Originally Posted by eightblack

Qantas is saying in the Australian media that it is interested in forming an alliance with EK. Not sure what this might look like. And not sure if I think it's a good idea.

According to the The Age today...

A key part of Mr Hickey's focus is expected to be on forging new alliances with airlines such as Emirates, which has expressed interest in forming a code-share deal with Qantas.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/business/qa...#ixzz1vcrXQzgd

I stopped flying QF more than 10-years ago, despite my lifetime Gold status with them. EK take me virtually everywhere I want to go, so I'm not sure where QF thinks its going to plug the holes. Certainly not internationally (as far as I am concerned)

I jumped to Virgin a little while ago, and if I have to get on a QF flight domestically, I credit everything to AA

Thoughts...