{"id":87,"date":"2019-05-17T10:32:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T10:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/travel\/?p=87"},"modified":"2019-05-17T14:02:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T14:02:44","slug":"beginners-guide-to-airline-alliances-oneworld-star-alliance-skyteam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/travel\/beginners-guide-to-airline-alliances-oneworld-star-alliance-skyteam\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginners Guide to Airline Alliances | Oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guide to Airline Alliances<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the most important benefits of miles at the Big 3<\/a> (American, Delta, United) is the ability to earn and redeem miles through other airlines in their alliances. Simply put, airline alliances are a partnership between two or more carriers, making long-distance travel easier. There are three main alliances: Oneworld<\/a>, Star Alliance<\/a> and SkyTeam<\/a>. While two US Airlines can<\/em> be in the same alliance, the greatest benefits come from domestic and international partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need to book a flight from Miami to Munich. Since American Airlines is the largest operator out of Miami, you choose them for your flight. But American doesn\u2019t have a flight to Munich. Rather, it relies on British Airways<\/strong>, its Oneworld partner, to pick up the connection in London. You\u2019ll fly American from Miami (MIA) to London Heathrow (LHR), land at 9:00 am, and then change to a British Airways flight there for the connection to Munich. Here is how the page on American\u2019s website looks. Note that it tells you that the connection is on a different airline but allows you to book the whole thing on its site. This way, you don\u2019t have to search for connecting flights yourself. <\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Airline Alliances – American Airlines Codeshare with British Airways LHR-MUC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Airline Alliances – Earn in One Program from Multiple Airlines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From a mileage perspective, these partnerships are extremely important, because airlines usually allow you to earn miles on a partner\u2019s flight. In this case, the passenger can earn American Airlines (Oneworld Alliance<\/a>) miles (or British Airways Avios, if you are so inclined) on not only the portion flown on American but also the portion flown on British Airways, thus building your collection of miles on one airline<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Benefits – Airline Alliances<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The goal for the airline alliances are to\nmake your travel as seamless as possible. In a perfect world, you wouldn\u2019t even\nknow that you are flying a different airline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, the world is rarely perfect, but they have<\/em> found a way to make the travel experience a little better. In addition to sharing routes, airline alliance members generally share amenities, so if you have benefits on your \u201chome carrier,\u201d you\u2019ll generally get them on the alliance partner, as well. There are always one or two exceptions, but for the most part\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n