China Airlines in a nutshell
China Airlines is the national and largest airline of Taiwan, many passengers confuse this airline with Air China, the national airline of the People's Republic of China. It is headquartered at Taoyuan Airport in the capital city of Taipei. The company's fleet consists mainly of long-haul aircraft supplemented by a few Boeing 737s for shorter routes.
The planes with the pretty orchid blossom on the directional sign are also familiar from Prague, unfortunately only on pure cargo routes.
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Hi, on the way from Cebu we have a stopover in Taipei at 8.45am. The airline offers city tours - did anyone take advantage and was it worth it please? Or should we go on our own. Can you please recommend something. Thank you
CI offers an interesting routing Prague -> Vienna -> Taipei -> Frankfurt -> Prague. It's cheaper than a direct flight. But my question is if I get XP for the Austrian / Lufthansa connections. CI is SkyTeam and Lufthansa / Austrian Star Alliance. But again, it's all on one ticket and bought through CI. Anyone have any experience?
Unless something has changed in the last few months, XP for those follow-up flights certainly won't. XP is credited for flights "marekted AND operated by SkyTeam".
So even if the ticket is issued as CI, XP will only be credited for flights directly operated by China Airlines.