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Old Dec 11, 2012, 8:04 am
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ANstar
 
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Originally Posted by Roger
No AF-KL contamination, as was rumoured over the last few days.

SkyTeam or not - and not for as long as possible - crediting DL flights to Flying Club is far more useful than devaluation of VS miles in SkyTeam, for me at least.

Delta's announcement concentrates on the transatlantic advantages of the agreement, barely mentioning other VS routes. I hope they they won't be cannibalised.
VS are evaluating Skyteam membership independant of this deal - though I suspect it wont be long before they join.
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