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Same airline and flight. Why were miles so different?
Mileage earning rules are notoriously complicated (mostly by design). These days it has little or nothing to do with the actual distance flown but mostly its about how much you paid (and to whom).
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Who is responsible for the refund policy on a code-share flight?
When you buy an airline ticket there are up to 3 separate airlines that can be involved for each leg of the flight. These are common known as :
The "Marketing Carrier". This is the airline who's ...
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Can United make me pay for rebooking a flight cancelled due to snowstorm?
The answer to the main question is NO. But...
The problem you having is that the regular web booking engine is not 'aware' of the storm so it's just pricing out a regular change.
One strategy that ...
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Why are flights from Filipe Angeles airport to Tokyo so expensive compared to from nearby Mexico City airport?
Why does the Google flight search engine not offer this option to me?
It does offer this and even cheaper one if you search for it correctly
In this case the cheaper options require self connections ...
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Websites to calculate probability of upgrade for flight
Highly unlikely.
Most airlines have very strict and complicated rules about upgrades with insanely detailed pecking orders. A few years ago someone leaked an internal list from United that had over 30 ...
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Same airline and flight. Why were miles so different?
Note that there are two classes concepts for airlines:
The service class can be one of one to four different values (economy, premium economy, business and first), and described the cabin you will ...
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Can United make me pay for rebooking a flight cancelled due to snowstorm?
I ended up calling United, and they were happy to put me on a Lufthansa flight the next day, free of charge.
Thanks to everyone for the answers/comments.
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Why are flights from Filipe Angeles airport to Tokyo so expensive compared to from nearby Mexico City airport?
NLU is the shiny new public airport and is a very largely domestic airport (Only Houston, la Havana, Panama, Santo Domingo and Caracas are served from NLU), the only major international airline ...
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Will I have lounge access when connecting in WAW?
Yes, you will - probably!
The LOT website contains the details for eligibility to access the lounge, which includes :
e) Passengers in Business Class in transfer to domestic flights – if
passenger ...
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Who pays the cost of Star Alliance lounge usage for cross-airline access?
As a rule of thumb, each airline pays per passenger per use. So if you wave your TK elite card to get into an AI lounge, AI sends the bill to TK; and if an AI elite card holder uses a TK lounge, TK ...
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Star alliance lounge at Luxembourg?
The Luxair lounge being a privately-operated lounge, I would expect that Lufthansa has arrangements for their passengers inside.
The Star Alliance lounge policy means you won't have access to the ...
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Star Gold additional baggage allowance on connecting JetBlue flight from Air India
That's a borderline case and. It may be spelled out in the fare rules but your best bet is to call the airline and ask. Even better: try to get this in writing.
I'm guessing this will be fine when you ...
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Transfer between international Star Alliance flights at Newark airport arriving terminal B and leaving terminal C without immigration?
You will have to pass through customs and immigration in order to reach your connecting flight. This is typical in the US as they do not have sterile transfers.
The Newark Airport says this about the ...
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Do Miles & More Frequent Traveller / Silver Members get Lounge Access?
Correct, lounge access for M&M Frequent Travellers is an M&M specific benefit, not Star Alliance related. So you get access to Lufthansa group lounges when you are flying on a Lufthansa group ...
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Priority Security / Immigration for Star Alliance Gold passengers
According to the official Star Alliance site, the following airports offer "Gold Track Immigration" lanes:
Addis Ababa - Bole International Airport (ADD)
Amsterdam - Schiphol Airport (AMS)
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Frankfurt best Star Alliance lounge at Terminal 1 (international) departure
Terminal 1 at Frankfurt is broken into multiple different "concourses" - A, B, C and Z. Each of these concourse contains one or more Lufthansa lounges. In general, the best lounge to use ...
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Same airline and flight. Why were miles so different?
To answer more precisely, Air India uses one of three ways to calculate the number of miles granted for a particular flight:
For tickets booked through a specific list of sales channels, your are ...
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Crediting a Star Alliance codeshare flight to a third partner airline FF program
The Asiana frequent flyer membership guide says on page 31:
When a member boards a codeshare flight, the member earns miles according to the fare and the class of the ticket purchased and the mileage ...
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Access a lounge in non-Schengen area in Zurich, when travelling between Schengen destinations
I visited the concourse E without any trouble. When the agent at passport control asked me where I was going, I simply told him that I'm visiting a specific lounge on the other side, and he let me ...
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Access to Star Alliance Gold lounges at Singapore with children
Singapore Changi has only three Star Alliance lounges: the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Gold lounges in T2 and T3, and a Royal Silk Thai Airways lounge in T1. (There are a couple of contract lounges ...
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Star Alliance Gold Privileges on Turkish Air flight operated by Indigo
Per the Turkish Airlines website, since you're a TK elite member and flying a TK codeshare, your privileges are available on Indigo:
Miles&Smiles members enjoy benefits on their codeshare flights ...
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Is it possible to check in all the way through?
You must collect your bags in New York and bring them through customs
After customs you can either drop the bags at the bag drop right after customs or you need to take them to a Delta check in ...
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Which are the benefits of having multiple frequent flier accounts in Star Alliance?
Usually, it is better to keep an account one member airline per alliance. This lets you get rewarded for most flights and will allow you reach higher reward and privilege levels faster.
This is also ...
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Star Alliance Gold Privileges: companion needs to be on same PNR?
The official Star Alliance lounge policy is straightforward: your companion has to be on the same flight.
You are entitled to bring one guest travelling on [...] the same Star Alliance flight ...
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Best practice for using the SAS EuroBonus program as a family
SAS launched Point Sharing in late 2018. From the website:
When you start or join Point Sharing, all your existing EuroBonus points are transferred to the Point Sharing account. During the time you ...
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Which are the benefits of having multiple frequent flier accounts in Star Alliance?
There are a lot of factors that go into this decision.
The first rule would be to stick with the program where you do most of your flying since your primary airline benefits will be better than ...
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Can I check in all the way through?
The flight is technically valid and you will be having the visas required. Transit Visa is not needed anyway for passengers having a canadian visa. However, these are the risks.
If there is two ...
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How TAP airlines counts miles from a partner airline
The miles you earn when flying a Star Alliance airline and crediting to a different Star Alliance airline will depend on two factors - the "fare class" that your ticket is booked into, and the earning ...
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Is 45 minutes enough time to change flights at Munich? - coming from Ljubljana, going to Bucharest
You’re coming from a Schengen country into Munich and departing to a non-Schengen but EU country. Your itinerary consists only of Star Alliance flights (Adria Airways and Lufthansa). This means that ...
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