Out of *A? Not just a rumour! Announcement pending?
May 30, 2001, 12:13 am
#31
Join Date: Oct 2000
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All I can say is good luck to TG if they they think that they can improve revenue going it alone, or joining a weak alliance. TG's problems are internal, not external.
May 31, 2001, 12:57 am
#33
Join Date: Feb 2000
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Originally posted by bxwatso:
I am seriously considering a baht run in January 2002 to get UA 1K status. Does anyone have an opinion on how this possible chnage could affect my timing?
Thanks,
I am seriously considering a baht run in January 2002 to get UA 1K status. Does anyone have an opinion on how this possible chnage could affect my timing?
Thanks,
Best of luck on your mileage earning opportunities.
May 31, 2001, 10:50 am
#34
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: DEN
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I have looked at the United section and at UAL.COM. I have found no indication that the rules have changed.
The United Mileage Plus Member's Guide still states that "The flight miles and segments earned on Star Alliance member flights also count toward Premier Status."
What is the source of your information? I certainly don't want to bother with a segments run if it won't work.
Thanks for your input.
The United Mileage Plus Member's Guide still states that "The flight miles and segments earned on Star Alliance member flights also count toward Premier Status."
What is the source of your information? I certainly don't want to bother with a segments run if it won't work.
Thanks for your input.
May 31, 2001, 1:38 pm
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While it's hard to say what the "rules" might be in January 2002, I can tell you now that a so-called "Baht Run" is certainly eligible this year (2001), as pointed out by bxwatso. UA M+ has not modified their existing rules re: Premier qualification with miles or segments on Star Alliance partners like TG. Now they could change the rules in 2002 (and eliminate segments on TG and other carriers?) and/or TG could leave Star Alliance.
May 31, 2001, 7:34 pm
#36
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Thai Airways president Bhisit Kuslasayanon told reporters the airline had lost almost half of its operating revenue in South-east Asia after Lufthansa had diverted some traffic to Singapore Airlines.
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2001/05/991310608.html
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2001/05/991310608.html
Jun 1, 2001, 8:41 am
#37
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Originally posted by transpac:
While it's hard to say what the "rules" might be in January 2002, I can tell you now that a so-called "Baht Run" is certainly eligible this year (2001) . . . Now they could change the rules in 2002 (and eliminate segments on TG and other carriers?) and/or TG could leave Star Alliance.
While it's hard to say what the "rules" might be in January 2002, I can tell you now that a so-called "Baht Run" is certainly eligible this year (2001) . . . Now they could change the rules in 2002 (and eliminate segments on TG and other carriers?) and/or TG could leave Star Alliance.
That is a good point, and should be of some concern. Does anyone have a sense about this issue? I tend to think that only a few (no more than a dozen) people have done a Baht run, so this issue is not on anyone's radar scope.
On the other hand, if I thought 2001 was my last chance, I might do the run this year and forgo the 2003 benefits.
Jul 9, 2001, 12:24 pm
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Air France SA has had talks with potential recruits to its SkyTeam global alliance but it is not vital that they join, the French carrier's Managing Director Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told Reuters on Monday.
``There are companies who talk to us, who question us, but we feel that an alliance with too many partners becomes difficult to manage,'' Gourgeon said.
SkyTeam's five members, which also include Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE
AL - news), Korean Air Lines and Aeromexico offer seats on each other's flights and run harmonised timetables and frequent flyer programmes.
The grouping competes with three others, Star Alliance and OneWorld, which have 15 and eight members respectively, and the smaller Wings, which has three.
Discussions between SkyTeam and Thai Airways International Plc, which is mulling pulling out of Star Alliance, have so far led to no agreement.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010709/l094969.html
``There are companies who talk to us, who question us, but we feel that an alliance with too many partners becomes difficult to manage,'' Gourgeon said.
SkyTeam's five members, which also include Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE
AL - news), Korean Air Lines and Aeromexico offer seats on each other's flights and run harmonised timetables and frequent flyer programmes.The grouping competes with three others, Star Alliance and OneWorld, which have 15 and eight members respectively, and the smaller Wings, which has three.
Discussions between SkyTeam and Thai Airways International Plc, which is mulling pulling out of Star Alliance, have so far led to no agreement.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010709/l094969.html