Azul new UA partner in Brazil to replace TAM, experiences?
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Azul new UA partner in Brazil to replace TAM, experiences?
Didn't see this mentioned on the forum yet, but I was cruising past .bomb and I ran across this:
http://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/Mark...spx?ItemId=635
Looks like the partnership starts on April 1st, just in time for TAM to have left for oneworld in the LAN merger. A sign of things to come?
http://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/Mark...spx?ItemId=635
Looks like the partnership starts on April 1st, just in time for TAM to have left for oneworld in the LAN merger. A sign of things to come?
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Hi everyone,
As you've seen on united.com, Azul is indeed becoming a MileagePlus partner carrier. In addition to earning miles, you'll also be able to book award travel on Azul, starting April 1. Initially, Azul award flights will be bookable through United Reservations.
Per this statement from December, Star Alliance will welcome Avianca Brazil in 2014.
Aaron Goldberg
Sr. Manager - Customer Experience Planning
United Airlines
As you've seen on united.com, Azul is indeed becoming a MileagePlus partner carrier. In addition to earning miles, you'll also be able to book award travel on Azul, starting April 1. Initially, Azul award flights will be bookable through United Reservations.
Per this statement from December, Star Alliance will welcome Avianca Brazil in 2014.
Aaron Goldberg
Sr. Manager - Customer Experience Planning
United Airlines
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On the Azul MileagePlus partner page, there is an asterisk in the base miles column but the asterisk isn't defined anywhere. Can we have some clarification?
Muito obrigado,
jsl42
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From GRU, AD services Araçatuba, Araxá, Bauru/Arealva, Belém-Val de Cans, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Brasília, Campinas-Viracopos, Cascavel, Criciúma, Cuiabá, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Foz do Iguaçu, Governador Valadares, Ipatinga, Joinville, Londrina, Manaus, Marília, Maringá, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Presidente Prudente, Recife, Resende, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Rondonópolis, Salvador da Bahia, São José do Rio Preto, Uberlândia, Varginha, Vitória.
From GIG, AD services Campinas-Viracopos, Cuiabá, Fortaleza, Navegantes.
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From GIG, AD services Campinas-Viracopos, Cuiabá, Fortaleza, Navegantes.
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Probably wishful thinking, but maybe this is a precursor to a B6-UA tie-in, a la the one just ending between AA and B6. B6 could provide *A connections to JFK.
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From GRU, AD services Araçatuba, Araxá, Bauru/Arealva, Belém-Val de Cans, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Brasília, Campinas-Viracopos, Cascavel, Criciúma, Cuiabá, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Foz do Iguaçu, Governador Valadares, Ipatinga, Joinville, Londrina, Manaus, Marília, Maringá, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Presidente Prudente, Recife, Resende, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Rondonópolis, Salvador da Bahia, São José do Rio Preto, Uberlândia, Varginha, Vitória.
From GIG, AD services Campinas-Viracopos, Cuiabá, Fortaleza, Navegantes.
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From GIG, AD services Campinas-Viracopos, Cuiabá, Fortaleza, Navegantes.
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São Paulo (Guarulhos): Porto Alegre, RS; Curitiba, PR; Araçatuba, SP; Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Galeão); Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Santos Dumont); Belo Horizonte, MG (Confins); Belo Horizonte, MG (Pampulha); Ipatinga, MG; Brasilia, DF; Salvador, BA.
Rio de Janeiro (Galeão): São Paulo, SP (Guarulhos); Campinas, SP; Belo Horizonte, MG (Confins); Recife, PE.
Clearly, this does not match TAM or Gol's network from GRU or GIG. While it's nice there will be new United partners in Brazil, this still represents a downgrade. When Avianca Brasil/Oceanair comes online later this year, there should be some more non-stop Star Alliance options from United's Brazilian gateways, but as it is now, unless you're heading to large cities in the south or southeast, the capital, or Salvador or Recife you're looking at connections. Or an overland transfer from GRU to Campinas, where Azul is based.
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Not sure what whoever edited the Wikipedia page you cite was smoking (maybe something from the jungle near Rio Branco??), but the Azul website (www.voeazul.com.br) lists many fewer non-stop destinations from United's international gateways:
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