Questions tagged [star-alliance]
One of the major airline alliances. Useful for questions about frequent flyer miles/points.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Will I have lounge access when connecting in WAW?
I have a flight booked from London to Rzeszow, connecting in Warsaw. I booked it on one ticket in business class but the flight from WAW to RZE on LOT doesn't have a business class cabin, so on the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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Why are flights from Filipe Angeles airport to Tokyo so expensive compared to from nearby Mexico City airport?
On Google Flights, if I search for a one way ticket to Tokyo on November 1st:
From NLU: 91K MXN
From MEX: 15K MXN
The cheapest options in both cases have multiple stopovers. Given that there are ...
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does Star Alliance Gold Tier allow entry into Emirates and Vistara lounges
I am Star Alliance Gold (United MileagePlus) tier for this member. My booking (not using award miles) for an upcoming trip includes some longer waits at airports, so I was wondering if this Star ...
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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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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 ...
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Do Miles & More Frequent Traveller / Silver Members get Lounge Access?
I have Frequent Traveller Status with the Miles & More programme and bought an economy ticket for my next flight with Austrian Airlines. The Miles & More website seems to indicate that I can ...
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