Aer Lingus ends United Airlines codeshare – and presumably ends Avios earning too

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• G says:

  23 Oct23 October 07:01

  Lets hope better avios and tp earning come soon then. Even if on just aer lingus’ long haul operations.

• Andrew. says:

  23 Oct23 October 07:01

  That will be disappointing. I’ve earned a fair few Avios on United from EDI.

• zapato1060 says:

  23 Oct23 October 07:07

  Industry wide changes? FlyingBlue Flights With Non-SkyTeam-Members No Longer Earn XP.

• Pastor Carr-Bonara says:

  23 Oct23 October 07:17

  is it worth transferring any avios to BA before hand?

  • Rhys says:

    23 Oct23 October 09:35

    You’ll continue to be able to transfer Avios from Aer Lingus. This only affects United earning (probably – not yet confirmed)

• Chrisdf says:

  23 Oct23 October 07:21

  O/T

  I’ve just started a Hilton status challenge as I’ll be able to make the required 14 nights in the next 90 days. If I complete the last night in January ’24 with the 90 days could it be that platinum status expires March ’26? Confirmation email suggests it would expire March ’25

  • AL says:

    23 Oct23 October 16:23

    Hilton doesn’t have Platinum status. Since most of January falls within the ninety days per the terms of the offer, I would not expect the end date of the matched status to change – therefore, it is highly likely only until March 2025. For faster responses on off-topic questions, the daily chat in the forum is probably better.

• novelty-socks says:

  23 Oct23 October 09:07

  Presumably the end to the codeshare means it will no longer be possible to use my United miles to book Aer Lingus flights. (Or did this go away already? It’s a useful option when visiting family, but in fairness not one I’ve used in a couple of years.)

  • Rob says:

    23 Oct23 October 11:59

    Still available, it will almost certainly go away.

• anom says:

  23 Oct23 October 09:31

  off topic, but does anyone know the answer:
  I am flying Emirates tomorrow, and today in my app it said upgrades are available with miles, so i am hoping to do that. However, my partner checked us in without knowing, and now i no longer have the option to upgrade as we are checked in. does anyone know if i call them i can still upgrade if they are still available? or too late because we are now checked in? thank you

  • Ian says:

    23 Oct23 October 09:41

    Wouldn’t it be quicker and easier (and you’d get a definitive answer) to call Emirates and ask them?

  • Ruralite says:

    23 Oct23 October 09:55

    Could still call and ask or ask at the desk when you arrive at the airport. If they still have seats available for upgrade at a price (in miles or cash you want to pay) staff can amend your booking even if you are checked in.

  • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

    23 Oct23 October 14:11

    Suggest asking Emirates on the phone to change your seats to put both of you next to strangers. As it sounds like you need to find a new partner after that rookie move

  • newbz says:

    23 Oct23 October 15:58

    You can upgrade at check-in using miles

  • AL says:

    23 Oct23 October 16:24

    Agree re: call and ask, and also re: use the relevant posts (the daily chat for this specific example). To answer your question, EK can uncheck you if you call and get a knowledgeable agent.

• Bernadett Wyer says:

  23 Oct23 October 16:02

  Does the ending of Aer Lingus-United code share mean that my flight to US with Aer Lingus to Washington and onwards to Atlanta and vice versa be affected in December, also will luggage still go straight through from check in

  • Rob says:

    23 Oct23 October 16:18

    You can’t do that anyway. All luggage must be collected at your first point of entry to the US and customs cleared. It must then be rechecked (IIRC).

    • AL says:

      23 Oct23 October 16:26

      +1 to Rob’s understanding. It may be throughchecked on the return leg, if any, but not on the outbound. Use recheck line on collection.

    • Michael says:

      23 Oct23 October 18:14

      DUB preclearance is for both immigration and customs. Baggage clears US customs in DUB so doesn’t need rechecked. Precleared arrivals from DUB arrive like domestic US flights – no rechecking of luggage or re leading security needed.

      • Rob says:

        23 Oct23 October 18:23

        Good to know. I suppose, yes, logically this is how it should be. Something worth considering for anyone who needs to connect in the US.

        I suspect if you have a United flight booked on one PNR then the baggage is fine. After all, the two could well retain an interline baggage agreement without a codeshare agreement and I can’t see how – as the flight is on one ticket – they could refuse.

        • Michael says:

          23 Oct23 October 20:52

          Being based in Ireland it’s much easier to fly west and connect to my final destination at a US hub, rather than backtracking to LHR where connecting from Dublin involves a painful transfer and reclearing security, while from Belfast is expensive and still might need security if changing terminals. The MCT at the US hub is also reduced as you disembark directly into the concourse just like a domestic.

        • Trent says:

          24 Oct24 October 04:02

          Aer Lingus and United will retain their interline agreement.

      • newbz says:

        23 Oct23 October 20:22

        Exactly, anything that’s pre-cleared (Dublin, Shannon, Abu Dhabi, Nassau, Canadian airports, etc.) can be through-checked to the final destination in the US.

        On a separate, but somewhat related topic, certain US airports now also allow international-to-international transfers without having to collect and recheck luggage. MIA is one of them, which is handy for connecting flights to the Caribbean.

        • riku says:

          23 Oct23 October 21:58

          the “international to international” baggage transfer in the USA is known as ITI and it happened with my bags LHR-DFW-GRU about five years ago. It was really unclear what would happen in DFW, especially when there are big signs in the international baggage hall “all checked baggage must be collected” – you have to ignore those if you are using ITI (and the chance of anyone in LHR knowing what ITI means is zero). Whether you are using ITI or not, the bag tag still shows the final destination (GRU in my case).

        • Nick says:

          23 Oct23 October 23:00

          All BA and AA check-in agents at LHR know what ITI is and how to enable it. I assume VS and DL do as well but I don’t know as much about their training regimes.

          It only applies at MIA, DFW and ATL, and is now a fully established process. Oddly (given US baggage and CBP are involved) it almost never goes wrong.

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