Huh??

1. Airlines have to get INVITED to join a global alliance. Why would AA or BA or IB, etc, invite Frontier into One World? Why would Northwest or Continental or Delta invite Frontier as a 4th US-based airline into SkyTeam? (And why in the world would United want Denver-hub-rival Frontier into StarAlliance?)

2. How does a one-hub airline (it has no flights that don't either start or end in Denver, do they?) with mostly just domestic flights (mostly to markets the majors already cover) fit in with a global alliance? (For OneWorld, Alaska is a MUCH more viable partner, since it's not limited to one hub, and since it's already being used by several OneWorld airlines, including domestic AA, to fill out their northern west coast schedules.)

Hey, at least they have ONE partner. Southwest doesn't have any (for earning/redemption purposes), neither does JetBlue, near does most any other LCC.

What Frontier seems low on (by Southwest standards) is NON-FLYING partners. For a decade now, Southwest has partnered with multiple major hotel chains and multiple car rental companies. That, IMHO, is where Frontier needs to focus its parnter expansion.