Originally Posted by
Rambuster
There are a couple of new airlines joining OW like JAL and Royal Jordanian. That should more than compensate for the loss of EI.

Whilst I welcome their admission to OW do JAL or Royal Jordanian fly DUB-LHR, DUB-LAX, DUB-DXB? EI's presence in the alliance gave OW flyers more routes, particularly intra-Europe and transatlantic, to earn and redeem miles on. How can less choice be a positive development?