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inasmuchas

Sep 22, 2012 4:26 am

Has it started already?

Received an email from Emirates yesterday, with an 'exclusive' 5% discount off any fares from the UK to Dubai, the Far East, Australia etc.

I've never considered booking with Emirates, let alone signed up for their offers, so it seems strange that they have my email address.

Coincidence? Or have QF started sharing their customer database with their new partner?

m0hamed

Sep 22, 2012 5:38 am

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Originally Posted by inasmuchas (Post 19362759)

Doubt it. It's far too soon.

cityflyer369

Sep 22, 2012 6:08 am

IIRC it is expected to take 6 months until the QF-EK deal has been approved, anti-trust-wise etc.

Aisle Seat H

Sep 22, 2012 6:35 am

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Originally Posted by inasmuchas (Post 19362759)

Or have QF started sharing their customer database with their new partner?

Absolutely not. Until the deal is given "interim approval to begin commercial planning" by the ACCC QF and EK officials are not even able to meet/talk to begin building the agreed tie-up, let alone do things like you suggest.

I also would be interested to know (under relevant data protection laws etc) whether they can legally even hand over your emails to another company, and I would also question the commercial sense of them doing so - why would QF give its customers data to another company when they could just directly email you any such deals (that would emanate from the new partnership) themselves?

I would thus strongly suspect that EK got your email address some other way.

serfty

Sep 22, 2012 6:52 pm

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Originally Posted by cityflyer369 (Post 19363000)

IIRC it is expected to take 6 months until the QF-EK deal has been approved, anti-trust-wise etc.

However, QF/EK will know if approval is likely to be granted by the End of October, with Draft determination December and "i dotting" and "t crossing" in 2013:

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Indicative Timetable from the ACCC



 7 Sep 2012     Lodgement of applications and supporting submission.



10 Sep 2012     Public consultation process begins.



21 Sep 2012     Closing date for submissions on interim authorisation.



 1 Oct 2012     Closing date for submissions from interested parties.



Oct 2012        ACCC decision regarding interim authorisation.



Oct 2012        Applicants respond to issues raised in the public consultation process.



Dec 2012        Draft determination.



Dec/Jan 2013    Public consultation on draft determination including any conference if called.



Feb/Mar 2013    Final determination.

Himeno

Sep 22, 2012 9:25 pm

Only 1 submission posted on the ACCC site so far...

In a submission to the 2010 QF/BA JSA renewal application, EK called alliances "opportunistic and self-interested".

FlyerTalker688786

Sep 23, 2012 3:39 am

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Originally Posted by Himeno (Post 19366833)

Only 1 submission posted on the ACCC site so far...

In a submission to the 2010 QF/BA JSA renewal application, EK called alliances "opportunistic and self-interested".

I am laughing now...reminds me some little brit wearing a bear and long-ish hair: You can not do that! But if I am doing that then it is OK.

thadocta

Sep 23, 2012 9:52 am

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Originally Posted by chongcao (Post 19367732)

I am laughing now...reminds me some little brit wearing a bear and long-ish hair: You can not do that! But if I am doing that then it is OK.

Or maybe a case of "You can't do that! But if you are going to let them do it, I will too, I need to do it to compete!"

Dave

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