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Old Apr 9, 2006 | 5:02 pm
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Originally Posted by apoivre
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.
So this gives up a lucrative business to the other airline programs. I wonder what this does to the associate's bottom line? Also still wonder what cost difference it is between associate vs full alliance membership....
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