Originally Posted by
gatechange
I fly to Africa and use Kenya Airways (KQ) a lot. I am a NWA PE and get the miles but does KQ moving to ST associate mean I might eventually start getting EQM's as well? Or is that still for Flying Blue members?
Whats does associate mean?
You can earn status miles on any other Skyteam carrier when you fly on KQ. The associate status simply means that the carrier does not have its own FF program, that it uses the FF program of another Skyteam carrier. For example, COPA uses CO OnePass as its FF program.