Is Oneworld membership retroactive?
Oct 10, 2012 | 1:10 pm
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Is Oneworld membership retroactive?
If I book a Malaysia Airlines flight now and MH becomes a member of Oneworld before I fly (next May, so that might or might not happen 
) would I get tier points, miles etc? Or would the fact that the ticket was purchased pre Oneworld membership mean that it wasn't eligible.
) would I get tier points, miles etc? Or would the fact that the ticket was purchased pre Oneworld membership mean that it wasn't eligible.
Oct 10, 2012 | 2:17 pm
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If I book a Malaysia Airlines flight now and MH becomes a member of Oneworld before I fly (next May, so that might or might not happen ) would I get tier points, miles etc? Or would the fact that the ticket was purchased pre Oneworld membership mean that it wasn't eligible.
) would I get tier points, miles etc? Or would the fact that the ticket was purchased pre Oneworld membership mean that it wasn't eligible.
Oct 11, 2012 | 1:16 am
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If I book a Malaysia Airlines flight now and MH becomes a member of Oneworld before I fly (next May, so that might or might not happen ) would I get tier points, miles etc? Or would the fact that the ticket was purchased pre Oneworld membership mean that it wasn't eligible.
) would I get tier points, miles etc? Or would the fact that the ticket was purchased pre Oneworld membership mean that it wasn't eligible.
Oct 17, 2012 | 3:24 am
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I've got the same question really flying with MH SIN-KUL-LHR on the 22nd December, then back on the 12th Jan and hoping that I can get the points credited.
Oct 17, 2012 | 4:40 am
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You just might be out of luck for your outbound flights, but your return should net you miles in any oneworld program, as the latest news appears to indicate a join date of late December, or more plausibly perhaps 1 January 2013.
http://www.ausbt.com.au/malaysia-air...ld-in-december
That said, this post in another thread indicates a rumour about 12.12.12
http://www.ausbt.com.au/malaysia-air...ld-in-december
That said, this post in another thread indicates a rumour about 12.12.12
If any of you do visit airliners.net there's a post in there (which I think is quite credible) that states "from the source inside MH, the joining date will be on 12.12.12 and making it the 12th OW member." So if at all it holds true, then in less than 8 weeks we will be able to start using OW status on MH.