Sentences with phrase «alliance mileage programs»

Not exact matches

When paying for a ticket on an alliance member you can often credit your miles to another member airline, keeping your miles in one program, instead of ending up with lots of small mileage amounts spread across mileage programs.

It's best to start with one mileage program in each of the three alliances: Star Alliance, OneWorld, and SkyTeam.

In general, FlyerTalk is the travel resource where you can find information about airports, mileage programs, earning points and airline alliances.

Delta explains that partner airlines determine how they want to participate with the SkyMiles program, but it seems that there should be a base level requirement of mileage earning for alliance members.

Mileage redemption can be done using the Delta SkyMiles program as Air France is a founding member of the SkyTeam alliance of which Delta is a member.

If you're not familiar with Alaska'a award program, Mileage Plan, it's one of the best award programs due to solid redemption rates, flexible routing rules, and a number of quality partners that span across alliances.

Any mileage programs marked with a * show pricing that is only available if your award does not include any alliance partners (i.e. you only fly American Airlines flights if using American AAdvantage or United Airlines flights if using United MileagePlus).

Looks like earning in the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan program gives you a great deal since you can fly many different carriers in difference Alliances for pretty much less than you would in their own programs.

However, all three mileage programs are very different with Delta being the sole carrier that's part of an airline alliance (SkyTeam).

That said, not all airline mileage programs are as accepting as others, even within alliances, so the key is to use the most versatile airline alliance per airline.

... then you have to do some research as to which partners in the alliance of that mileage program do not have significant fuel surcharges to pass on in the first place.

These are the most versatile airline mileage programs per alliance I've found through experience — that is, the ones whose miles can be used with partners and redeemed with them too.

Our favorite mileage programs are AA and United because they allow you to book one way awards and are a great complement to each other because they are part of 2 of the biggest airline alliances.

(Meanwhile, the Oneworld alliance has suspended mileage earning and spending privileges on Airberlin flights for members of other Oneworld airline frequent flyer programs.)