Originally Posted by VancouverGuy

I was fairly certain that we wouldn't see WestJet joining any alliance, now I'm CERTAIN of it.

WestJet has frequently denied interest in paying huge sums of money to join these networks, and would rather partner with airlines outside of these alliances and thus enable us to work with everyone! With Saretsky at the helm this is certainly not going to happen.

Even after frequently denying they'll be be buddying up with OneWorld or Skyteam, people here keep harping on about which one they'll join!

Why pay truckloads to help market one set of airlines (for little benefit to an airline like WestJet), when for next to nothing you can forge your own set of partnerships with ALL of them and have THEM working for YOU?

Also, KLM has been selling WS sectors for a while now though sales ramped up a lot since WS switched to SABRE. All tickets are issued on KL ticket stock and can only be purchased through KLM channels. Bags are thru checked to final destination but right now pax must check in and receive a boarding pass from the operating carrier BUT this is going to change in the coming weeks. Right now its only for KL flights to/from YVR and YYC and I believe only to WS destinations of YVR/ YYC & YEG but this also will change soon. It will be extended out East and include Air France flights.

But for right now, best wishes to Durf and congrats to Saretsky.