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Old Jul 28, 2012, 2:30 am
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Originally Posted by YOW_Flyer
If I remember correctly, emirates has code share agreements with AA and airberlin already. In fact, AA and airberlin allow their FF programs to earn status miles on emirates flights. ....
That is incorrect, AA has no arrangement of any sort with EK -- they have it with Gulf Air, a competitor of EK (presumably what you remembered). Similarly AirBerlin are partially owned by Etihad, another EK competitor. Rather ironically it is now possible to become OW Emerald without ever having flown a single mile on a Oneworld airline But not by flying EK, at least prior to the QF deal which is still up in the air.
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