Airline Alliances
Maximise your points accrual when travelling
When you travel choose the airline you want to travel with in order to maximise your points accrual. This can lead to faster accrual and more chances to get those valuable free flights. Many airlines also work alongside other providers i.e. hotels, car hire companies and even certain shops to gain more points. Many major airlines also have their own branded credit cards allowing even more earning opportunities.
It's not always in your interest to go for the cheapest flight/airline as you might miss out on points. Also some lower fares do not allow points accrual, so check with your travel consultant.When you join an airline frequent flyer scheme they will have their own partner airlines. Also some of these airlines may well be part of one of the larger alliances below. So for example if your airline is in one of the below alliances and has their own partners then you get more opportunities to gain points.
One thing to check is what point’s options is available with each airline. Do they allow point’s accrual and redemption? This means you can get points travelling on that airline and also that you can redeem points to travel on that airline.
Star Alliance-founded 1997
• Adria Airways JP • Aegean Airlines A3 • Air Canada AC • Air China CA • Air New Zealand NZ • ANA NH • Asiana Airlines OZ • Austrian OS • Blue1 KF • Bmi BD • Brussels Airlines SN (formerly Sabena) • Croatia Airlines OU • EGYPTAIR MS • Lot Polish Airlines LO • Lufthansa LH • Scandinavian Airlines SK • Singapore Airlines SQ • South African Airways SA • Spanair JK (ceased operations Jan 12) • SWISS LX • TAM Airlines JJ • TAP Portugal TP • THAI TG • Turkish Airlines TK • US Airways US
Future members
• AVianca AV • TACA TA • Copa Airlines CM • Shenzhen Airlines ZH
One World- founded 1999
• American Airlines AA • British Airways BA • Cathay Pacific CX • Finnair AY • Iberia IB • Japan Airlines JL • LAN LA • Malev Hungarian Airlines MA (ceased operating Jan 12) • Mexicana MX (ceased operating in 2010) • Qantas QF • Royal Jordanian RJ • S7 Airlines S7
You can also collect points on the above airline affiliates.
American Airlines AmericanConnectionSM* and American Eagle®** - British Airways BA Cityflyer, Comair of Southern Africa and Sun-Air of Scandinavia - Cathay Pacific Dragonair - Iberia Air Nostrum - Japan Airlines JAL Express, J-AIR and Japan Transocean Air - LAN LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador, LAN Peru and LAN Express - Qantas QantasLink and Jetconnect - S7 Airlines Globus
Future members
• Airberlin AB • Kingfisher Airlines IT • Malaysia Airlines MH
SkyTeam –founded 2000
• Aeroflot SU • Aeromexico AM • Air Europa UX • Air France AF • Alitalia AZ • China Airlines CI • China Eastern MU • China Southern CZ • Czech Airlines OK • Delta Airlines DL • Kenya Airways KQ • KLM KL • Korean Air KE • TAROM RO • Vietnam Airlines VN
Future members
• Garuda Indonesia GA • Aeorlineas Argentinas AR • Saudi Arabian Airlines SV • Middle east Airlines ME • Xiamen Airlines MF