Isn't that the benefit of the alliance? I guess I'm not seeing how this is bad. If one airline can't make it work but another in the alliance can, aren't consumers in the same position? -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alireza Alivandivafa Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 12:13 AM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: An interesting bit of...COLUSION (sic?) This is an interesting bit. As soon as UA stupidly switched their LAX-NRT service from 744 to 772, NH switched their's back from 772 to 744. Does anyone sense a bit of reaching for the STARs here?