Originally Posted by
BOB W
According to the reports at the time of the proposed merger, AS and AA were required by government regulators to drawdown their partnership in order for AS to get approval. They are not allowed to offer code shares or FFM on competing routes. If AS flies a route and AA does not (or vice versa), then nothing changed. That is my understanding of how it works now.
My observation was limited to the frequent flyer partnership drawdown, not the codeshares. The FF portion was not due to regulatory action, afaik.