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Old Jan 12, 2010, 8:24 pm
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AS Predictions thread for 2010

I would suggest that we hermetically seal our predictions and keep them in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnalls' porch until 2011, and then see how we did.

- AS will expand service out of SJC as their new Bay Area focus city.
- AS will add service to at least one of the following cities during 2010: ABQ, CLT, PHL, STL, SLC.
- AS will switch from Row44 to Aircell/GoGo after realizing that being able to actually use wifi on some flights beats a theoretically better system that lacks any venture capital to deploy it in real life.
- AS will introduce MVP Platinum/Diamond/(insert precious metal here) as a 3rd tier.
- AS will announce a Milage Plan partnership with another Skyteam partner.
- AS won't join Skyteam, though. Or be bought by anyone/join any alliances.
- The long awaited AS/DL elite reciprocity will come by June 20, 2010.
- AS/AA elite reciprocity won't happen or be announced in 2010. More's the pity.
- AA one-way awards WILL come to AS MP, though.
- AS will not announce a DEQM promotion during 2010.
- AS will show an overall profit for 2010. (The last two are sort of related.)

Anyone else?
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