LATAM Airlines Group announcementó that has reached an agreement with oneworld his withdrawal from the alliance as of 1 May 2020.
In a new press release, the airínea informó about his departure from oneworld, as wellén updateó the status of the progress of your agreement with Delta Air Lines:
From 1 May 2020, LATAM maintenanceá its existing bilateral agreements with the largestíto oneworld members (British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines and SriLankan Airlines), and followá offering the following benefits to its clients:
- Flight purchases víto latam.com and Aerol websitesílines associated with meás de 1.000 destinations worldwide.
- Accumulateón and exchange of frequent flyer miles through the respective loyalty programsón.
- Acceso recífrom the VIP lounges, subject to final agreement with each airlineínea.
- Higher level recognition in the respective frequent flyer programs, subject to final agreement with each airlineínea.
*The above is not válido para Royal Air Maroc, that will joiná to oneworld from 1 april 2020.
Tétermination of frequent flyer agreement with American Airlines
With the departure of LATAM from oneworld, the aerosol groupíneas finalizeá your frequent flyer agreements and rec accessíI'm looking for a VIP lounge with American Airlines. From 1 May 2020, LATAM Pass members do not accumulateádon't even redeemán miles on American Airlines flights, no travelán access American Airlines VIP lounges. Nevertheless, LATAM respectá all tickets on American Airlines flights that have been redeemed with LATAM Pass miles before 1 May 2020, for until 12 months laterés of this date.
Además, LATAM continueá respecting the accumulationón of miles, out of frequent flyer agreement, for LATAM Pass members who have purchased tickets on American Airlines flights prior to the 1 May 2020, for until 12 months laterés of this date.
Advances in the LATAM-Delta agreement
From 1 February of 2020, LATAM moveá its operations at John F. International Airport. Kennedy (New York) from Terminal 8 al Terminal 4, where Delta operates más de 90 destinations in the United States, Canadaá and the world, facilitating connectionsáfluid connections between LATAM and Delta flights. LATAM Premium Business customers and LATAM Pass members “top tier” (Black Signature, Black y Platinum) spaghettién tenderán access to saltón VIP in the Terminal 4.
You approveóNo regulatory notice has been received by authorities in the United States and Colombia for the cóshared sayings announced in December 2019 between Delta and LATAM Airlines Perú, LATAM Airlines Colombia y LATAM Airlines Ecuador, respectively. LATAM subsidiaries in Brazil and Chile alsoén plan to establish c agreementsóI say shared with Delta during the añO 2020. in parallel, It is wideá negotiating agreements with Delta to establish rec accessíAccess to VIP lounges and frequent flyer benefits, what is expected to materialize during the first semester of 2020.
These changes are part of the ongoing work to implement the agreement announced by LATAM and Delta in September 2019, which includes a proposal for a strategic allianceégic to combine its highly complementary destination networks, providing customers with a seamless travel experience and greater connectivity to más de 435 destinations around the world, subject to government and regulatory approvals.
This only benefits Delta as it has benefited from other alliances and the abuses they have committed with Aeromexico and its staff.
This is a very great achievement for Ecuadorians in particular and hopefully we can have stability in LATAM services with direct flights and first-rate services as characterizes a company with many years serving the Latin American community..