Originally Posted by
knope2001
Obviously a double connection is not nearly as attractive, but leisure travelers looking to earn or spend miles has an option to get to Europe.
It goes without saying that a top-tier partner would be a fantastic improvement, especially with someone who has both domestic and international. But this would be a good first step.
I think your spot on when you say that any potential relationship with Icelandair could be a benefit to
leisure travelers looking for a good bargin or a way to burn some miles.
A codeshare and/or frequent flier agreement with almost any airline would be a good first step for Frontier. As
RSVP mentioned above, Bedford has said several times that Frontier was close to inking a deal with an airline (last year he mentioned Frontier hoped to announce something in Q1 of 2011) yet there is still nothing. I'm not sure why they're having so much difficulty in this area.
If Icelandair is the best Frontier can get right now, they absolutely should go for it. However, Frontier needs to start thinking bigger picture and more long-term. Frequent fliers also need to have options for other parts of the world as well.