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Old May 28, 2007 | 2:40 pm
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Markmat
 
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Originally Posted by Markus1301
3) airline specific benefits given to elite members of other *A FFPs having achieved *S equivalent status

As to 1), benefits are described on *A website and are minimal:
I've always worked on the assumption that *S status will only really be a benefit when you are flying on the airline with which you hold the status. There may well be exceptions to this but I would doubt that there are very many (although I realise that this is what you are trying to establish.)

Last edited by Markmat; May 28, 2007 at 2:52 pm Reason: Edited to remove duplication of Kiwi Flyer's post
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