Dan I have 2 accounts with Barclays / Lufthansa about 50k points in each but the fuel charges make it not worth using — they are
a Star alliance partner, so is there a way to transfer the points out to United and then use them on a United based ticket?
of course you will be paying
star alliance partner upgrade rates, not krisflyer
So just as an FYI, Etihad is the only 0 YQ partner to the ME that I can think of off my head... but it's not
a star alliance partner, so I don't know if booking is harder or not.
I've paid for higher fares to use
a Star alliance partner in order to up my miles or reach a certain incentive level.
Are you going through the «
star alliance partner» link?
Star alliance partners LH and LX also fly to JNB from European cities.
Unless you fly UA (or
any star alliance partners) a lot to rack up lot of miles on cheap tickets, Virgin America point redemption on Singapore airlines is actually quite reasonable.
Not exact matches
Lega's ambition is to lead the center - right coalition rather than be a junior
partner in an unstable
alliance with Five
Star.
Chase Ultimate Rewards can be transferred to 9 airline
partners, which give you access to award flights with all 3 major airline
alliances: Oneworld, SkyTeam, and
Star Alliance.
Stallone
stars as Jimmy Bonomo, an unapologetically direct hitman who, when his
partner gets killed after a recent job, is thrown together by circumstance with Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang), a by - the - book visiting cop from Washington, D.C.. Each targets themselves, Jimmy and Taylor form an uneasy
alliance, to try to bring down a shady figure of the criminal underworld (Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje) and the psychotic enforcer, Keegan (Jason Momoa), doing his bidding.
United is a part of the
Star Alliance, and they also
partner with a few other airlines outside of any
alliances.
While Asiana miles can book travel with
Star Alliance
partners, points earned through the Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card can be transferred to airlines that belong to all 3 major airline
alliances -
Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and Oneworld.
United is a part of the
Star Alliance, the largest
alliance of airline
partners in the world.
With those
partners, you'll get access to all three of the major airline
alliances:
Star, oneworld and SkyTeam.
With those
partners, you'll get access to all three of the major airline
alliances:
Star, oneworld and SkyTeam.
Some of these codeshare
partners are not affiliated with any airline
alliance (e.g. Oneworld,
Star Alliance, or SkyTeam).
If you have miles with United or US Airways, you'll have access to
Star Alliance partners — although US Airways will give way to American's oneworld
alliance when the merger goes through.
One thing to note is that the variety of travel
partners covers all 3 major airline
alliances: Oneworld Alliance, SkyTeam Alliance, and
Star 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.
You can't fly any airline, but thanks to airline
alliances, such as Oneworld, SkyTeam, and
Star Alliance, you can book award flights on
partner airlines.
It's worth noting that several of Citi's international airline
partners are part of airline
alliances such as
Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and Oneworld.
For example, American is in the oneworld
alliance but it also
partners with Etihad and United is in the
Star Alliance but it also
partners with Aer Lingus.
While the Citi AAdvantange card only allows you to redeem miles with American Airlines (or its
partner airlines in the oneworld
alliance), and the Chase United MileagePlus card only lets you redeem with United Airlines (or its
partners in the
Star Alliance), the Barclaycard Arrival Plus ™ World Elite MasterCard ® is not affiliated with any one airline.
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.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is a
Star alliance member and is also a
partner with Etihad Airways.
Although Alaska isn't part of any
alliance (OneWorld,
Star Alliance etc...) it does have a pretty respectable stable of
partners:
American Express's transfer
partners also cover all three of the major airline
alliances, so you'll be able to book award travel to anywhere through the
Star Alliance, oneworld and SkyTeam.
Those
partners offer a wide range of redemption options that can get you anywhere in the world through the three major airline
alliances:
Star, oneworld and SkyTeam.
Fortunately, there are enough
partners on the list to get you access to all three airline
alliances (
Star Alliance, OneWorld, and SkyTeam), which will let you tap into airlines like United or American.
Victoria Falls Airport is located near the town and is served by two airlines of interest to award ticket travelers: South African Airways, a
Star Alliance partner, and Comair Limited, which is a British Airways subsidiary and oneworld
alliance affiliate airline.
In a majority of cases, these the two airlines will be
partners via both belonging to the same
alliance (Skyteam, oneworld, or
Star Alliance).
They don't pass on fuel surcharges to award tickets, and you can use United miles to book award flights with their
Star Alliance partners (the largest airline
alliance in the... read more
United is a part of the
Star Alliance, and they also
partner with a few other airlines outside of any
alliances.
While researching our Patagonia trip, I learned that Delta was
partnered with Aerolineas Argentinas as part of the SkyTeam
Alliance (the third largest
alliance in the world, behind One - World and
Star Alliance).
Through MR's
partners, you'll have access to all three of the major
alliances: SkyTeam, the
Star Alliance and oneworld.
Yup, thanks to
alliances you can use your United miles to fly on any Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, or any of their 28
Star Alliance
partner airlines.
If you choose to transfer your MR points to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program, you can use KrisFlyer miles for travel with Singapore Airlines, its
partners and other
Star alliance members
Star Alliance programs usually only give you a bonus on the program's airlines, whereas oneworld and SkyTeam programs give you bonus miles across the
alliance's
partners.
There are currently 3 major airline
alliances: The largest is
Star Alliance with 28
partners (including United), Sky Team with 20 (including Delta) and One World (including American) at 13.
Applying for a status match with one of your airline's
alliance partners, as the three main
alliances Star Alliance, Oneworld, and Skyteam have informal agreements not to «steal» each other's elite passengers.
They've got
partners from every major
alliance:
Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam and even have prized airlines like Emirates and Etihad that don't belong to a major
alliance.
Not only is Aeromexico a member of SkyTeam, it also has
partners in both the oneworld
alliance and the
Star Alliance, such as Japan Airlines, LAN Airlines and Copa Airlines.
With Membership Rewards» airline
partners, you have access to all three of the major airline
alliances: the
Star Alliance, SkyTeam and oneworld.
Although it is not a member of any of the big three airline
alliances — oneworld, the
Star Alliance or SkyTeam — Alaska does have codeshare agreements with a number of
partner airlines, including Aeromexico, Air France, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Delta, Emirates, Fiji Airways, KLM, Korean Air and Qantas.
Airline club memberships also give you access into
alliance or
partner clubs, such as the
Star Alliance or Oneworld, which will help if you're traveling internationally.
Between the different airlines
partnered with Starwood, all the 3 major Airline
Alliances are covered - Oneworld, SkyTeam, and
Star Alliance.
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.
Chase Plus Card - the
star alliance card will only allow you to enter the international Star Alliance Lounge if you are flying with one of the partnered airli
star alliance card will only allow you to enter the international
Star Alliance Lounge if you are flying with one of the partnered airli
Star Alliance Lounge if you are flying with one of the
partnered airlines.
Delta agents especially are a problem because they don't know who their
partners are much of the time, let alone how to look for award space (Skyteam is making progress but isn't as normalized in what booking codes to use for award space across the different members of the
alliance as
Star and oneworld are).
Amex has a lot of international transfers
partners like ANA which is has a decent distance award chart, allows a bunch of stopovers, and is
star -
alliance.