Continental and SKYTEAM
Apr 20, 2004 | 9:21 am
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Continental and SKYTEAM
Rumour has it that Continental will be joining SKYTEAM on May 1st. Is this true?? Any commments on timing has anyone seen this in writing??
Apr 20, 2004 | 9:24 am
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Rumor had it on this board a long time ago 
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...nental+skyteam
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Apr 20, 2004 | 9:42 am
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ok so is this looking like it will happen...called onepass and I had to explain to them what Skyteam was...
Apr 20, 2004 | 10:52 am
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I wouldn't expect them joining Skyteam until later in the summer...
Apr 20, 2004 | 1:13 pm
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Originally Posted by Arcolaio99
Unless they fix EQM, I could care less.
Apr 20, 2004 | 3:05 pm
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I expect that this has been delayed to accomodate the AF/KLM merger, which is now expected to close around May 5, and could still get pushed back further. I don't think any regulators would be willing to approve of CO and NW joining SkyTeam until the future of KLM is dealt with, so I expect these two issues are being fully linked.
Apr 20, 2004 | 5:01 pm
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Will DL elites be able to upgrade on CO/NW flights like it is now between NW/CO when this happens? That would be awsome, I can not wait for KLM to become part of ST
Apr 20, 2004 | 6:20 pm
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Originally Posted by dspringer28
Will DL elites be able to upgrade on CO/NW flights like it is now between NW/CO when this happens?
It's all wishful thinking, except for (likely) improved redemption. That will be nice. :-: ^
Apr 20, 2004 | 7:12 pm
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Originally Posted by jmittle
why you dont think it will be one for one earning, except on the most discounted?
Apr 21, 2004 | 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Arcolaio99
Right now I have 2 choices for %100 EQM. ! Buy ticket at CO.com and 2nd Buy anything but the discounted coach tickets. Right now DL will not offer full EQM on discounted coach, I am guessing that the other SKyteam members will follow suit. Its no different with NW/KL.
Apr 21, 2004 | 4:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Arcolaio99
2nd Buy anything but the discounted coach tickets.
In any event, May 1 is coming quite soon and I'd expect to have heard something about this by now. Perhaps we can ask some of the airline folks at the Freddies...
Apr 21, 2004 | 7:01 pm
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Originally Posted by xyzzy
I don't know about how it is where you work but I dare say that most of us are required to purchase the least expensive ticket possible. When I've checked the difference in fares between the 50% and 100% buckets the difference was quite large.
In any event, May 1 is coming quite soon and I'd expect to have heard something about this by now. Perhaps we can ask some of the airline folks at the Freddies...
In any event, May 1 is coming quite soon and I'd expect to have heard something about this by now. Perhaps we can ask some of the airline folks at the Freddies...