Originally Posted by PhxFlyGuy

I read somewhere, (maybe in a thread here), that with a possible UA and CO alliance, the goal would be to get CO into Star. What I read went on to say that this may force US out of Star or that US may want to get out of Star alliance because the requirements to be part of Star are to expensive. Does anybody know if there is any merit to any of this or is this just wild speculation?

From my standpoint, all things being equal, which they never are, I am happy that there is no UA US merger. I would hate to lose PHX as headquarters for a major company. Who knows what would have happened to our hub if the two airlines merged????

In a perfect world, a CO and UA alliance with all three domestics being part of Star would have tremendous advantages to us US travelers....