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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #400 on: September 06, 2017, 04:07:13 PM »
heard one 2nd hand report that it worked calling in.
Not sure if that's true or a fluke or something.
Worth a shot asking QF rep to long sell

Anyone here try?
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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #401 on: September 07, 2017, 10:30:52 AM »

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #402 on: September 07, 2017, 03:53:15 PM »
If only it worked for North America.
Does it work for all other routes, or is it only for the Far East routes? (SAA used to be have LY as a partner IINM, but was only good for TLV-JNB, don't know about J or F).

How is QF's YQ on LY?
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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #403 on: September 07, 2017, 06:29:04 PM »
Does it work for all other routes, or is it only for the Far East routes? (SAA used to be have LY as a partner IINM, but was only good for TLV-JNB, don't know about J or F).

How is QF's YQ on LY?
QF works for every route other then NA.
SAA still has LY partnership.
QF's YQ is the same as LY's

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #404 on: September 07, 2017, 08:47:26 PM »
QF works for every route other then NA.
SAA still has LY partnership.
QF's YQ is the same as LY's
I thought there was no QF YQ on LY?
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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #405 on: September 08, 2017, 01:24:39 AM »
SAA still has LY partnership.
And does that work for any long haul routes other than JNB? What about YQ?
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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #406 on: September 08, 2017, 10:06:57 AM »
I thought there was no QF YQ on LY?
-1 the annoying thing is you can only price YQ if you have enough points in your QF account.

ETA: HKG route may have little/no YQ

And does that work for any long haul routes other than JNB? What about YQ?
I have no first hand experience, see details here
https://www.elal.com/en/FrequentFlyer/EarningPoints/Pages/South-African-Airlines.aspx

Sorry I just noticed this (news to me)
"Termination of Frequent Flyer Club Agreement with South Africa​n Airways (SAA)
The agreement will be discontinued on June 30, 2017."
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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #407 on: September 08, 2017, 10:44:20 AM »

Sorry I just noticed this (news to me)
"Termination of Frequent Flyer Club Agreement with South Africa​n Airways (SAA)
The agreement will be discontinued on June 30, 2017."
Phew. I feel relieved. My memory hasn't failed me. I am still young enough 😉. I thought I had seen somewhere that LY/SAA terminating mileage relationship, but wasn't certain. Which is why I wrote:

(SAA used to be have LY as a partner IINM, but was only good for TLV-JNB, don't know about J or F).
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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #408 on: September 08, 2017, 12:01:12 PM »
Can we have the title on this thread updated?
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #409 on: September 09, 2017, 01:53:17 PM »
Can we have the title on this thread updated?
+1
Something like "LY Dreamliner updates" or "LY Dreamliner master thread" would make more sense....

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #410 on: September 11, 2017, 02:41:43 PM »
I just noticed that I have a passenger flying on the very first inaugural flight tomorrow morning to LHR.
She actually booked it well before it was even scheduled to be on the Dreamliner
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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #411 on: September 11, 2017, 03:02:26 PM »
I just noticed that I have a passenger flying on the very first inaugural flight tomorrow morning to LHR.
She actually booked it well before it was even scheduled to be on the Dreamliner
Any chance she could write a TR?

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #412 on: September 11, 2017, 03:17:34 PM »
Any chance she could write a TR?
Unfortunately not the type that she would even report back to me.... And she's traveling Y

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #413 on: September 11, 2017, 04:05:53 PM »
Unfortunately not the type that she would even report back to me.... And she's traveling Y
Pretty much becomes a moot point...
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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #414 on: September 11, 2017, 04:21:55 PM »
Pretty much becomes a moot point...
You're right about the product, but I'm also curious if there will be any celebration (or celebrities) etc. on the first flight

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #415 on: September 12, 2017, 03:13:03 PM »
You're right about the product, but I'm also curious if there will be any celebration (or celebrities) etc. on the first flight
There are some pictures going around of an Elal cake and signs, celebrating the inaugural flight.

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #416 on: September 12, 2017, 03:28:54 PM »
There are some pictures going around of an Elal cake and signs, celebrating the inaugural flight.
Not many celebrities  ;D

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #417 on: September 12, 2017, 05:17:19 PM »
Not many celebrities  ;D
Besides David Maimon (center), who are the other two?

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #418 on: September 13, 2017, 12:02:19 AM »
Besides David Maimon (center), who are the other two?
LY's chairman and vice-chairwoman

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #419 on: September 26, 2017, 09:40:41 AM »
If only it worked for North America.

Per OMAAT it works if you book over the phone.