Originally Posted by
utpharmdoc
Ethiopian Air lines will be joining *A in September of this year so hopefully award redemption on them will be allow shortly thereafter
In the past, award inventory has been available either the same day or a day later for a lot of *A entrants. TAM, Aegean, Turkish, Brussels and CO all come to mind. If those are any indicator, it shouldn't be too lengthy for Ethiopian. Or Shenzhen. Or Air India if they actually make their July 31 deadline. Or Copa, Avianca and TACA.
Wow. 32 airlines by the end of 2012. *A rocks! Or maybe 31 if the TAM-LAN merger occurs and it goes to OneWorld as many expect.