<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Rudi:
it doesn't look like SWISS will (have to) give up their Qualiflyer program.
Most alliance carriers have their own ff-program.</font>
SWISS doesn't have "their own" programme, they have one they share with, for example, LOT. If they both stay in Qualiflyer then how will Qualiflyer Elite members be treated? Will I earn Elite status with both oneworld and Star if I collect my miles in Qualiflyer? Somehow I doubt the other oneworld carriers will want SWISS to stay in a shared FF programme and Star probably doesn't want LOT to stay either. My guess is they both need to either set up their own programmes or (like OS) merge into an existing one within the alliance they're joining.