Originally Posted by
pdquick
"Other concessions include allowing rivals access to their frequent-flyer programmes on those routes and submitting data on their cooperation plan."
Does anyone have any idea what that means? AAdvantage miles on Virgin Atlantic flights, perhaps?
No, there won't be AA miles on any VS flights. Or any other non-OW airline as long as that airline has its own frequent flyer program.
AA/BA/IB agreed to permit new entrants not having their own frequent flyer program to participate in the frequent flyer programs of AA/BA/IB for just the affected route on the same terms as OW airlines deal with each other. It's very unlikely that an airline will want to lease slots from the OW ATI parties to fly these routes and not already have its own frequent flyer program, so it's not likely that the OW ATI parties will have to make good on this concession. See posts #402 thru #442 above for discussion of what AA/BA/IB offered to the EU.
The concessions (commitments) themselves can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/anti...ommitments.pdf
Section 4 details the frequent flyer program commitments.