Just got my electronic MileagePlus Statement from UA and in it there was a link announcing that Swiss Air is joining Star Alliance:
http://www.unitedairlines.com.au/qen...mmp/swiss.html
Will make it very attractive proposal for anyone wanting to travel to say central or eastern Europe. SIA has a daily flt from Singapore to Zurich.
Apparently Star Alliance has recently been named the World's best airline alliance by Skytrax:
http://www.unitedairlines.com.au/qen...talliance.html