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One of the major airline alliances. Useful for questions about frequent flyer miles/points.

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Same airline and flight. Why were miles so different?

I and a friend flew on two different dates from the same origin airport to the same destination on the same Star Alliance airline (Air India). Both were economy class tickets and even the fare categor …
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Star Alliance Gold Privileges: companion needs to be on same PNR?

Star Alliance gold comes with several privileges e.g. the lounge, priority check in, extra baggage, etc. I know some of these extend to a companion? E.g. lounge access. But is there a list of which pr …
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Seat blocking next to Star Alliance elite flyers on Turkish Airlines

I am trying to select an economy seat for my flight later today on Turkish Airlines. I am Turkish elite (SA Gold) and I had selected an aisle seat earlier and now I find the next two seats show as occ …
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Who pays the cost of Star Alliance lounge usage for cross-airline access?

Suppose I am a Star Alliance Gold member via say Turkish Airlines frequent flier program however my usual flight pattern leads me to use another star alliance airline, say Air India. Ergo I use Air In …
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Biometric face id at Istanbul airport

Is there a biometric ( face id) based system at Istanbul airport? I know that Star alliance has similar systems at Frankfurt and Zurich ( I had to enrol for those via the Lufthansa app) and I recall …
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Priority Security / Immigration for Star Alliance Gold passengers

I know that some airports like Frankfurt have a special fast track line for security for Star Alliance Gold passengers. I was wondering, do any airports extend this perk to immigration too? Somehow I …
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Number of flight legs criterion for Star Alliance Gold instead of miles?

Typically, Star Alliance Gold status is granted on the basis of a number of status miles flown in a year. I am wondering, are there airlines which also grant status based on a certain minimum number o …
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Frankfurt best Star Alliance lounge at Terminal 1 (international) departure

Next week I fly out of Frankfurt on Turkish airlines (economy) and there are several lounges available on Star Alliance Gold. Any recommendations on which might be the best lounge to use? I am confuse …
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Star Alliance Gold Privileges on Turkish Air flight operated by Indigo

I have a Mumbai to Istanbul flight leg where the code is Turkish TK4751 but says Flight Operator is Indigo. The next leg of my flight, from Istanbul to Frankfurt, is entirely on Turkish airlines. I am …
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Star alliance lounge at Luxembourg?

Is there a Star Alliance lounge at Luxembourg airport international departures? I am flying out on Turkish to Istanbul and the Turkish airlines website shows no lounge at Luxembourg neither does my St …
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Star alliance lounge at Luxembourg?

Just flew this TK flight out of Luxembourg to Istanbul. I can confirm that the Luxair lounge was accessible. Somehow both the SA website and the TK website have incomplete information about Luxembourg …
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Websites to calculate probability of upgrade for flight

Are there websites that will try to calculate the probability of an upgrade for a particular flight and date? I suppose the occupancy rate of business and economy class and other factors would help co …
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Pecking order for lounge access: business class vs star alliance gold

I always assumed that business class travellers on an airline came above star alliance gold status members so far as lounge access policy was concerned. But I was just reading Lufthansa's policy for F …
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