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No AF-KL contamination, as was rumoured over the last few days.
SkyTeam or not - and not for as long as possible - crediting DL flights to Flying Club is far more useful than devaluation of VS miles in SkyTeam, for me at least.
Delta's announcement concentrates on the transatlantic advantages of the agreement, barely mentioning other VS routes. I hope they they won't be cannibalised.
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Originally Posted by Roger
No AF-KL contamination, as was rumoured over the last few days.
SkyTeam or not - and not for as long as possible - crediting DL flights to Flying Club is far more useful than devaluation of VS miles in SkyTeam, for me at least.
Delta's announcement concentrates on the transatlantic advantages of the agreement, barely mentioning other VS routes. I hope they they won't be cannibalised.
VS are evaluating Skyteam membership independant of this deal - though I suspect it wont be long before they join.
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Originally Posted by ANstar
VS are evaluating Skyteam membership independant of this deal - though I suspect it wont be long before they join.
Why would they when SQ had 49% they didn't goto *A. I hope the bean counters @DL don't nickel and dime too much so that VS doesn't lose it's character.
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Originally Posted by davewho??
Why would they when SQ had 49% they didn't goto *A. I hope the bean counters @DL don't nickel and dime too much so that VS doesn't lose it's character.
Well SQ were not a very active shareholder, lets be honest. I believe they were just looking at having a stake in the western travel market. But now things have changed, Middle East carriers have changed alot too.
Delta on the other hand have from the get go said lets have a JV and work closely together! Just saw the webinar of the press conference it looks like it si all go from both sides with loads of enthusiasm.
The geography of VS/DL is also much suited to a closer relationship than that of SQ/VS.
In saying that SQ are always rumoured to be on the outer side of STAR, whereas DL is a founding member... so I would expect DL to be pushing for Skyteam entrance fromt heir 3 board members on the VS board.
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Originally Posted by ANstar
Well SQ were not a very active shareholder, lets be honest. I believe they were just looking at having a stake in the western travel market. But now things have changed, Middle East carriers have changed alot too.
Delta on the other hand have from the get go said lets have a JV and work closely together! Just saw the webinar of the press conference it looks like it si all go from both sides with loads of enthusiasm.
The geography of VS/DL is also much suited to a closer relationship than that of SQ/VS.
In saying that SQ are always rumoured to be on the outer side of STAR, whereas DL is a founding member... so I would expect DL to be pushing for Skyteam entrance fromt heir 3 board members on the VS board.
I agree with the geography VS/DL but I'm afraid I'm still not convinced on the Skyteam membership. It would be a while off anyway. But VS has never previously joined any alliance and has opted for code shares rather than membership
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Reason: Typo correct
