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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 8:45 am
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Originally Posted by UA Fan
anyone know when KQ would become an associate member? The website says 06 but would that happen, from experiences with ST everything moves so slowly. Also what exactly is the meaning of associate status? Someone said that you can't redeem miles - is that true?
Associate status means they don't get to vote in alliance-wide decisions and they don't get to keep their own FFP (note that KQ doesn't have one anyway - they use KL/AF's Flying Blue). You should definitely be able to earn and redeem miles on an associate member.
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