Originally Posted by
flyerCO
FM is 100% owned by MU now. Thus FM flights are bookable, and earn just like MU coded flights. U booked BKK-PVG-SYD as award two or three months ago. First flight was FM operated, although all the onboard amenities stated China Eastern.
This has been the case since ~2010 (i.e. before this thread was started), but MU and FM (KN also) are still different airlines.