Originally Posted by CareerPivot

With multiple conversations going in multiple threads, figured it'd be better to consolidate into a new one. I'd be very interested to see what the financials are for UA to integrate into Paisley. I have to assume they're getting a better deal than what they are currently using, and it's free money for JB.

While it does seem like this is the first phase of that supposed 3 phase plan, I'm not sure JB wants to give up all their other partnerships in order to join Star Alliance in a theoretical phase 2.