Merger mania:UAL/continental airtran/Midwest Air
Dec 12, 2006, 7:19 pm
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Merger mania:UAL/continental airtran/Midwest Air
wall street journal is reporting talks have been ongoing between ual and continental. airtran about to make offer for midwest. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1165..._whats_news_us
good news: if you have amex member miles and live in chicago.
probably bad for everyone else
good news: if you have amex member miles and live in chicago.
probably bad for everyone else
Dec 12, 2006, 8:38 pm
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You are not completely accurate. EXPs on AA its top tier (i.e those that have 100k eqms, 100 segments or 100k q points) get free upgrades domestically, so under your unlikely scenario, if NW and AA were to merge and if NW and AA were to use the AAdvantage program, unlimited free domestic upgrades would still exist for top tier, and top tier would also likely get the 8 EVIPs with the extensive NW route network and perhaps the best business class of an American legacy, this could be not such a bad thing, as I have speculated from time to time, so to paint as a horrible is in itself not accurate. Nonetheless, all of this is speculation and as noted unlikely in any event.
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Dec 12, 2006, 10:26 pm
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Dec 12, 2006, 11:55 pm
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not sure how all these possible mergers would affect my world. I use AA but they seem ok for now... I use United and dont care who they merge with but I do use NW because they give us direct flights with awards normally available for exactly what we want, and when we travel overseas, we lilke the current options that they have witih partners DL and CO. If those two take off, then will this make NWA less available for us? Probably. Oh well, such is life. When you get something working, someone comes up and changes it on ya. That kind of mentality all started with Bill Gates. hahahaha.
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Dec 12, 2006, 11:59 pm
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Dec 13, 2006, 12:15 am
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AA/NW retains the AA name and remains in oneWorld.
CO/UA retains the UA name or comes up with some hybrid (United Continental Airlines (UCA) doesn't sound that bad) and remains in STAR.
US/DL keeps the Delta name and stays in SkyTeam, meaning US exits Star.
There is no way that you could have two of these new "mega airlines" in any one alliance.
Dec 13, 2006, 12:17 am
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Maybe because Alaska is a partner of NW and AA the above would be true. But I think everyone will merge into one big slow botched carrier called AEROFLOT
...and it will have this huge multi-airline logo like the one from the movie, meet the parents!
HEHEHE
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...and it will have this huge multi-airline logo like the one from the movie, meet the parents!
HEHEHE
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Dec 13, 2006, 1:00 am
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Yeah these seem like highly unlikely mergers listed above. I think something like AS and NW would be more appropriate, NW feeds flights through SEA and PDX onto Alaska and they have elite benefits shared. Why not merge Northwest and Alaska and get Northwaska!
Dec 13, 2006, 5:23 am
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My prediction for what will happen if you see AA/NW, CO/UA, and US/DL all merge is the following:
AA/NW retains the AA name and remains in oneWorld.
CO/UA retains the UA name or comes up with some hybrid (United Continental Airlines (UCA) doesn't sound that bad) and remains in STAR.
US/DL keeps the Delta name and stays in SkyTeam, meaning US exits Star.
There is no way that you could have two of these new "mega airlines" in any one alliance.
AA/NW retains the AA name and remains in oneWorld.
CO/UA retains the UA name or comes up with some hybrid (United Continental Airlines (UCA) doesn't sound that bad) and remains in STAR.
US/DL keeps the Delta name and stays in SkyTeam, meaning US exits Star.
There is no way that you could have two of these new "mega airlines" in any one alliance.
