Originally Posted by
trojanman
VX could easily do something like what AA/B6 did: structure codeshare and mileage earning opportunities exclusively on routes that that other doesn't fly.
VX's hard product is so much better than the legacy carriers that I would jump off AA's ship in a heartbeat if VX offered status and enough earn/redemption opportunities.
Which is why it will be a cold day in Hades before AA would ever consent to this- they'd lose your business, and that of many other people.
B6 has a hub in a hub city for AA and because they have a developed route network that isn't a frontal assault on AA, they can add coverage to some destinations AA does not serve. VX's route network out of SFO/LAX adds pretty much nil to either AA or UA- AA has skedaddled out of SFO (save for "cornerstone" routes) in no small part because of VX poaching routes like SFO-BOS and encroaching on SFO-JFK, and UA and VX's networks out of those cities are almost entirely redundant (and, in fact, VX made UA downsize their SEA-LAX operation from all mainline to almost all UX).