Originally Posted by alex0683de
What you ask is sort of the whole point of Star Alliance (or any of the major airline alliances for that matter), at least from a customer viewpoint.
The OP has been on FT for over eight years and has posted over a couple thousand times. Furthermore, he says in the post (although it's not reflected in his mini-bio) that he has "gold status with *A". With that kind of experience, one really has to wonder where such a question as this is coming from.
cheers,
Henry