Can one use *Gold card for perks but collect miles on another programm ?
Jul 11, 2017, 8:35 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Europe/SEA
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Can one use *Gold card for perks but collect miles on another programm ?
The question is can one use his A*Gold for priority boarding / lounge access etc but credit the miles for the flight to another program ?
Jul 12, 2017, 10:38 am
#3
Join Date: May 2012
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Jul 15, 2017, 5:28 pm
#5
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: SFO
Programs: OZ Diamond/*G, IHG Diamond Amb, Hilton Gold
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According to the rules, you can, but some airlines, especially European ones, won't let you.
IME,
Allowed:
SQ, TG, UA
Not Allowed:
TP, SK, LH, AC (there's a workaround, PM me if you want to know)
No experiences with other airlines.
You will almost never have a problem presenting your *G card at the lounge regardless what program is on the reservation/on your boarding pass.
IME,
Allowed:
SQ, TG, UA
Not Allowed:
TP, SK, LH, AC (there's a workaround, PM me if you want to know)
No experiences with other airlines.
You will almost never have a problem presenting your *G card at the lounge regardless what program is on the reservation/on your boarding pass.
Jul 20, 2017, 1:38 am
#9
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: SFO/SJC/OAK
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Jul 20, 2017, 2:01 am
#10
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: DXB / KUO
Programs: AY, SQ, EK
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Jul 20, 2017, 4:51 pm
#11
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: UA
Posts: 1,098
I'm a UA *G and used a TK *G 6-10 times in their domestic lounges (SFO, ORD, EWR) and had no problem. The worst that happened was they had to put my TK FF# on the ticket but they told me to go to the agent in the club and change it back immediately.
Jul 21, 2017, 1:04 am
#12
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: DXB / KUO
Programs: AY, SQ, EK
Posts: 858
Yeah, it has worked fine otherwise with SQ card, no questions. They said something about changing the FF programme on the ticket - was not motivated to do that.
Jul 24, 2017, 12:12 pm
#13
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: YVR
Programs: OZ Diamond, Jiffypark Manhattan Gold
Posts: 4,485
Yes, but you better be prepared to BRING the card and be persistent.
Sometimes it's a total non issue for me, then other agents give you a hard time. I had an AC lounge agent insist on it, so she changed the FF number on my BP to my other Gold program, scanned me in, then changed it back to the new one after.
For priority boarding, regardless of group, I just pull out my card and flash it when i board with the priority group, no one has ever looked at me sideways.
Sometimes it's a total non issue for me, then other agents give you a hard time. I had an AC lounge agent insist on it, so she changed the FF number on my BP to my other Gold program, scanned me in, then changed it back to the new one after.
For priority boarding, regardless of group, I just pull out my card and flash it when i board with the priority group, no one has ever looked at me sideways.
Aug 8, 2018, 2:26 am
#14
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: SG
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FQTV: SQ and FQTS: NH *G
According to the rules, you can, but some airlines, especially European ones, won't let you.
IME,
Allowed:
SQ, TG, UA
Not Allowed:
TP, SK, LH, AC (there's a workaround, PM me if you want to know)
No experiences with other airlines.
You will almost never have a problem presenting your *G card at the lounge regardless what program is on the reservation/on your boarding pass.
IME,
Allowed:
SQ, TG, UA
Not Allowed:
TP, SK, LH, AC (there's a workaround, PM me if you want to know)
No experiences with other airlines.
You will almost never have a problem presenting your *G card at the lounge regardless what program is on the reservation/on your boarding pass.
Aug 8, 2018, 9:07 am
#15
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: West
Programs: UA MP
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