GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 Is Not Connected to AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Right on the heels of me asking how Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 fits into the Avengers: Infinity War storyline I get my answer. Turns out it doesn't! Kevin Feige, reading my mind, tells Comicbook that the new film is a standalone tale that will have no ties to the Avengers: Infinity War storyline. The Marvel man explains:

"I always say, all the movies, Civil War is a standalone story about that, but that fit into it...This is even more of a standalone story than that. This is about the characters. This is about their evolution as heroes, as their own internal family, as the group, a group of characters known as the Guardians of the Galaxy. You know, the way this film ends, and the team at the end, will inform future things, but there’s nothing that nods directly towards it."

Well, that conveniently dismisses my question about the Marvel timeline! I guess it makes sense that not everything in the Marvel films is a precursor to Avengers: Infinity War, but you would imagine as Thanos grows in power his presence would be felt more throughout the universe. It does sound like the end of the film has the Guardians travel though, right? Is that what Feige is hinting at in his quote, or does it mean something else?