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Old Sep 28, 2003 | 8:45 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by michswiss:

1. The trans-Atlantic issue mentioned earlier. I'm not sure of the T's & C's but as I understand, it's not possible to earn BAEC status points or miles when flying AA and vice versa across the pond. So even if you did fly Swiss from ORD to ZRH for example, you'd only be able to pick up the miles on your BAEC membership. The AA / BA Duopoly is preserved.
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Wow, that is really disappointing. I had been looking forward to another way to earn AA elite-qualifying points & miles on flights to Europe, without connecting in the LHR mess, without losing three-class service, good front cabins, etc. Guess Swiss won't be that after all.
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