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UA Fan Mar 16, 2006 8:29 am
associate status & Kenya airways
 
anyone know when KQ would become an associate member? The website says 06 but would that happen, from experiences with ST everything moves so slowly. Also what exactly is the meaning of associate status? Someone said that you can't redeem miles - is that true?

apoivre Mar 16, 2006 8:45 am
Originally Posted by UA Fan
anyone know when KQ would become an associate member? The website says 06 but would that happen, from experiences with ST everything moves so slowly. Also what exactly is the meaning of associate status? Someone said that you can't redeem miles - is that true?
Associate status means they don't get to vote in alliance-wide decisions and they don't get to keep their own FFP (note that KQ doesn't have one anyway - they use KL/AF's Flying Blue). You should definitely be able to earn and redeem miles on an associate member.

sjefenole Mar 18, 2006 5:51 pm
Same with Copa Airlines, they use Continental OnePass.

NOLAnwGOLD Apr 9, 2006 5:02 pm
Originally Posted by apoivre
Associate status means they don't get to vote in alliance-wide decisions and they don't get to keep their own FFP (note that KQ doesn't have one anyway - they use KL/AF's Flying Blue). You should definitely be able to earn and redeem miles on an associate member.
So this gives up a lucrative business to the other airline programs. I wonder what this does to the associate's bottom line? Also still wonder what cost difference it is between associate vs full alliance membership....

lecter Apr 9, 2006 7:06 pm
Can you earn elite status miles on an associate airline?

Cris L Apr 10, 2006 1:24 am
As an ex KL FF, and now FB member, I earm and burn miles on KQ. My earning miles are definitelt status miles.

I fly KQ in preference to AF & KL, as KQ definitely have better on board service !

coiaflyer Apr 13, 2006 12:25 pm
Any update?
 
any update on when KQ will be joining? I am interested in using my DL miles on them for a trip in December.


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