Speedbird001 - You missed my point. US AIrways, Midway and Alaska Airlines all have their own frequent flyer programme. Qualiflyer is one frequent programme for ALL the Qualiflyer group of airlines. Austrian's ff is Qualiflyer. Sabena's ff is Qualiflyer. Turkish Airways' ff is Qualiflyer. AOM's ff is Qualiflyer. So if SR branches off to oneworld, the emerald, sapphire, and ruby branding will appear on the Qualiflyer cards. So does that mean that other airline's members should not have elite status since their airline has not in theory joined oneworld?

Any Qualflyer member here care to comment?