Airlines & Business Travel & Family Travel & Travel Places 2009/04/13/ 14:44
Heads up; Continental Airlines to leave Sky Team
Continental Airlines have just received a tentative approval from the US DOT (Department of Transportation) to join the Star Alliance Group.
IMHO (in my humble opinion) Conti is the strongest airline player in the Sky Team group of airlines; guys, lets be honest; I hardly saw you flying Aero Flot, do you still trust Alitalia to fly? :) lets be honest from 1 to 10 dont we all suffer on an Air France flight….
How can one compare the quality of service of the skyteam to the great group of StarAlliance; Thai, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, SAS, Austrian, United, Air Canada, Swiss, All Nippon…
As i was saying, Continental Airlines will soon leave the group and join the strongest airline group the Star Alliance.
For some of us its good news, but for those who fly a lot and keep 2 major millage accounts, thus, one in each group: Star Alliance - Lufthansa and SkyTeam Conti, what would you do now? where will your miles go? will they allow merger of accounts? what about status match?
If to say something good about SkyTeam is that they have a much nicer website - more appealing, business minded, action orientated.
I will keep you all posted with the situation, and if you need any advise please do not hesitate to contact me in regards.
