<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JohnAx:
We used to do SQ/BA rtw's but then SQ went off and joined Star and eventually dropped the agreement with BA. Since then we've been using OWE. Their combination of CX and BA means a 744 with a flat bed is available for any long-haul.
How do you folks that do star rtw's in first deal with that? SQ would seem to be the only carrier with beds (practically the only long-haul carrier with first class!). I'm sure I'm missing something here...</font>
LH has flat beds (despite claims to the contrary on the BA board), and is equal to BA for long-haul inflight quality (lounges are much worse, though). The LH/SQ combination takes you everywhere that BA/CX does, and with similar comfort. Personally I prefer Oneworld, but Star has a viable option. And the "2nd tier" members of Star are much better than the Oneworld second tier (or Skyteam, for that matter).