Originally Posted by jsloan

Codeshare agreements offer extremely limited immunity against antitrust law. People are making this to be a much bigger deal than it is on its own.

If they join *A, that'll be a bigger deal in that you'll be able to get most of the things people seem to think the codeshare itself will provide (e.g., earning / redeeming UA miles on EK flights, earning PQP, etc.). If they don't join *A, don't expect any benefits beyond it being possible to find EK connections.

Codesharing is not a JV. UA codeshares with a lot of partners that aren't part of *A and don't result in any real benefit to the customer. (And even the ones that are within *A aren't necessarily a big deal -- the SQ codeshare agreement has done... nothing, really).



If they join *A, that'll be a bigger deal in that you'll be able to get most of the things people seem to think the codeshare itself will provide (e.g., earning / redeeming UA miles on EK flights, earning PQP, etc.). If they don't join *A, don't expect any benefits beyond it being possible to find EK connections.

Codesharing is not a JV. UA codeshares with a lot of partners that aren't part of *A and don't result in any real benefit to the customer. (And even the ones that are within *A aren't necessarily a big deal -- the SQ codeshare agreement has done... nothing, really).

BTW, there's no particular reason to believe that EK J/F awards won't be available if they do join *A. They're readily available to Alaska MileagePlan members.