Lauda Air vs LH
Mar 28, 1999, 11:32 am
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I think you'll find that Lauda Air flights no longer accrue points on Miles and More except for the joint services with Lufthansa between Germany and Austria - the service is supposed to be good though, sort of like Virgin from what I've heard.
Mar 29, 1999, 12:54 am
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as said above:
flying Lauda you can earn:
LH miles&more on Austrian-Germany flights only
SR Qualiflyer miles on all Lauda Air flights (Lauda air flight number and carrier).
flying Lauda you can earn:
LH miles&more on Austrian-Germany flights only
SR Qualiflyer miles on all Lauda Air flights (Lauda air flight number and carrier).
Mar 29, 1999, 2:20 am
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I just flew Lauda between Sydney and Kuala Lumpur in Feb and will be going on to Vienna on 30th April with them.
Both of these flights are operated by their new B777. The seat pitch is about 50". The inflight menu is very good, the plates are strangely triangular. You can play fit the puzzle while waiting for your next course. Catering exceeds most Business Class airlines. (Pls note that on their B767-300, seat pitch are a bit tighter at 45")
You can accrue miles on LH's M&M till 30April after which you can only accrue code-shared flights (ie MUC-MIA) with them.
You can accrue miles with SR Qualiflyer and the miles here count toward Elite TravelClub status.
Both of these flights are operated by their new B777. The seat pitch is about 50". The inflight menu is very good, the plates are strangely triangular. You can play fit the puzzle while waiting for your next course. Catering exceeds most Business Class airlines. (Pls note that on their B767-300, seat pitch are a bit tighter at 45")
You can accrue miles on LH's M&M till 30April after which you can only accrue code-shared flights (ie MUC-MIA) with them.
You can accrue miles with SR Qualiflyer and the miles here count toward Elite TravelClub status.
Mar 29, 1999, 9:58 am
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I know it's strange. I wouldn't have know if I didn't get an OS timetable in the post the other day. Lauda and Tyrolean are all closely aligned with OS. They and OS are all a part of "Austrian Air Transport" if I remember correctly.
Mar 29, 1999, 11:09 am
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OS now owns something like 43% of LaudaAir. LH owns 19% with the remainder held by Nikki Lauda himself.
Some of the European route (eg London-Vienna) are both operated by Lauda and Austrian. The flights to Gatwick are operated by Lauda and the ones to Heathrow, by Austrian. LaudaAir's code (NG) are on all flights.
[This message has been edited by Celestar340 (edited 03-29-99).]
Some of the European route (eg London-Vienna) are both operated by Lauda and Austrian. The flights to Gatwick are operated by Lauda and the ones to Heathrow, by Austrian. LaudaAir's code (NG) are on all flights.
[This message has been edited by Celestar340 (edited 03-29-99).]
Apr 2, 1999, 6:07 pm
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I just tried to verify my above informations. In the january-99 newsletter LH informs (in german - I try to translate):
Starting may-1-99 the cooperation with Lauda Air will be limited to the code-share segments:
Wienna - Munich - Miami. From then on you can earn miles, and get awards (free tickets and upgrades) only on these segments.
Starting may-1-99 the cooperation with Lauda Air will be limited to the code-share segments:
Wienna - Munich - Miami. From then on you can earn miles, and get awards (free tickets and upgrades) only on these segments.
Apr 3, 1999, 8:48 am
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Just was at Borders and saw the latest Airways magazine (really an interesting magazine--I would recommend it highly as a good combination of business aspects of airlines together with historical information etc. Anyway, there was a story about Austrian Airlines (history and current situation) which talked about Lauda Air--essentially it said that Lauda had selected its fleet (777/767) before teaming with Austrian (A310/340), that it had lower costs than Austrian (so would be substituted for Austrian in highly competitive markets (LGW/VIE), and would keep to its longhaul niche of Australia/SE Asia.