Miles for Olympic Air Flights
Sep 11, 2004, 5:46 pm
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Miles for Olympic Air Flights
Upcoming travel on Olympic Air ATH to IST, can I earn miles on any program other than Olympic Icarus FF Program?
Sep 13, 2004, 3:43 am
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Icarus Stands Alone
As far as I can tell, Olympic does not have any kind of agreement with any other carrier. Joining Icarus is also no pleasure. Give yourself an extra few minutes to join when you get to ATH if you're so inclined
Sep 13, 2004, 3:03 pm
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Thanks to all the posters to this and other thread(s). F.Y.I. to all. Based on my review of all responses in a number of threads, it appears you can not earn miles on/in any Star Alliance, Skyteam or OneWorld member airline's frequent flier program. The only option is to join Olympic's Icarus program and earn miles in that program. I have tried to find routings between ATH and IST on other carriers, but have found none other than Olympic. Oh well, my VERY rough (e.g. string on a paper map) calculation of the distance is less that 400 miles. I can't see breaking my back over approx. 800 (rounded up to 1000, possibly) FF miles.
Thanks again to all.
Thanks again to all.
