Originally Posted by
flyercity
Assuming they assign card numbers in normal progression, A3 seem to have signed up something like 15000 new members this past week alone. Maybe they feel they can overcome their troubles by coaxing huge numbers of *A flyers into collecting miles in the A3 programme. But I can't really say how that might work since I do not know about the internal arrangements between *A partners.
I've recently joined A3 from BMI as BMI have now been bought by BA and have left *A. This is where all the new members have come from as A3 very kindly status matched me.