Often times, you may get a credit card for a specific airline but intend on using the miles earned from that card on
a different airline alliance partner.
Not exact matches
Another difference is that Delta is part of the SkyTeam
alliance and has totally
different airline partners than American.
Etihad isn't part of an
airline alliance, but they do have a lot of
different airline partners.
Alaska
Airlines is not part of an official alliance, but they have partnered with a number of different airlines from each
Airlines is not part of an official
alliance, but they have
partnered with a number of
different airlines from each
airlines from each of them.
Etihad isn't part of an
airline alliance, but they do have a lot of
different airline partners.
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).
There are basically three
different ways to book award flights domestically: 1) revenue - based awards with Southwest, JetBlue, or Virgin America; 2) distance - based flights with British Airways Avios; or 3) traditional region - based award redemptions with domestic
airlines, such as United, American, Delta, and Alaskan (or any other
alliance partners).
The positive is that one kind of
airline mile (Alaska's) can help you travel on many
different partners across all of the major
alliances.
They've got all three major
airline alliances covered with their
partners and also have some of the most coveted
partners like Etihad and Emirates, allowing for maximum options for
different travelers.
Flying Blue has over 30
different airline partners including KLM, Air France, the entire SkyTeam
alliance, and also non-
alliance partners such as Alaska
Airlines.
They
partner (or codeshare) with a number of
airlines from
different alliances, including:
Between the
different airlines partnered with Starwood, all the 3 major
Airline Alliances are covered - Oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance.
Alaska isn't in an
alliance, but its Mileage Plan miles are especially valuable because it has several
airline partners — including American, Delta, Air France / KLM and Qantas — that allow you to bank Alaska miles to them at various
different earning ratios.