I did not include lists of
alliance partners since that information is readily available, so if it says Star Alliance, you can assume you can use ANA, United, US Airways, etc. to book an award on that airline, plus whatever non-alliance partners I list.
Not exact matches
Since Aeromexico is a member of the SkyTeam
alliance, you can also book award travel on some of its
partner airlines, however, award availability on these will vary.
Since so many airlines are members of airline
alliances (and those that aren't can
partner with other airlines in ways you wouldn't expect), it feels sometimes that you can use points to fly on almost every one of them.
At first glance, one may think this move by American is unusual, especially
since Qatar Airways is one of American's
partners in the Oneworld
alliance.
If you never fly American Airlines or its Oneworld
alliance partners, or if your hometown airport is a hub for a different airline, then the above card wouldn't be a good choice for you
since the rewards you're earning can only be used to book on American or a
partner airline (Japan Airlines, for example).
The Driver Family has been operating
since 1931 and has a fleet of over 75 vehicles with operations in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmania, Cairns, Perth, Alice Springs and Darwin, with an
alliance partner in Brisbane and Gold Coast.
Singapore is an
alliance partner as well, but
since you can't redeem LifeMiles for Singapore First, I'd recommend just transferring to Singapore Airlines directly
since they are also a transfer
partner) Compared to United or Air Canada redemptions, a key to LifeMiles is that they don't pass on any carrier's fuel surcharges.
By
partner awards, I mean flights on other Star
Alliance airlines that you can use your United mile for
since they're in the same
alliance.
No benefits for MVP members (although not surprising
since lower tier members at other airlines often don't receive much when traveling on
alliance partners).
But again
since you've decided to potentially go with
alliance partners like United, you'd be able to search for award flights with United that you'll use Singapore Airlines miles on.
This is great news for anyone with American Airlines miles,
since both airlines are
partners through the oneworld
alliance.
We have also listed applicable airline
alliances since frequent flier programs are often used to book flights on
partners.
The Driver Family has been operating
since 1931 and have a fleet of over 75 vehicles with operations in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmania, Cairns, Perth, Alice Springs and shortly in Darwin, with an
alliance partner in Brisbane / Gold Coast.
Since Alaska Airlines is not aligned with any
alliance, they have a unique range of
partners that cover most of the globe, and allow you to easily find award availability.
Since Alaska isn't a member of any airline
alliance, you usually won't get any elite benefits with their
partners.
We used our British Airways Avios points to book this American Airlines flight (
since the two airlines are
alliance partners) and it only cost us 15,000 Avios plus $ 63.25 each in unavoidable taxes and fees (30k Avios total plus $ 126.50).
The firm has been in talks with
alliance partner Capital Legal Services (CLS)
since the start of the year over an agreement that could see it join the Eversheds International network.