9W award availability using skymiles
May 9, 2012 | 10:22 pm
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Award inventory check request
Can somebody please help me by checking availability on IT or 9W from DEL to BOM on June 2nd 2012.
Thank you very much for the help.
naroowal
Thank you very much for the help.
naroowal
May 9, 2012 | 10:34 pm
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1 economy seat available on it312, 2 available on it316 & 3 available on it353....2 kingfisher first seats available on it304, it312, it314, it316 & it338....
May 10, 2012 | 9:34 am
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Before alliances were established, airlines had multiple partners. KLM flights earned you miles on UA or DL frequent flyer programmes. Similarly, SQ had been a mileage earning partner of DL before it joined Star alliance. DL's partnership with SQ does not nullify what PVDtoDL said.
Last edited by Yaatri; May 10, 2012 at 9:59 am
May 10, 2012 | 12:17 pm
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@Yaatri sahab,
Thank you for the perfect availability. This I think is what DL is seeing.
Thank you,
naroowal
p.s. sorry for the double threads - I was not sure which was the right one. I guess thats why we have mods but decided to double up.
Thank you for the perfect availability. This I think is what DL is seeing.
Thank you,
naroowal
p.s. sorry for the double threads - I was not sure which was the right one. I guess thats why we have mods but decided to double up.
Last edited by naroowal; May 10, 2012 at 12:22 pm Reason: added p.s.
May 10, 2012 | 7:47 pm
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Before alliances were established, airlines had multiple partners. KLM flights earned you miles on UA or DL frequent flyer programmes. Similarly, SQ had been a mileage earning partner of DL before it joined Star alliance. DL's partnership with SQ does not nullify what PVDtoDL said.
Anyway, this discussion is not really on-topic for this thread.
May 10, 2012 | 7:58 pm
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I guess I wasn't clear. If AI joins *A, the expectation is that other *A carriers will use AI for feed. That doesn't mean that they can't use 9W, but generally they wont. There are plenty of exceptions listed on this thread 
Even if only 1/2 of *A switched over to using AI and the rest stayed with 9W, 9W is still losing a lot of revenue from feeding those other carriers.
Even if only 1/2 of *A switched over to using AI and the rest stayed with 9W, 9W is still losing a lot of revenue from feeding those other carriers.
May 10, 2012 | 10:45 pm
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Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL:18553070
I guess I wasn't clear. If AI joins *A, the expectation is that other *A carriers will use AI for feed. That doesn't mean that they can't use 9W, but generally they wont. There are plenty of exceptions listed on this thread
Even if only 1/2 of *A switched over to using AI and the rest stayed with 9W, 9W is still losing a lot of revenue from feeding those other carriers.
Even if only 1/2 of *A switched over to using AI and the rest stayed with 9W, 9W is still losing a lot of revenue from feeding those other carriers.
May 11, 2012 | 9:17 am
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May 13, 2012 | 8:51 am
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I guess I wasn't clear. If AI joins *A, the expectation is that other *A carriers will use AI for feed. That doesn't mean that they can't use 9W, but generally they wont. There are plenty of exceptions listed on this thread
Even if only 1/2 of *A switched over to using AI and the rest stayed with 9W, 9W is still losing a lot of revenue from feeding those other carriers.
Even if only 1/2 of *A switched over to using AI and the rest stayed with 9W, 9W is still losing a lot of revenue from feeding those other carriers.
May 13, 2012 | 8:55 am
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May 13, 2012 | 8:56 am
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May 13, 2012 | 9:16 am
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Sure. But the alliance wanting the airline isn't enough. The airline needs to want the alliance. And GoI needs to agree.
*A/ST/OW want an Indian partner (AI fits in this category). AI wants *A. GoI is a fan of AI joining *A. All criteria are met.
In comparison
*A/ST/OW want an Indian partner (9W fits in this category). 9W doesn't appear to want any of them, instead being happy feeding everyone. GoI doesn't want 9W to join an alliance without AI joining one. Only 1/3 criteria are met, so 9W won't join an alliance soon.
*A/ST/OW want an Indian partner (AI fits in this category). AI wants *A. GoI is a fan of AI joining *A. All criteria are met.
In comparison
*A/ST/OW want an Indian partner (9W fits in this category). 9W doesn't appear to want any of them, instead being happy feeding everyone. GoI doesn't want 9W to join an alliance without AI joining one. Only 1/3 criteria are met, so 9W won't join an alliance soon.
May 13, 2012 | 9:44 am
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As much as I hate AI for their aunties and unfriendly service (100% of the staff is bad, including ground staff), but their hard product has not been bad and they have excellent award availability as well. So AI can be a good partner for an alliance unlike Jet who'll leech the alliance it joins. I hope AI joins ST, but it would likely end up with *A.