Originally Posted by Sam Drucker

This thread touches on a topic that I've wondered about for a number of years: Inconsistent mileage earnings between Star Alliance partners.

You would think that any given Star Alliance airline would consider their specific fares as fully-mileage earning, partial-mileage earning, or non-mileage earning for all other Star Alliance Partners. Yet, this is not the case. They seem to have individual agreements with each partner airline. Why?
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As for the OP, there are very few Business and First fares that are not mileage earning with Star Alliance partners. But your example is a reminder to everyone here to always check the specific fare types when flying on partners, no matter what class of service you are flying.