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Old May 7, 2010, 9:02 am
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Originally Posted by sfozrhfco
It is good timing with the world cup around the corner.
Most folks going have already purchased their airfare, I would think.

Originally Posted by sfozrhfco
JFK has quite a lot of carriers that could use some additional feed. Emirates and Etihad could be good candidate as well given that they are not in any alliances.
Yup, and JetBlue is very much looking to be partners with all of them. They don't care about existing global alliances so mush as basically building their own, just like Alaska Air did. The two carriers are scarily similar.

Originally Posted by bmg42000
Good move and just in time for Worl Cup. Since SAA is the *A does not mean one can get CO onepass miles flying on B6/SAA from BUF to South Africa ?
You would be able to credit the SA flights to CO but not the B6 flights.
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