In April 2023, Alaska Airlines and Starlux Airlines launched a partnership. This was exciting, as Alaska was Starlux’s first airline partner. It’s worth noting that this partnership has just been expanded, as the two airlines are now launching a codeshare agreement.
Continue reading: Alaska Airlines & Starlux Expand Partnership, Add Codeshare
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For sure an interesting development that there is no EQM when booking off Alaska.com…. Hope that trend doesnt continue
On my continued "AS mileage plan is a dumpster fire" rant...
"You’ll pay 75,000 miles for a Starlux business class itinerary covering a distance of 5,001-7,000 miles"
I don't know how this maps to reality. It's 175k, definitely not 75k from LAX or SFO.
@Ben - Have you looked at real-world award availability in business class for two lately? I just did and outside of some availability in the next week or so there is zero through the end of schedule. Outside of those close in flights the "best" prices are 175,000 per seat which is no bargain.
Alaska is decent for domestic flights and good if you want to fly Condor to FRA in business but frankly stinks these days at business or first class awards to Asia for two at saver level.
I just flew Starlux last week. 2 tickets at 75k. Granted it was last minute (booked ~1-ish weeks out) but they've been consistently releasing them on a weekly basis so if you are able to make a backup economy award booking it is totally worth it!
I booked Premium Economy tickets via Alaska Airlines website SFO - TPE. They are appearing as fare class E, which isn't listed on the table in this article. I wonder how many RMD and EQM I will earn?
Figured it out. The labels on the tables in this article are wrong. It isn't based on whether it was booked on Alaska Airlines or Starlux Airlines website - the EQMs are based on whether or not the flight has an Alaska Airlines flight number or a Starlux Airlines flight number. When booking a Starlux flight number on Alaska Airlines, the EQM earning is lower than if the flight has an AS flight number.
I really, REALLY want Starlux to join OneWorld. (And RwandAir, MongoliAir, JetSmart, GOL, TAP, Aer Lingus, and few others while they are at it).
I do see one SFO - TPE < 24 hours out. The backup award Econ booking is a good idea but fairly high risk since it’s inconsistent on dates available.
Thanks for that.
This article is very devoid of facts. Is AS putting its codes on JX flights? Can AS sell flights to TPE now? Beyond TPE?
And/or is JX putting its code on AS flights, e.g. SFO-JFK? And doesn't JX already interline anyway with AS?
Simply repeating, and even quoting, a press release is an extremely lazy way of doing reporting, one that is devoid of any value!!