Originally Posted by
ByrdluvsAWACO
I believe AA/OW is F9's best bet as far as a major alliance is concerned.
MKE is too close to ORD to bring any real value to either AA or UA.
I disagree! -- For the International Business Traveler Headquartered in Denver they will be UA/*A regardless.
BUT, for the MILWAUKEE based frequent business travelers, at least the ones I know they will prefer YX/F9 domestically and will FLY OUT OF ORD NON-STOP to Europe and Asia. (the risk of misconnecting TO the international flight is just too great when a 1-hour 15 min Limo, car ride will get you to a risk free non-stop flight).
These passengers are YX loyal
and Either UA/LH/*A loyal OR AA/BA/ow loyal.
A tie up between F9 and either of these is huge! and will move a lot of international traffic from MKE to the chosen partner.
With the IAH/HOU move I assume that means UA/*A is NOT the partnership that is expected.