They don't do a good job of searching for all possible itineraries that will get you to your destination, nor do they look at all
the available alliance partners.
Not exact matches
As well as the founding
partners, the tolino service continues to be
available through all associated
partners of the
alliance such as Osiander, Mayersche Buchhandlung and the more than 1,500 book retailers that participate in tolino via the wholesaler Libri.
The debut eReader of the tolino
alliance, the tolino shine released in the spring of 2013, also remains
available from all tolino
partners.
It also may be harder to find
available flights on
alliance airlines without going to the
partner websites.
There will probably be a better redemption option
available for most flights, but Hawaiian Airlines «program has a secret weapon: the airline is
partners with many major carriers and not an exclusive member of any one
alliance.
JetBlue has several airline
partners, but because they are not part of a traditional
alliance like OneWorld or Star
Alliance, reciprocal earning and redemption are not
available for all of them.
Important reminder: If you hold a United Mileage Plus Explorer Card or have status with United there's a chance that you might see more reward availability than is actually
available to other
alliance partners.
Even though they don't have every
available travel
partner, remember that you can use
alliances to book reservations using your preferred carriers or hotels.
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).
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.