<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by avek00:
BTW, don't expect to easily redeem your CO miles for DL BE: As per my conversations with OP and WP reps., award availability on Delta will be VERY LIMITED, as NW/CO will not have full access to DL award inventory. OTOH, DL will only have limited access to CO/NW inventory, so it's a bit of a wash.</font>
And that is so bad....
I was happy when KLM announced that Continental will be a new partner and I was happy when KLM announced that Sky Team is on the horizon as well...
What I hate to read, though, is the crap with rules, limited award availability, no club access when flying on that airline etc.
Being * Gold also gives me a completely different view of an alliance, actually one that works, where you can call your airline and get award availability right away, where you have systemwide lounge access and other perks..
For example, I have to request CO awards using KLM miles by fax and have to wait for an answer from CO, can easily take 6-8 days...
I am not blaming CO here in particular, but if those potential Sky Team airlines decide to found a ( competitive ) alliance, they should have a look at * and see how it works.