Isochronous
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Can't seem to do this online even as a OWS in Y - or can it be done by phone only?
MH don't offer free seating for elites.
I'm starting to understand why QF and BA won't codeshare with them.
There are many considerations affecting codesharing but seat selection wouldn't be one of them.
There has actually been recent speculation about future MH codesharing with QF and/or BA, though no explicit statements yet. (Plus MH availability in Qantas online reward bookings is planned from September 1.)
Obviously not just seat selection, but you can hardly call them an enthusiastic member of the alliance. I'm not sure why they joined.
I'm only flying with them because I have to (direct to KUL) after this experience (and I haven't even departed yet) I wouldn't use them to fly to Europe or elsewhere in Asia.
Not enthusiastic? Unlike other OW members, they still interline baggage on separate tickets do they not?
Kind of essential when you don't have codeshares with two of the major airlines (QF and BA).
On the flip side those two airlines don't stray from the official OW policy (except for a few stated exceptions), so what is the difference there?
Most of the OW airlines do stray from the OW benefits so it's hardly limited to MH.
And that right there is the problem with ow these days. The core founding members (QF, AA and BA) have a close alliance - but as the alliance expanded rapidly in the last decade, these airlines have diluted the alliance and I believe is one of the reasons for changes such as the separate ticket interlining.
Now, I don't believe the ticket interlining issue is a big deal - it's pretty easy to book connecting flights through a travel agent. And if you don't, for connecting flights in USA and Australia you need to take your bags through customs anyway. The one world benefits are modest and should be provided by every airline.
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I'd suggest that it's a fairly big issue going by the commentary on here. Not everyone wants to use a TA and with that not everything can be booked easily online.
Obviously not just seat selection, but you can hardly call them an enthusiastic member of the alliance. I'm not sure why they joined.
The priority luggage thing is not a great example, it was only added a few years ago (2014?) and BA had stopped offering this service in 2012. And that really is the difference, not offering a ow benefit is one thing, but offering it for a fee when it should be free is quite another.
Priority luggage is useless anyway, it rarely works
(which was the reason BA canceled it)
As as for the wider business deals airlines make, that is beyond the scope of this discussion.
Gday
So if i book a MH fight as a Qantas reward flight in J will i still have to pay for seat selection?
Pele.