The first Star Alliance carrier on the list is All Nippon Airways and its Mileage Club program, which offers
separate award charts for flights on ANA metal and flights on partner airlines.
Alaska has
a separate award charts for every partner.
Velocity uses
separate award charts for Singapore than its other partners, and both are extremely overpriced.
The MileagePlus program has
separate award charts for United flights and partner airlines.
In the meantime, the airline has two
separate award charts for flights on SkyTeam carriers: one for travel to Saudi Arabia, and another for the rest of the world.
To complicate things more, the carrier has
separate award charts for oneworld alliance members and other partner airlines.
Vietnam Airlines has
separate award charts for its own flights and for flights on partner airlines, including SkyTeam members.
I've included every program's award chart, as well as three
separate award charts to account for peak or discounted awards in certain programs.
ANA is the Japan - based member of Star Alliance, and they have 2
separate award charts.
Qantas» frequent flyer program isn't one of the simplest out there, especially considering that they have 4
separate award charts!
Iberia Plus has
separate award charts for every partner airline; you can view them airline by airline here.
Singapore Airlines has an entirely
separate award chart for flights on Virgin Atlantic and requires few miles than using your Singapore miles on Star Alliance flights.
As I said, Alaska Airlines has
a separate award chart for each airline so we know that an Emirates First Class flight is going to come up at 90,000 miles each way.
Alaska Airlines has a completely
separate award chart for each partner so it can be a little confusing.
If you're using Asia Miles and your award booking includes 2 or more partners, your award will fall under
a separate award chart — the Oneworld multi-carrier award chart.
Alaska has
a separate award chart for each partner and the rates often differ considerably from those available by booking directly with the partner airline.
American did something similar in 2014, and United created an entirely
separate award chart for partner awards that can cost much more compared to flying on its own planes.
Finally, remember that Singapore has
a separate award chart for itineraries that involve flights operated by Star Alliance partners.
GarudaMiles is a distance - based program with
a separate award chart for every partner, but they all have similar redemption rates.
For example, United has an award chart for booking awards on United Airlines flights and
a separate award chart for booking on Star Alliance partners.
They have
a separate award chart for every partner, so it is not as easy to say what a particular award will cost or if it is better than, say, booking it with American Airlines miles instead.
But Iberia Plus still has
a separate award chart for American Airlines, which can save you Amex points should you need a domestic short - haul ticket.
Not exact matches
With
separate Star Alliance and Virgin Australia
award charts, you can't mix Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia on the same
award.
Most airline
award programs
separate Mexico from the U.S. in their
award charts.
United Airlines changed its
award chart last year to create
separate categories for partner
awards in business or first class.
That's because Korean, unlike most other airline
award charts, considers Hawaii one of the U.S. states, rather than a
separate region.
While Singapore Airlines has one
award chart for all Star Alliance partners, it has a
separate one for flights on Virgin Atlantic.
Yesterday, while most people's attention was focused on the addition of Premium Economy redemptions to the Singapore Airlines
award chart (more on that in a
separate post), the airline slipped in a change to the
charts in a way that increased the cost of Premium Cabin Saver
Awards to certain European cities.
The same is not true for partner airlines and companion
awards, which operate on
separate, fixed - priced
award charts.
This is why we were worried when we looked at Japan Airlines Mileage Bank partner
award chart and noticed that it now lists
award prices separately: one for
awards prior to October 1, 2017, and a
separate chart for
awards after that date.
With
separate Star Alliance and Virgin Australia
award charts, you can't mix Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia on the same
award.
A
separate partner
award chart applies when you travel on Star Alliance members, which you can mix with each other and with ANA.
Asiana has an
award chart for its own metal and a
separate chart for partners.
Etihad maintains a
separate award redemption
chart for every partner.
American Airlines recently introduced significant changes to their
award charts that drastically raise prices in many cases, as well as creating two
separate charts for travel on American Airlines vs. partner airlines.
That makes it a great use of the
award chart search tool that I created, which displays a
separate price for each partner.
Since United went to
separate charts for its own flights and partner flights in February 2014, I have lost interest in using United miles for premium cabin
awards on its partners.
More
award charts and
separate rules all for the same mileage program.
I make the point loud and clear, and made three
separate posts emphasizing the significance of the
award chart changes.