Great to hear! - but the caveat to the good news is a caution that in the early days of Volare it took Saudia some time to understand that ITA wasn't Alitalia. Initially, ITA card numbers were accepted but I'm guessing the revenue folk at SV eventually worked out that something was wrong ....

I think most Skyteam carriers haven't yet formalised agreements with ITA: let's hope they are quicker off the mark with Asante - which, after all, is the replacement FFP off a long-term, fully fledged partner in the alliance,