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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 9:07 am
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Originally Posted by saad
i think its just a matter of time now that kingfisher has joined one world....
Yep.

Originally Posted by d3vski
I get the feeling that Jet are feeling a little embarrased that they got outdone by Kingfisher in joining Oneworld.

The realistic option for them is SKyTeam and it is a pretty crap alliance compared to the other two and Jet probably feel that they are too good for SkyTeam and are hoping for a AI major f***up in Star integration and hoping to take their place.

There probably trying to "save face" in that they got left me with no choice.
Exactly.

Originally Posted by saad
wasn't there some talk last year about jet & kingfisher sharing their program????i seem to remember reading that somewhere....wonder whatever became of that....
Mallya will never "share"...!

(Although award redemptions appear to match pretty well between both programs)
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