The phrase
"partner airlines" refers to the airlines that have an agreement to work together and cooperate. They often have shared benefits such as codeshare flights, frequent flyer programs, and the ability to transfer passengers between each other's networks.
Full definition
If you're not unfamiliar with airline alliances, they are programs that allow you to book tickets
on partner airlines with miles from another program.
It is always good to check your «Mileage Activity» especially when it comes to getting credit
for partner airline flights.
Business and first class, as well as
partner airline awards, do not have separate redemption rates like economy.
There are other
transfer partner airlines that can help you book your American flights, but we can't recommend them due to complexity and / or poor values of their frequent flyer programs.
- One - way awards: Not allowed -
Online partner airline award booking: Some partners can be booked online, others are phone - only.
Note: Awards utilizing two or
more partner airlines cost significantly more miles than what is in the chart above.
^ The Minimum Points Guarantee applies per sector to eligible flights and fares on
selected partner airlines and applies after any applicable bonuses for membership status and / or promotional offers have been added.
Many flights on
partner airlines also include a guaranteed minimum, but you should check the appropriate partner earning chart prior to booking.
Most partner airline's premium classes earn 100 % of miles flown and even offers a fare class bonus ranging from 25 - 100 %.
You can also transfer Membership Rewards points to any of the Membership
Rewards partner airlines, and every month the program offers a different transfer bonus for a particular partner.
Under each of those region links you'll find separate charts for the
different partner airlines and, as you'll be able to see, there are some reasonable deals to be had.
Their last improvement made it so you could immediately
see partner airline flights, which was very useful.
More expensive first class awards on
partner airlines mean I now only consider using them for international business class.
A frequent - flyer «currency» becomes worth more when a
new partner airline is added, increasing the opportunities to earn miles and redeem awards.
That's
because partner airlines have access to business class award space, while they don't have access to first class award space.
Award flights on
partner airlines need to be booked at least a few days out, as last - minute availability (within 24 - 48 hours prior to departure) is blocked out.
First, they lowered mileage earning rates on
partner airlines without notice and now, I just found out they will be raising their fees for award travel changes.
Combine this flexibility with one of the widest partner networks 36
partner airlines connecting to more than 1,000 destinations and you've got a very powerful award.
Suddenly, this week, I am getting a mix of award pricing for the same one route on the
same partner airlines.
That's hard to do on a network that is mostly domestic, yet traveling on
partner airlines increases the threshold to 90,000 miles.
As I reported earlier, they apparently have already
paid partner airlines for award tickets and they remain valid.
Phrases with «partner airlines»