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Old Mar 11, 2016, 7:09 pm
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Originally Posted by goodeats21
Yep. The point of all these baby airlines intentionally not being part of Star Alliance is to avoid having to honor all the *A benefits.

It really is a knock on the value prop of the Alliance, but I don't envision it changing anytime soon.
Originally Posted by JVPhoto

I thought it was to pay crew/staff less and operate closer to an LCC where most things are a no frills fare. Sure not providing *A benefits are a plus to them but I don't think it's the driving motive.
Right. I think we are saying the same thing. Their LCC model means they are intentionally not a part of *A, which avoids many costs for them.
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