Originally Posted by
Superguy
Not necessarily. SQ, for example, is partners with DL and EK - members or ST and OW respectively.
LH is free to ink a deal with US/AA on the side if it wants. If LH flights to CLT are profitable, it may very well do that.
Whether it could be a miles earning deal - who knows.
There was an interview recently this week with the CEO of LH in USA today were he basically said that if the US-AA merger happens the CLT - MUC flight would likely go away because its profitability is pretty much based on US feeding it traffic.