Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
Or, since Star Alliance is bigger than OneWorld, you could say AA's policy is different from the norm.
Not quite. There are a couple of exceptions (CA, TK).
And the exceptions are for both parts of the statement. There are OneWorld members who do not award EQM on other OneWorld members metal and there are StarAlliance members that give EQM on partner operated metal. It all varies from airline to airline.