Originally Posted by
tootsci
The question was whether there was any alternative route to credit an Avianca flight to a OWA FFP despite them being part of Star Alliance - as with Latam I’d seen Iberia on the list of airlines on wheretocredit for Avianca.
I think the answer is no, as nothing I could find on the Avianca website, and Iberia’s site is very vague, so the only data point is the wheretocredit site i.e. not official so probably out of date?
You are going in circles.
If you want to earn points on Iberia, look at the Iberia website. If it is not there, it is not there. Not sure why wouldn't you stop then.
One world does not have a partner with south America focus, so OW airlines have agreements to sell connections to non ow airlines via codeshares.
For example, AA sells tickets departing the US to Cuzco with a connection on Jetsmart sold as an AA flight, which earns AA points. Iberia will sell you a Madrid to Cuzco with a Latam final connection marketed as IB.
If you buy point to point within South America directly with the operating airline you will not earn points with any OW airline. For internal South America trips, you are better off with SkyTeam (Delta, LATAM) or Star Alliance (Avianca, Copa, United).