ITA and Skyteam
Nov 3, 2022, 6:30 am
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 160
ITA and Skyteam
I am just wondering why there are so many restrictions in earning mileage for Skyteam Frequent Flyers when flying the new ITA Airlines. If ITA is recognized as a member, why cant we all earn and burn like any other partner skyream airlines. They should like not make ITA a member if flying it will not bring in the rteir miles and award miles etc. It is just confusing because the reason we chose ITA was for the teir credit but now realizing that it has to be coded by DL or AF or KL or your own program. How come so many restrictions on an allegedly full Skyteam member?
Nov 3, 2022, 4:54 pm
#2
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Paris, France
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Very good questions but hard to know the answers for sure. I believe the problem lies mostly on ITA side which was launched without being fully ready to operate. Many agreements were lacking and they announced going to Skyteam at the same time the Italian government said they were looking for a buyer for ITA and that LH was the preferred option. So there was likely no rush for ITA to sign all the necessary agreements with the Skyteam airlines in case they had to leave a few months later for *A. As a consequence, ST airlines did not grant benefits to ITA customers as agreements were lacking.