[Speculation] Who should be the next AS partner?
Sep 18, 2017, 10:07 am
#61
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
No such expiration has been announced. This thread is purely speculation. Why would you expect Alaska Airlines to comment on speculation in a FlyerTalk thread?
Sep 18, 2017, 10:24 am
#62
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: Hilton/Marriott Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 2,036
Nobody said the KLM/AF parnternship is expiring! You replied to a post where someone said they expected the KLM/AF partnership to go away at some point. That was one person's opinion!
No such expiration has been announced. This thread is purely speculation. Why would you expect Alaska Airlines to comment on speculation in a FlyerTalk thread?
No such expiration has been announced. This thread is purely speculation. Why would you expect Alaska Airlines to comment on speculation in a FlyerTalk thread?
Sep 18, 2017, 11:08 am
#63
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Portland
Programs: MVPGold 75K
Posts: 492
Sep 18, 2017, 12:36 pm
#64
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: San Diego, Ca
Programs: AA 2MM LT PLT; AS MVP Gold75k; HHonors Diamond; IHG PLT
Posts: 3,501
Given that this is a speculation thread, here's who I consider most likely:
- Interjet: Alaska needs a partner to reach secondary cities in Mexico. Interjet is a quality operation and serves many Alaska cities. This would be a mutually beneficial relationship because Alaska will provide reach they don't have in the Pacific Northwest. The two carriers do compete on some routes, but Alaska has often had partners that compete on some routes. This can be a win-win.
- Interjet: Alaska needs a partner to reach secondary cities in Mexico. Interjet is a quality operation and serves many Alaska cities. This would be a mutually beneficial relationship because Alaska will provide reach they don't have in the Pacific Northwest. The two carriers do compete on some routes, but Alaska has often had partners that compete on some routes. This can be a win-win.
Something more extensive - for both earn AND burn - would be a great add.
Sep 18, 2017, 8:35 pm
#65
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: YVR
Programs: WS Nothing, AC Something, AS Gold. Too big for 737Max washrooms
Posts: 893
Big fan of the Interjet option, who already has a codeshare agreement with AA https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...s/interjet.jsp.
Something more extensive - for both earn AND burn - would be a great add.
Something more extensive - for both earn AND burn - would be a great add.
Sep 20, 2017, 1:05 pm
#66
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: A3 *G, AA exePlat, AS MVP 75k Gold, JL sapphire, UA silver
Posts: 4,035
i hope it is QR. QR has lax service. AA is ending code sharing with QR.
I know EK is a partner, but it shouldnt stop QR to become another partner.
just like JAL KE CX and SQ are all partners as AS is providing feed to them at a equal basis. (i assume)
I know EK is a partner, but it shouldnt stop QR to become another partner.
just like JAL KE CX and SQ are all partners as AS is providing feed to them at a equal basis. (i assume)
Sep 20, 2017, 1:30 pm
#67
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Portland
Programs: MVPGold 75K
Posts: 492
airlines from countries where women and minorities have limited rights. It's just hypocrytical
Sep 20, 2017, 2:18 pm
#68
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 169
True Partnership
Regardless of who Alaska picks (if anyone) to be an incremental partner beyond their current relationships, my request is a simple one: make premium cabin seats available as part of the agreement, even if it's a higher price. Many of us are more constrained by dates and time than by miles, and I would really like Alaska to take seriously the partnerships that they have. Making a few scattered coach seats available on global partners isn't my idea of a useful partnership. So, whether another global partner or a domestic / North America one, I'd really like a partnership that results in reasonable award seat availability.
Sep 20, 2017, 2:46 pm
#69
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SFO
Programs: BART Platinum, AA Plat Pro
Posts: 1,157
But it's fine to fly on aircraft powered by aviation fuel that comes from oil produced by those countries (a revenue source far more relevant to their political survival than any airline revenues will ever be)?
Sep 20, 2017, 3:02 pm
#70
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Portland
Programs: MVPGold 75K
Posts: 492
Sep 20, 2017, 6:56 pm
#71
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: A3 *G, AA exePlat, AS MVP 75k Gold, JL sapphire, UA silver
Posts: 4,035
also. fly on countries who is selling over 100B to a country who has no democracy and oppressed women.
Sep 20, 2017, 8:27 pm
#72
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: Hilton/Marriott Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 2,036
And if you don't want to fly on airlines from countries with minority treatment issues, you should probably swear off SQ too.
Sep 20, 2017, 8:50 pm
#73
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Portland
Programs: MVPGold 75K
Posts: 492
I have you ever been to Qatar or the UAE? They're not perfect, but they're not Saudi Arabia either. I even saw a woman wearing yoga pants at the Dubai Mall.
And if you don't want to fly on airlines from countries with minority treatment issues, you should probably swear off SQ too.
And if you don't want to fly on airlines from countries with minority treatment issues, you should probably swear off SQ too.
Sep 20, 2017, 9:53 pm
#74
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
I have you ever been to Qatar or the UAE? They're not perfect, but they're not Saudi Arabia either. I even saw a woman wearing yoga pants at the Dubai Mall.
And if you don't want to fly on airlines from countries with minority treatment issues, you should probably swear off SQ too.
And if you don't want to fly on airlines from countries with minority treatment issues, you should probably swear off SQ too.
Sep 21, 2017, 12:50 pm
#75
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,375
At the risk of going WAAAAAAY into OMNI-land, it wouldn't be too hard to find someone who argues the United States of America has minority treatment issues. All kinds of countries have realities that don't match the pretty words written in statute books. If your standard is "well, I want the laws to say ____", North Korea IS a Democratic People's Republic, it says so right in the name! So it must be OK to fly Air Koryo...
Last edited by eponymous_coward; Sep 21, 2017 at 12:55 pm
