Originally Posted by
dcshungu
Was Aegean a UA or *A 'partner' last year? Quite likely because before being granted full *A membership most airlines start out as partners (e.g., TAM, Air China, Shanghai Airlines) with whom one can earn UA EQMs and RDMs.
Logic error. Most airlines do start off as partners of a *A airline before joining a *A airline, but not all partners of *A airlines are partners of UA.
Aegean was not a *A partner or UA partner last year. Aegean joined *A on June 30, 2010. LH brought Aegean to the *A dance; hence it was an LH code share partner before joining *A.
If Aegean were a UA partner, trust me, I would have submitted the segments (3 on Aegean metal for RDM credit).