Originally Posted by
mtofell
There was a thread a while back about possible AS mergers and myself and a few others were dreaming about this but I never thought it would actually happen. Initially, I'm excited about having more flights to choose from and having an interisland option that I can get miles on (still 500 minimum?) Of course, there's some fear of devaluation of the mileage program or other changes. It seems the only consistency in airlines is that nothing stays the same for long.
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On the redeem side, the changes to the award chart announced last month were surely made with the merger in mind so they’re probably good for a couple of years.
The perfesser suggested Uncontinental Air as the new airline name.