European destinations, more intra-Asia flights would be hard to justify...
Mar 27, 2017, 8:42 pm
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The good news is that club points will be earned if you book on the CX flight number:
Today’s co-operation agreement also extends to both airlines’ frequent flyer programmes. Passengers who are members of Cathay Pacific’s travel and lifestyle rewards programme, Asia Miles and Lufthansa Group’s loyalty programme, Miles and More, will be eligible to earn and redeem miles when travelling on the above codeshare routes. Members of Cathay Pacific’s loyalty programme, Marco Polo Club, can also earn Club Points when travelling on codeshare flights marketed by Cathay Pacific and operated by Lufthansa Group.
Mar 27, 2017, 9:13 pm
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Lufthansa
Between Frankfurt and:
Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Dresden, Hannover, Hamburg, Munich, Nuremberg, Oslo and Stuttgart.
Swiss
Between Zurich and:
Berlin, Brussels, Florence, Geneva, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Venice.
Austrian Airlines
Between Vienna and:
Frankfurt, Zurich and Düsseldorf.
Between Frankfurt and:
Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Dresden, Hannover, Hamburg, Munich, Nuremberg, Oslo and Stuttgart.
Swiss
Between Zurich and:
Berlin, Brussels, Florence, Geneva, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Venice.
Austrian Airlines
Between Vienna and:
Frankfurt, Zurich and Düsseldorf.
Mar 27, 2017, 10:53 pm
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Maybe this will be the beginning of the end of airline alliances?
Perhaps in a few years, there will be no such thing as alliances anymore and each carrier is free to choose whomever they want to codeshare and have frequent flyer program partners with?
Perhaps in a few years, there will be no such thing as alliances anymore and each carrier is free to choose whomever they want to codeshare and have frequent flyer program partners with?
Mar 28, 2017, 2:34 am
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