Originally Posted by The Flying Scotsman 89

Hi Guys,

Due to the amount of very helpful comments on my last post I thought i'd see what useful pointers you could all come up with for my next newbie issue.

Due to the work I do I travel fairly frequently, on many different airlines, on flights booked by someone else other than myself.

I have an executive club membership with BA which I use to collect Avois on and a Tesco credit card which I earn points on purchases with and then convert to Avois.

I have just started looking into joining the other two main alliances SkyTeam and Star Alliance in order to gain points on any flights I happen to be on through that are not under the oneworld umbrella.

I would like to use my earned points on leisure flight purchases, upgrades and lounge access.

Is there any advantages in choosing a loyalty card from one particular airline than another in the same alliance? Is there a dedicated alliance card that you can acquire and collect points with rather than having one affiliated with one particular airline within an alliance? Or is it advantageous to acquire many different loyalty cards from airlines within the same alliance?

Hope that makes a bit of sense to someone!! Thanks in advance.