the OP writes about SV joining an alliance and immediately, some go into militant mode and make bigoted comments about the ethnicity and religion of Saudi. Some of you are even planning not to use SkyTeam because of this---a moronic gesture at best. I dont think FlyerTalkers should discriminate any airline, and should keep the politics separated. Airlines are airlines...they bridge communities and help each other get to lands so far distant, that we would no way get there by any other means. Just because you dont agree with the policies of another people, doesn't mean your polices are always right.