When will my OZ *G card arrive?
Oct 10, 2012 | 9:03 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 21
When will my OZ *G card arrive?
Hi,
I just reached OZ *G status (diamond) I am flying again in about 21 days.
1) Will my card be here by then? I am based in the UK.
2) If not, can I used the iPhone mobile membership card?
3) How long does it take the other *A carriers to recognise my status?
Thanks
I just reached OZ *G status (diamond) I am flying again in about 21 days.
1) Will my card be here by then? I am based in the UK.
2) If not, can I used the iPhone mobile membership card?
3) How long does it take the other *A carriers to recognise my status?
Thanks
Oct 10, 2012 | 9:47 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Seoul
Programs: OZ Diamond, UA, AF
Posts: 510
2) Yes, that shouldn't be a problem.
3) Not sure, but I took a TK flight a few weeks after I got my card and they even recognized my lounge access coupon (supposed to only apply to OZ metal flights, but somehow I was granted the advantage anyway).
Oct 13, 2012 | 11:50 am
#4
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: yvr
Programs: oz*g, spg plat
Posts: 28
it took my friend and i multiple calls and wait multiple weeks before they would send us our cards, so i'd just call them now and make sure their system doesn't forget you in some way.
also, the mobile membership card is only good if you're traveling on OZ. but if you're flying other airlines and looking to get into non-OZ lounges, chances are good that you'll need the physical card most likely (e.g., i know UA and AC ask for the physical card).
also, the mobile membership card is only good if you're traveling on OZ. but if you're flying other airlines and looking to get into non-OZ lounges, chances are good that you'll need the physical card most likely (e.g., i know UA and AC ask for the physical card).
Oct 13, 2012 | 2:52 pm
#5
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Thatcham, UK or Adelaide Australia
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Plat OZ Diamond SK Diamond BA Blue
Posts: 3,331
I turned OZ Diamond after the first leg of an STPC flying SYD-ICN-LHR. Because OZ credits the mileage when you check in, I was able to pick up a Diamond Card from the ICN OZ service centre - right next to where the STPC bus departs.
As a UK based Diamond, THAT was fast.
Of course, the luggage tags never turned up, so I picked those up the next time through ICN at the same place.
As a UK based Diamond, THAT was fast.
Of course, the luggage tags never turned up, so I picked those up the next time through ICN at the same place.
Last edited by adl73x; Oct 14, 2012 at 3:32 am
Oct 13, 2012 | 6:43 pm
#6
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NE & SE Asia, N America
Programs: TG ROP Gold, Lifetime OZ Diamond Plus, BA Gold
Posts: 3,105
It's hit-and-miss with UA. I just completed doing a lot of flying on UA, all credited to my OZ account. At some lounges they asked for the card, and at some lounges they just scanned my boarding pass and let me in. Even the very same lounge, at the very same terminal but different days they required the card one day and not the next.
Oct 14, 2012 | 3:49 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: YVR
Programs: OZ D*G, AS MVPG, AF G, GHA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 137
With my experience with UA, they go with whatever is on the boarding pass. In fact I wrote a complaint to UA because they refused my lounge entry (I didn't have the actual pass) because my boarding pass claimed I still had OZ*S, though the SIN SQ Lounge and NRT NH Lounge welcomed me in after confirming my OZ*G status on their own systems. Had to use a one-time club pass as a result, and I still didn't get any response from UA.
Oct 14, 2012 | 8:45 am
#8
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: SG & SYD
Programs: OZ Diamond
Posts: 180
Just became a OZ diamond, and I will flying off from PVG on Wednesday morning to see if they will let me use the lounge without the card. Upon arriving at ICN, pick up the new card from Asiana club counter.
Oct 27, 2012 | 1:06 am
#10
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA
Programs: OZ Diamond
Posts: 6,210
I recently requalified for Diamond and with the current card set to expire on Jan 31, 2013 and planned travel in early Feb 2013, I emailed the regional office in LA and inquired about getting the new card early so that I will have it by the time I travel. However, the response was that it's not possible because the new one will get sent once the old one expires. Is that the experience here? If so, then I probably won't get it in time for my travel. Is there anything I can do? TIA.
LAX
LAX
Nov 15, 2012 | 3:53 pm
#11
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 776
I recently requalified for Diamond and with the current card set to expire on Jan 31, 2013 and planned travel in early Feb 2013, I emailed the regional office in LA and inquired about getting the new card early so that I will have it by the time I travel. However, the response was that it's not possible because the new one will get sent once the old one expires. Is that the experience here? If so, then I probably won't get it in time for my travel. Is there anything I can do? TIA.
LAX
LAX
I guess I haven't been traveling much but don't the lounges go with what's on the boarding pass, unless the Alliance system didn't catch up to what Asiana has on file. All my boarding passes have the status on it recently.
If a card can over ride the boarding pass, should I bust out my old Diamond card before the expiration dates were on them....haha........
Nov 15, 2012 | 4:22 pm
#12
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Seoul
Programs: OZ Diamond, UA, AF
Posts: 510
I recently requalified for Diamond and with the current card set to expire on Jan 31, 2013 and planned travel in early Feb 2013, I emailed the regional office in LA and inquired about getting the new card early so that I will have it by the time I travel. However, the response was that it's not possible because the new one will get sent once the old one expires. Is that the experience here? If so, then I probably won't get it in time for my travel. Is there anything I can do? TIA.
LAX
LAX
Nov 17, 2012 | 2:08 am
#13
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA
Programs: OZ Diamond
Posts: 6,210
If you get reissued cards right now, it'll have the old expiration date on it, hence pointless.
I guess I haven't been traveling much but don't the lounges go with what's on the boarding pass, unless the Alliance system didn't catch up to what Asiana has on file. All my boarding passes have the status on it recently.
If a card can over ride the boarding pass, should I bust out my old Diamond card before the expiration dates were on them....haha........
I guess I haven't been traveling much but don't the lounges go with what's on the boarding pass, unless the Alliance system didn't catch up to what Asiana has on file. All my boarding passes have the status on it recently.
If a card can over ride the boarding pass, should I bust out my old Diamond card before the expiration dates were on them....haha........
LAX
Nov 17, 2012 | 2:09 am
#14
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA
Programs: OZ Diamond
Posts: 6,210