I was reading the review of the oneworld alliance on the web version of your magazine.
For example, if earning miles within the oneworld alliance is your priority, American AAdvantage is probably the best choice. AAdvantage members can reap the benefits of American's domestic partnership with US Airways' program, Dividend Miles. The US Airways partnership allows AAdvantage members to pool miles with Dividend Miles when redeeming select awards. Through the US Airways alliance, AAdvantage members who hold American Express cards can also tap into US Airways' partnership with American Express Membership Rewards and convert reward points into Dividend Miles at a 1-to-1 ratio. They can then pool the Dividend Miles with AAdvantage miles to redeem awards in either program.
Just wanted to clarify something (make sure I'm correct), because this is misleading.
To my knowledge, you can only combine US/AA miles on flights that involve only US/AA. If you are booking a ticket with a partner of either airline, the miles must come from that airline.
For example, if I wanted to book a RTW award ticket, I cannot use any US miles.
Am I correct? The article makes it sound like you can combine miles for any award, but I think that is incorrect.
BTW, Any idea what will happen to AA/US now?
BB