Originally Posted by DanV

Considering it also costs money to join an Alliance (in addition to outside and ongoing expenses e.g upgrading computer systems), plus the bust-up with a former partner of *A which pretty much rules out *A as an option for VA, I would tip VA to remain Alliance free and focus mostly on their primarily JV partnerships with SQ and DL, whilst forming codeshares with other partners. This will allow them to remain Alliance neutral whilst continuing to source international partners from all 3 Alliances (OW, *A and ST).