Sri Lankan to join oneworld
Nov 8, 2014 | 10:51 pm
#136
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 973
These flights can only be credited to UL's own FFP:
[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.8/Diamond - Timetable/NL]
[KVS Availability Tool 7.3.8/Diamond - Timetable/NL]
Code:
CMB Colombo Bandaranayake Intl LK [VCBI] SEZ Seychelles Mahe Is Pointe La Rue Intl SC [FSIA] MON 02 Mar 2015 - 09 Mar 2015 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Effect | Ending | Exceptions --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- UL/MJ 2977 CMB 13:30 SEZ 16:10 320 0 -2---6- 04:10 - I 12 Jul 28 Mar MJ 707 CMB 13:30 SEZ 16:10 320 0 -2---6- 04:10 - I 28 Oct 28 Mar
Nov 8, 2014 | 11:13 pm
#137
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere
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Only the airlines listed in rule 4(j) can be included
- fare rules are available on oneworld.com (expand 'terms and conditions' and click on the link to the fare rules at the bottom of the screen)
Nov 9, 2014 | 4:43 pm
#138
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 973
No it cannot
Only the airlines listed in rule 4(j) can be included
- fare rules are available on oneworld.com (expand 'terms and conditions' and click on the link to the fare rules at the bottom of the screen)
Only the airlines listed in rule 4(j) can be included
- fare rules are available on oneworld.com (expand 'terms and conditions' and click on the link to the fare rules at the bottom of the screen)
Nov 9, 2014 | 4:49 pm
#139
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Apr 7, 2015 | 9:15 pm
#140
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WOW....
The airline had also tried to hush up two serious flying mishaps, the government said,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...-state-airline
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...-state-airline
Jul 16, 2017 | 6:32 pm
#142
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Location: Austin
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Jul 17, 2017 | 6:30 am
#145
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Yes it should be but there was and probably still is a bug with AA on that route. UL was (still is?) not listed as an available carrier to/from SEZ.
Jul 17, 2017 | 8:32 am
#146
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Aug 8, 2017 | 6:58 pm
#148
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: UA MP, Delta Sky Miles, AA Advantage
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Thanks everybody. Was anyone successful in booking (whether via BA or any other OW carrier) an award flight MLE-SEZ via CMB? If so, how many award miles did it cost (economy) and how bad were the taxes? I saw that either flight doesn't operate every day. If there is a long stopover in CMB (like 2-3 days) is it still considered one award flight or two separate ones?
Could award ticket MLE-CBM be booked through any OW carrier (especially AA) or, like SEZ-CMB, it could only be done via BA?
Could award ticket MLE-CBM be booked through any OW carrier (especially AA) or, like SEZ-CMB, it could only be done via BA?
Aug 8, 2017 | 8:39 pm
#149
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: country Western Australia
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As long as UL has available award seats, theoretically any OW airline can ticket.
AA ticketing will certainly be an interesting exercise. Telephone requests will be required. I suspect that the 24 hour next flight rule will be enforced meaning that CMB-SEZ may require separate ticketing. As well it is still not (obviously) documented what travel xone SEZ will be part of. MRU is considered part of Africa. SEZ?? The difference would be in the cost. I believe CMB is considered part of the Indian sub-continent and Y award tickets within that area or to the Middle East would be 17.5K one way, but to Africa 30K.
So please call AA and ask in which zone SEZ is placed and let us know.
CX, BA and QF award ticketing are (?) mileage based and thus would be somewhat easier to estimate the (mileage) cost.
Happy wandering
Fred
AA ticketing will certainly be an interesting exercise. Telephone requests will be required. I suspect that the 24 hour next flight rule will be enforced meaning that CMB-SEZ may require separate ticketing. As well it is still not (obviously) documented what travel xone SEZ will be part of. MRU is considered part of Africa. SEZ?? The difference would be in the cost. I believe CMB is considered part of the Indian sub-continent and Y award tickets within that area or to the Middle East would be 17.5K one way, but to Africa 30K.
So please call AA and ask in which zone SEZ is placed and let us know.
CX, BA and QF award ticketing are (?) mileage based and thus would be somewhat easier to estimate the (mileage) cost.
Happy wandering
Fred
Aug 9, 2017 | 4:03 am
#150
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I would suspect that AA would go along with IATA's definition rather than create their own. That's because this is literally on the other side of the planet and the time taken to redraw their own areas would seem to me not commercially justified.
Yes: IATA classifies Sri Lanka as Area 3 (Asia/Pacific), in the South Asian Subcontinent sub-area. This sub-area also contains Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (including the Andaman Islands), the Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Last edited by Calchas; Aug 9, 2017 at 4:08 am