Originally Posted by nimeta
One addition could be Virgin. There are 3 major UK airlines (excluding no-frills carriers) - BA are OW, BMI are *A and the 3rd, Virgin, has a few point sharing schemes but is not in any alliance!! I am sure they lose revenue as a result of this!!
I get the idea that richard branson flys on his own baloon. I'd be suprised if he joined up with any alliance, having said that, Virgin's partners do look to be skyteam biased. The Virgin FF program seems difficult to adapt to skyteam though... who knows? I'd love to see Virgin join, and take a ride on the "Upper class suite", and hang out at the bar