Should CX leave Oneworld?
Jan 20, 2018, 7:02 pm
#17
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If CX wanted to get rid of the Emeralds in its F lounges, then it could probably pull the stunt that QR has done. Offer non-OW lounges to all passenger in F class and a OW F lounge offered to all eligible passengers (i.e. F and elites). In other words, the two things aren't mutually exclusive.
Jan 20, 2018, 7:12 pm
#18
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I really cannot imagine that CX would do better in either of the other two alliances or un-aligned. OW is weak in China, has LHR and decent US connection ability. What else can CX reasonably want out of an alliance?
In Star they will be a distant second fiddle to SQ.
Skyteam has DL and MU’s deepening connection plus all the problems of an even weaker alliance.
CX is bigger player in OW than it’ll ever be in Star or Skyteam. This whole speculation seems to me to be centered around over-indulged DMs preening for a better deal for them at the expense of CX as a whole.
While CX’s relationships in OW are often frosty it seems that the alliance overall allows CX to punch above its weight in the current dynamic of increasing mainland expansion and reduced need for connections through HK.
Skyteam has DL and MU’s deepening connection plus all the problems of an even weaker alliance.
CX is bigger player in OW than it’ll ever be in Star or Skyteam. This whole speculation seems to me to be centered around over-indulged DMs preening for a better deal for them at the expense of CX as a whole.
While CX’s relationships in OW are often frosty it seems that the alliance overall allows CX to punch above its weight in the current dynamic of increasing mainland expansion and reduced need for connections through HK.
Jan 24, 2018, 8:12 am
#19
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In OW, BA, QR, etc... does not provide access by status (to other airline's top tier) to its true first class lounges, in *A LH doesn't do the same (except for CCR for BA, HON for LH - how this maps to a potential DM+ I would not know) so there's precedents for both so there's no reason to believe it would change.
Jan 24, 2018, 8:16 am
#20
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In OW, BA, QR, etc... does not provide access by status (to other airline's top tier) to its true first class lounges, in *A LH doesn't do the same (except for CCR for BA, HON for LH - how this maps to a potential DM+ I would not know) so there's precedents for both so there's no reason to believe it would change.
Jan 24, 2018, 8:23 am
#21
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I've just been told OZ in ICN will not admit *G members flying non-OZ *A metal (Priority Pass cardholders also must have OZ BP) https://www.prioritypass.com/en/Loun...-International
Jan 24, 2018, 11:34 am
#22
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