Originally Posted by
FruJu
Yes, I was surprised by this when I looked into domestic China travel this past month.
Apart from Air China (which by the way, serves terrible food on their flights) in Star Alliance, it does seem like SkyTeam (and therefore Delta + SkyPesos for U.S. residents) is the only game in town.
It gets worse. Even with ST partners in China, unless you a non-discounted Y or better ticket, you will only get 50% (if anything) for readmable and elite miles when you fly inside China and have it credited to DL.