Unified *A FF Program
Jan 15, 2007 | 11:48 pm
#16
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: Solitarie PPS, Marco Polo Gold, Mileage Plus Premier
Posts: 334
Look at the success of Asiamiles with some major carriers:
Aer Lingus
Air China
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines®
British Airways
Cathay Pacific Airways
China Eastern Airlines
Dragonair
Finnair
Gulf Air
Iberia
Japan Airlines / Japan Asia Airways / JALways
LAN
Qantas Airways
Royal Brunei Airlines
Vietnam Airlines
I don't see why they can't share the compliacated revenue, if Star Alliance is already able to offer the "Round The World" fare...!
Aer Lingus
Air China
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines®
British Airways
Cathay Pacific Airways
China Eastern Airlines
Dragonair
Finnair
Gulf Air
Iberia
Japan Airlines / Japan Asia Airways / JALways
LAN
Qantas Airways
Royal Brunei Airlines
Vietnam Airlines
I don't see why they can't share the compliacated revenue, if Star Alliance is already able to offer the "Round The World" fare...!
Jan 17, 2007 | 12:39 am
#17
Join Date: Aug 2006
Programs: ex AC SE100K now 75k :-( / Bonvoy Titanium / All Accor Gold/ Avis Presidents Club / National EE
Posts: 164
I think we would see all of the *carriers merging into one airline before there would ever be a unified FFP... For programs like aeroplan which is going further and further away from a FFP to more a strange/expensive reward system with FF component. Of course regulations would stop any sort of unified worldwide carrier although the at the speed Lufthansa is buying airlines who knows!? I do add that I would be one of the first to sign up for a unified FFP!
Happy Travels!
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Jan 17, 2007 | 1:27 pm
#18
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: No longer loyal "over-entitled" 1K
Posts: 3,825
My company policy on air travel is cheapest econ ticket 
If they all combine to form Star Alliance Mileage Plus with SWUs, CR-1s, bonus promotions, elite bonus of 100% for *Gs, all fare accumulates 100% EQM program, then I woudn't have any problem. Actually I would be more happy to be able to use SWU on SQ! But we all know this wouldn't happen. It would be something similar to M&M program where one gets very little for flying cheap Y. In that case, I would run to dAArk side with OW. And there would be many UA flyers who feel the same.
And asiamiles are for earning & redeeming only. CX has their seperate elite program with MPC.
If they all combine to form Star Alliance Mileage Plus with SWUs, CR-1s, bonus promotions, elite bonus of 100% for *Gs, all fare accumulates 100% EQM program, then I woudn't have any problem. Actually I would be more happy to be able to use SWU on SQ! But we all know this wouldn't happen. It would be something similar to M&M program where one gets very little for flying cheap Y. In that case, I would run to dAArk side with OW. And there would be many UA flyers who feel the same.
And asiamiles are for earning & redeeming only. CX has their seperate elite program with MPC.
Jan 17, 2007 | 2:14 pm
#19
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
Programs: D.R.E.A.D. Gold card holder
Posts: 53,184
I vastly prefer things the way they are. The OP's suggestion would decrease the value of the program to the point where I would switch to another alliance. But I think that's the intent - this proposal already reduced the *G population by about 90% (in addition to taking away lots of benefits).