Etihad and SkyTeam
Oct 22, 2012, 11:48 am
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Etihad and SkyTeam
Now that Etihad has teamed up with SkyTeam member Air France-KLM is there a way to get Delta miles from the relationship? I am flying to KTM and would like to go DL but there are no good options. Etihad works however and this relationship was announced last week. Can I collect AirFrance miles and co-mingle SkyTeam miles? Thanks.
Oct 22, 2012, 11:51 am
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You can't transfer miles back and forth between DL and FB accounts. Also, in general, a partner or a partner is not a partner, so I would not expect AF's partnership with Etihad to have any effect on earning DL miles unless there's an explicit announcement otherwise. You should double check rules on AF codeshares with nonSkyTeam partners, but IIRC the answer is no, even if the Etihad operated flight is marketed by AF.
Dec 17, 2012, 12:24 pm
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Now that Etihad has teamed up with SkyTeam member Air France-KLM is there a way to get Delta miles from the relationship? I am flying to KTM and would like to go DL but there are no good options. Etihad works however and this relationship was announced last week. Can I collect AirFrance miles and co-mingle SkyTeam miles? Thanks.