Originally Posted by
kuroko
The new baby is the US market for EK (they have now also companion fares ex US which are nearly half the price than before), so do not expect any change soon (unfortunately)
To be fair to
m3red, the AS partnership has been going on for longer than the recent US expansion by EK with similar issues about reward availability etc.
The agreement seems to work for both parties commercially - we don't know exactly how much AS pays EK for those seats, after all!