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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 10:27 am
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Originally Posted by sdsearch
Not only did UA and CO, and NW and DL (and now WN and AirTran), allow you to link their accounts long before those accounts were merged...
But those were companies who were going to merge... Not just companies owned by the same parent company.

Originally Posted by sdsearch
UA and Marriott aren't even co-owned and DL and SPG aren't even co-owned, yet they've now entered into partnerships that allow you to link the accounts between these airline/hotel pairings.
Thats interesting. Didnt know that. So, if you have a DL Medallion number, you can use that to book with SPG without registering with SPG separately?
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