Originally Posted by
mAAine_flyer
ST might be a relatively young alliance namewise, but its roots actually go back way longer than both *A and OW. The Wings Alliance was built around NW, KL and AZ (as well as CO and others), so there are really no excuses for the current lack of integration in ST.
If only DL hadn't dismantled so much of that integration when the merger happened. Not really an excuse, so much as an easily-identifiable cause.