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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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Transfer between international Star Alliance flights at Newark airport arriving terminal B and leaving terminal C without immigration?

I will be on an international travel from Europe to Central America with Star Alliance with stop-over and transfer at Newark Liberty International Airport. I will be arriving at terminal B from ...
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How can I understand the cost of rescheduling a Lufthansa flight?

I booked a flight through Gotogate and tried to rebook it on the phone with Lufthansa. As far as I can tell, it is not possible to rebook the flight through either the Gotogate or the Lufthansa ...
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Is it possible to check in all the way through? [duplicate]

I am an Indian passport holder travelling with below itinerary. Surprisingly, the travel agent shared 2 PNRs on the same ticket. Bangalore to New Delhi - Air India (Star Alliance) New Delhi to New ...
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When should I use a green Star Alliance "Transfer" flag on my airline bag tag?

When checking in for my TAP Air Portugal flight this week at Heathrow Airport, I noticed that the self check-in kiosks had stacks of bright green bag tag flags. These flags were printed with the Star ...
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Who is responsible for the refund policy on a code-share flight?

During July 2019, I booked flight UA7938 for March 30 through United Airlines for my honeymoon. With everything involving Covid-19 happening, I'm trying to see if I can get a refund for the ticket or ...
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Can I check in all the way through?

I've the following trip booked. Outward: New Delhi -> Madrid -> Sao Paulo Return: Lima -> Madrid -> Delhi The New Delhi -> Madrid and Madrid -> Delhi leg is done by Air India. The Madrid -> Sao ...
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How TAP airlines counts miles from a partner airline

The following flight has 4 different options for how much money to pay: I assume that "10% TAP Miles&Go Miles" means that a 1000 mile flight would only result in 100 miles being added to your TAP ...
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International to Domestic Transfer at Oslo Airport

I've been Googling and watching some videos, but I am still confused, and I have got two questions basically. ONE: Can someone tell me the TRANSFER procedure at Oslo Airport? I'll be flying Austrian ...
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Access to Star Alliance Gold lounges at Singapore with children

I will soon be traveling through Singapore Changi Airport with family. As a Singapore Airlines Krisflyer Gold member, I'm entitled to bring one (1) guest traveling on Star Alliance flights to any ...
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Is 45 minutes enough time to change flights at Munich? - coming from Ljubljana, going to Bucharest

Trying to decide whether to book this flight. I'm unfamiliar with the Munich airport. Is this an easy connection, or would I have to change terminals? Go through security or passport check? (I am U.S. ...
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Problem Claiming miles (Star Alliance) operated by SK

I had a roundtrip flight with Lufthansa to US via Frankfurt. This was four flights in total. So far I managed to claim all my miles from the first 3 flights however the final flight from FRA to ARN ...
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Crediting a Star Alliance codeshare flight to a third partner airline FF program

What mileage table is used in the case where there is a codeshare flight marketed by Airline 1, operated by Airline 2, but where the miles are credited to Airline 3 - if they were all part of Star ...
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Star Alliance programme with free expiry date extension

I'm currently enrolled at Victoria (by TAP). Even though I collected new miles over the holidays, my old miles will expire. What other Star Alliance programme would extend the expiry date of all my ...
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Can United make me pay for rebooking a flight cancelled due to snowstorm?

My United flight to Europe originally scheduled for tomorrow 3/14 has been cancelled. I got an email from United asking me to choose from various alternative flight options, however the "list of ...
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Which are the benefits of having multiple frequent flier accounts in Star Alliance? [closed]

I have a mileage plan with Miles and Smiles by Turkish Airlines, but recently I'm taking a lot of Lufthansa and United flights. Currently I am using the alliance to reward me on these flights, but ...
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