Originally Posted by
Internaut
As a former *A gold card holder, in the UK, I think it became considerably less useful when LH dumped BMI, leaving the UK without *A connections from the regional airports to LHR. One World and (possibly) Sky Team make more sense unless frequently going to places effectively owned by LH.
With Manchester now as my closest airport, I have access to a number of Star hubs: ARN, ATH, BRU, CPH, FRA, IST, LIS, MUC, OSL, SIN, VIE and ZRH. Fares with Star can be considerably cheaper than BA's through LHR
One or two of MAN's Star connections are not daily, and some others might disappear; but, still, it beats Oneworld in terms of the numbers of hub connections.