Skyteam awards and student tickets
Mar 3, 2007 | 11:58 pm
#1
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Skyteam awards and student tickets
Hi all, I have two questions (though one's just more a clarification as I'm pretty sure I've already found the answer)
1) Can miles from any skyteam airline be used for an award ticket on any other skyteam airline? E.g., can I use 25,000 Continental miles to get a r/t domestic flight on delta, and not just code-shared flights? (or Northwest, Air France, etc.). And can upgrades only be obtained with miles with the airline you've actually accrued miles with?
2) I will be flying ATL-DTW-CDG this coming November on a student fare (purchased through studentuniverse.com)... Will I be able to earn miles (on CO) for this trip?
Thank you!
1) Can miles from any skyteam airline be used for an award ticket on any other skyteam airline? E.g., can I use 25,000 Continental miles to get a r/t domestic flight on delta, and not just code-shared flights? (or Northwest, Air France, etc.). And can upgrades only be obtained with miles with the airline you've actually accrued miles with?
2) I will be flying ATL-DTW-CDG this coming November on a student fare (purchased through studentuniverse.com)... Will I be able to earn miles (on CO) for this trip?
Thank you!
Mar 4, 2007 | 5:58 am
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Mar 4, 2007 | 7:39 am
#3
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For question 1, Yes and Yes. You can book a reward on any partner once you have the miles, assuming availability. And upgrade are generally limited to the carrier you are elite on. CO/NW have reciprocity and so do NW/KL, but that's about it.
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Mar 4, 2007 | 7:47 am
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Studentuniverse has a chart of the airlines allowing mileage accrual in its FAQs:
http://www.studentuniverse.com/faqs.html
http://www.studentuniverse.com/faqs.html
Mar 4, 2007 | 12:15 pm
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Mar 4, 2007 | 2:42 pm
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Welcome to FT, vijayshah. SU gives its own Golds 20 kgs of extra luggage. They generally tend to extend the same benefits to other ST elites but ask them first.
Apr 1, 2007 | 1:05 pm
#8
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Studentuniverse has a chart of the airlines allowing mileage accrual in its FAQs:
http://www.studentuniverse.com/faqs.html
http://www.studentuniverse.com/faqs.html
Thanks!
Apr 9, 2007 | 11:31 pm
#9
Join Date: Sep 2006
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I did once from MSP to NRT on NW. Booking was done with studentuniverse.com. I assumed that they would give me 250 miles, but they gave me the actual mileage on my DL account. So I guess you will have no problems with your CO miles.
Apr 11, 2007 | 7:15 pm
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CO's the way to go. One of my college buddies got full CO miles from one of these tixs last year.