There are 14 airlines that participate in the Skyteam alliance.\u00a0 Those airlines are: Aeroflot, Aeromexico, Air Europa, Air France, Alitalia, China Eastern, China Southern, Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Kenya Airways, KLM, Korean Air, TAROM,\u00a0 and Vietnam Airlines.<\/p>\n
This means that if you book a flight on Delta and it takes you to Russia, you might actually fly on their partner airline, which is Aeroflot. However, if you were to book a flight to Vietnam, it is possible that the flight would be on Vietnam Airlines.<\/p>\n
Let’s say that you’ve scored the Gold Delta SkyMiles\u00ae Credit Card from American Express, and you have had a number of other accumulated Skymiles and you wanted to book a ticket to Italy so you could imagine seeing the gladiators fight in the Colosseum, or have a cappuccino in Venice, you might consider calling Delta to ask them to help you book the award ticket.\u00a0 If you don’t have quite enough points or miles, then score the Gold Delta SkyMiles\u00ae Credit Card from American Express\u00a0to top off your account. It will also give you 5,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQM), so you can work your way to first class, like we spoke about yesterday.<\/p>\n
Oneworld<\/strong><\/p>\n The Oneworld alliance is where I’ve flown most of my trips around the world.\u00a0 They have great access to the parts of the world where I’ve spent the most amount of time.\u00a0 They happened to have the best rate when I flew to Southeast Asia in 2009, and had the best rate flying to Central America on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n There are currently 12 airlines that participate in this partnership.\u00a0 They are: American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malev, Mexicana, Quantas, Royal Jordinian, S7 Airlines.<\/p>\n Remember that when you are booking your award travel to consider using any of these airliners as they are all partners.\u00a0 Even if you purchase a ticket on Cathay Pacific because you’re going to China, remember to get credit to your American Airlines AAdvantage account.\u00a0 Just give them your AAdvantage number when you are booking the ticket, or when you show up at the airport.<\/p>\n Star Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n The largest partnership amongst the three is the Star Alliance.\u00a0 They have 27 partnering airlines all across the world.\u00a0 This means that you can both earn and use miles on any of these companies with your United Miles.<\/p>\n The companies that participate are: Adria, Aegean, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana, Austriana, Blue1, British Midland, Brussels, Continental, Croatia, EgyptAir, Lot, Luthansa, Scandanavian, Singapore, South African, Spanair, Swiss, TAM, Tap Portugal, Thai, Turkish, United, US Airways.<\/p>\n As you get into the “Frequent Flier” realm there is a lot to understand.\u00a0 At worldwanderlusting.com we want you to understand how all of this works together.\u00a0 One of the things that might be hard to understand is how some … Continue reading ![\"Enhanced](\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=95fba6e3-ee97-4abb-a339-200d9602604a\")
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