Mentioned this on the BA forum but it's more on-topic here, obviously. Are DragonAir soon to be a miles and points earning member of OneWorld now that they're wholly owned by Cathay Pacific?

Even better in the AsiaMiles forum, here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=607720

Bump. Not sure exactly when the change took place, but all KA routes now seem to be offering CX codeshare designators which means (assuming you book using these, rather than the KA equivalent):

- Mileage earn for all OW scheme members.
- Use of The Wing / The Pier when departing HKG on a qualifying ticket or holding OW Sapphire / Emerald status.

Also great news as on routes like HKG/PVG, where the KA op services are 3-class, while the newly-introduced CX op flights offer only Y and J and on the inbound timings are useless if you're planning to connect on to another flight.

Not sure whether this means that xONEx tix can be booked on KA metal using the CX designator, I suspect not (at least not for a little while yet).

Hope the update is useful.

I'm not sure I understand the bolded text. In order to be eligible for mileage credit a codeshare must be on a oneworld member airline. KA still isn't a member therefore CX codeshares on KA flights don't automatically earn miles. From other threads it seems that QF has added KA as a partner and so your scenario would work for QF but KA is not a partner yet with, for example, AA so CX codeshares on KA would not be eligible for AA mileage credit.

Not so, unless this is a specific condition of your program (not the case for the ones I know more about like BAEC, QFFF).

Be careful, VT, many do in fact exclude codeshares of non-OW airlines. For Qantas, CX codeshares of non-OW airlines are excluded. BAEC is similar, though I see that the site does not specifically state what's excluded and what's not. The best thing to do until KX becomes a member (which I believe is just a matter of time) is to look through the T&C of your program and/or call and ask a rep.

I actually thought as a general rule the 'codeshare option' was only good on the "home" FFP; i.e, in this case it would be good for CX folks but not for others.

Steve

I stand corrected, upon second glance at QFFF T&C, which aren't obviously transparent unless you dig a little deeper, it only becomes clear that this is the case when looking at this bit: http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/...m/terms#jump23

You're right that the BAEC T&Cs make no specific reference to exclusion, therefore must be inferred to mean inclusion.

From ba.com:

BAEC does not automatically allow credit for all codeshares. You must call to find out if the flight will qualify. When you call you find out that most ow airline codeshares not on OW metal do not qualify.

I think one of the main problems regarding Oneworld Membership is the fact that KA cannot issue e-tickets accross partner airlines including CX. So if you were to buy a SYD-HKG-PVG ticket on CX/KA it would have to be a paper ticket.

As noted below, if either the metal or code aren't OW, you earn nothing on BAEC. Been there, done that with a CX codeshare on MH.

I guess we will have to wait until if/when KA moves into the OW fold.

Announced today at www.oneworld.com !!

Dragonair is to join oneworld in 2007.

Is Dragonair joining oneworld as an affiliate of Cathay Pacific or as a member in its own right?

Surprisingly (or not) the link in the post immediately above yours answers this question.

So the appearance of CX designators against Dragonair op flights was more than a happy coincidence ^ ^