Etihad & Aeroplan Potentially Launching Partnership -- Bigger Implications?

Until EY has solid award J award space ex-YYZ, I’m not interested.

Earn only, no redemptions? Also, how about EY airlines, like PR, and Air Serbia?

Wouldn't read too much into it. They codeshare a lot for their YYZ flight. Same thing happened for VA and CX with Aeroplan.

Etihad is already partners with ANA. How could one not suspect it joining Star Alliance when they are tightening partnerships with United and Air Canada?

Qatar is OneWorld, so it would make sense for a different ME3 to be member of a different alliance.

Eithad isn't part of One World - just able to use AA miles with them

dn10, no one says Etihad is part of oneworld alliance.

Why partner with a crashing airline?

I have considerable miles with United and British Airways. Multiple times I have tried to use those miles toward first class on their partner airlines from NY to Europe and Asia.
They continually say the seats are unavailable even though they are available if you purchase. They seem to only allow Business class or economy.
I need to find a travel consultant for agent who can continually check as the travel agents I have used for years including amex will no longer make or check reservations using airline Mileage !
Very disappointing since the mileage was acquired by them making reservations for us.

Is the 747 or 777 a better first class?
I do not like the first class seats which are angled and when you recline your head is inches away from the seat/person behind you. This is the airline adding more first class seats and what makes Air France and Lufthansa so nice plus other features, is they keep first class limited so it is special and not like business class.

@Bob I have always been able to find award space in J to/from YYZ and award space in F from AUH to NRT. Also was able to upgrade from Y to J using Etihad Guest Miles.

Etihad also aready have partnerships with *A members SAS and Lufthansa.

I would really like to see Etihad in the Star Alliance but I would see Turkish and Lufthansa raising objections and stopping it. Lufthansa have a history of this where they courted Qatar up to a point where Qatar were joining and Lufthansa blocked it.

This is not really news. You were able to accumulate Aeroplan points even before today, however you had to submit it manually to Aeroplan via email with a picture of your boarding pass.