Business Class
Apr 25, 2010 | 7:39 pm
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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Business Class
Does anyone know how many times a year business seats open up on Star Alliance ? -we were told today that they open up 4 times a year for people using points and we should wait before booking economy if we really wanted business.Does this sound reasonable?:
Apr 25, 2010 | 7:47 pm
#2
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ , QF , MK
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Told by who ? In relation to which *A carrier and which route ? I don't think that there is a uniform rule across the whole of *A regarding when , or indeed whether , redemption seats in business are made available for a particular date/route/carrier . Bear in mind that for some dates/routes there may never be any redemption seats made available by a particular carrier . If you were to provide a bit more information about what it is you would like to do ( and through which mileage programme ) you are more likely to get useful answers . In any case , good luck , I hope you get what you want .
Apr 26, 2010 | 3:22 pm
#3
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business on star alliance
We are using aeroplan points and are flying to BA with air canada (star alliance).We called the aeoplan centre and they said business seats come up 3-4 times a year for all destinations -Just wondering how accurate this info is as we get different info each time we call to reserve.
Apr 26, 2010 | 7:57 pm
#4
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We are using aeroplan points and are flying to BA with air canada (star alliance).We called the aeoplan centre and they said business seats come up 3-4 times a year for all destinations -Just wondering how accurate this info is as we get different info each time we call to reserve.
Apr 27, 2010 | 1:31 am
#5
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tasmania, Australia
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This information is not correct. Depending on the airline, route and god knows what else seats can open up anywhere from never to daily. Some routes are extremely hard to get while others are easy. But it is certainly not true that seats open up and fixed dates. The only fixed date is (around) one year before the flight when (award) seats will be loaded for the first time.
Apr 27, 2010 | 1:56 pm
#6
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ , QF , MK
Posts: 1,386
We are using aeroplan points and are flying to BA with air canada (star alliance).We called the aeoplan centre and they said business seats come up 3-4 times a year for all destinations -Just wondering how accurate this info is as we get different info each time we call to reserve.