Originally Posted by mira la luna
are airmiles earned through one airline in the oneworld alliance valid for any airline within it? ie, if i earn some mileage with AA can i then use it for a BA flight? i'm new to all this... thank you
You can earn miles for the Frequent Flyer program of the
oneWORLD carrier you are flying with. In
most cases you can also earn points in another Frequent Flyer Program of a different
oneWORLD affiliate airline instead.
For example, if you fly on an AA flight you can earn points in AA's AAdvantage program, or, you can earn in BA's Executive club program instead.(some transatlantic flights are excluded).
As far as redeeming goes, and in answer to your question, you can indeed use points earned in one
oneWORLD carrier's program to for award travel on another
oneWORLD carrier's flights.
The above is a bit simplistic; there are other factors involved such as award availability, earning ratios, etc. You will need to have a close look at the program rules for each individual FF program.