I spoke with a director at MP yesterday and according to her, they have heard nothing from HQ about ET joining the program. She said that if Dec 13 was the date, they would typically have heard by now.

She additionally mentioned that UA were talking with ET about *A but ET pulled back after the UA/CO merger.

She also explained that the reason for the lack of announcement may be that there are still on going negotiations between the FF programs, and highlighted the LH decision to change their miles earned per segment rules as soon as UA/CO merger was announced, and things that ET might also be trying to figure out what fares will accrue miles and what will not. She said that in the past, airlines have joined *A but not integrated the FF programs until a later date, but if that was the case, then typically all backdated travel from the offical join date will be added to your account, but only if you talk to Customer Service and on a goodwill basis.

After my conversations with her, I am very confused. ET is certainly looking like they are about to join, but why the silence from UA? I have not flown UA yet this month. If ANYONE can get a scan or picture of the *A page in Hemisphere, that would be interesting. Or a photo of ET metal with *A logo?