Indian Airlines miles???
Jul 25, 2007, 7:47 am
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Indian Airlines miles???
Hi, I'm going to fly with Indian Airlines (domestic and international flights). I've check on their website they are partners of LH, but on LH websites nothing is mentioned. On LH Air India is partner of LH, but it is a different airlines, am I right? So I can't collect miles with LH for Indian Airlines flights, do I? Or Air India and Indian Airlines both permit to collect miles with M&M?
The flights code is IN.....not AI
The flights code is IN.....not AI
Jul 25, 2007, 8:02 am
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The flight code you are looking for is IC. And no, IC doesnt as yet earn miles on LH miles and more. Only AI flights earn award miles.
IC and AI (Indian Airlines and Air India) are going to merge by the end of this year, after which it remains to be seen what the mileage earning setup is going to look like. IC sells some heavily discounted fares that probably won't earn you miles, and most flights within india are fairly short (2:30 hrs max) ..
IC and AI (Indian Airlines and Air India) are going to merge by the end of this year, after which it remains to be seen what the mileage earning setup is going to look like. IC sells some heavily discounted fares that probably won't earn you miles, and most flights within india are fairly short (2:30 hrs max) ..
Jul 26, 2007, 7:52 pm
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HKG-BOM is operated by AI - and by the way it has a hour long stopover in DEL (and the route is actually KIX-HKG-DEL-BOM if I dont miss my guess).
You'd have been better off flying CX on that route.
Jul 26, 2007, 8:01 pm
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HKG-BOM is not IC - that only flies domestic and to some locations closer to india (bkk, kul, persian gulf <- though IX / air india express seems to be taking over most of AI's persian gulf traffic, using lcc configured, new 738s)
HKG-BOM is operated by AI - and by the way it has a hour long stopover in DEL (and the route is actually KIX-HKG-DEL-BOM if I dont miss my guess).
You'd have been better off flying CX on that route.
HKG-BOM is operated by AI - and by the way it has a hour long stopover in DEL (and the route is actually KIX-HKG-DEL-BOM if I dont miss my guess).
You'd have been better off flying CX on that route.