Originally Posted by
taxicabnumber
Even if 9W were to somehow get its stuff together, on a more practical note there's no way to go DFW-HYD with only one stop using DL and its partners. Whereas with oneworld you have a couple of one-stop, nicely-scheduled options (DFW-LHR-HYD, DFW-DOH-HYD, even DFW-HKG-HYD although that one's not as efficient)...