FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Rumor: CX to leave OW for Star: UA implications?
Old Dec 14, 2017 | 4:11 pm
  #8  
Kacee
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
30 Countries Visited
1M
All eyes on you!
10 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AA EXP; UA 1MM & PP; Marriott AMB; Hyatt Globalist; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 62,022
Originally Posted by jmanirish
That's would be my 'fear', assuming this even happens. They'd be in the alliance, but good luck being able to get a decent fare on a 016 ticket (like how SK, etc. get no love because of the LH JV tie up).
Though CX and UA already do have a fairly robust relationship, with discount fares (to BKK, for example) often available via HKG.

UA is in many ways closer to CX than it is to TG, which will only allow UA to sell full fare tix on UA stock.

Last edited by Kacee; Dec 14, 2017 at 4:22 pm Reason: not sure about codeshares
Kacee is offline