Originally Posted by
cityflyer369
@ sbm12: Also the coverage of an airline alliance is in the eye of the beholder. Apart from the mere number of destinations (Skyteam has less than StarAlliance, but significantly more than Oneworld), coverage includes also easy connections and is subjective in so far as it depends on where you typically fly.
Agreed that, in most cases it is a YMMV situation. The fact that there are more carriers in *A means that a passenger has more options for connection points and more chances that the carrier might be good. It also means more chances that the carrier might be bad. That being said, judging carriers overall rather than individual experiences is, IME, a recipe for disaster. Yes, broad strokes can be drawn, but saying that US is awful or that LH is phenomenal is denying things like the US 332 in C is actually quite solid and the LH 744 in Y is quite dire.
If the alliance gets you where you are going and between destinations well then it works for
you. I found SkyTeam quite limited in a few areas that I was trying for but great in others.