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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 11:31 am
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Originally Posted by mre5765
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).
No logic error. You just misunderstood what I wrote. You earned miles on Aegean because of the LH connection...
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