Originally Posted by
atakam
Sure, would you put your money in JL if there are many other carriers offering same or better product without the risk of bankruptcy? Business these days can't afford to use risky suppliers. It is just a service of transportation, not strategic supplier anyway.
Well, if you're talking "better"... looking a couple of posts above yours, CX? probably, BA? if you spend big, I guess, AA? Only if you don't give a ... about service. Outclassed by JL in most cases. For short-term trips I wouldn't move flights off them. And even more so for China-Japan routes- most Chinese airlines aren't nearly the same class as JL in terms of service (maybe MU/FM based on personal experience).
Though my opinions have been colored by personal experience... and my experiences with AA are mostly from endorsed UA tickets (they seem to have a penchant for delays and misconnects on their last connecting flight of the day to my particular destination, but always just in time to catch the last AA flight if the customer service is quick enough endorsing my ticket over to AA) so I may not be getting the "full" experience.