Have 4 Taca/Lacsa flights suddenly coming up... Does anyone know to which (major) FFP I can credit these flights?

TACA is part of the OneWorld Alliance. You could credit it to AA or maybe one of the other partners.

Since when???????

TACA will supposedly partner with UA soon; they are currently affiliated with AA, but are not a OneWorld member.

Sadly, the American Airlines affiliation is scheduled to disappear soon. I got me to lots of places in Central and South America. I forget the date. Ask if important.

I believe the AA tie has already ended. Taca miles are worthless unless you fly them every year. Show up at the airport 12 hours before flight departure because they are unbelieveably slow at checkin (exagerating a little). Most Taca post go in the other North and South America Forum at the end of the list of airlines.

Useless is a good term for TACA miles. Expiration plan is lousy. Flew two years in a row and the third year my first year miles expired.

I don't believe the offer upgrades for mileage either.

I just called to find out about buying miles and I have to go to office at airport a few hours away.

I'll probably loose the remaining ones and be done with them.

I meant to say TACA was affiliated with American. I thought this meant Oneworld, but others have corrected me. I have used American miles on code share flights with them in the past but it has been a while. I'm sorry to hear the alliance may be disappearing.

If the flight is before the alliance ends, is it possible to get AA miles when on a TACA flight?

I know enough...
Can't be bothered siging up...

Just hope I and my back will make my 1 hour connection in San Salvador then.

No, don't give up. That woul be a waste of miles. At the time of your flights, TACA will probably be allied with someone, either American or United or Delta, probably. Ask all four airlines. Someone should be able to tell you on which airline program your miles can go. You can probably even get an answer an provide your airline FF number when you check into your flights. Just be sure to keep you boarding pass in case you have to request the miles after you return

San Salvador has a very nice, very small airport. All gates in the same room. It is very likely that you will make your connection.

It's true that TACA has terrible service in the U.S. You should get to the airport at least 3 hours in advance. (No kidding.) In San Francisco I once watched a check in clerk watch a family shrink wrap all of it luggage for 20 minutes, without taking anyone else in line. And most info given to me by TACA employees in the U.S. was wrong. But the situation is entirely different outside of the U.S. The TACA help desk at the Costa Rica airport is the best in the world. They, and the TACA people in Peru were extremely helpful when I was stranded there 9/11/01. And that TACA desk has been most helpful at other times. TACA is my favorite airline for getting around Central and South America.

FQTV PARTICIPATING AIRLINE EXCHANGE/PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
----------------------------------------------------------
USE. FF(OC)(FF NUMBER)/(RC)-N.N TO TRANSMIT FLIGHT INFO
OC-OWNING RC-RECEIVING
CARRIER CARRIER

/*/ SEGMENT SPECIFIC ALLOWED

TA-202 TACA
ACCEPTS FF ACCOUNT NUMBERS IN THE PROGRAMS LISTED
AA* JJ LR* PZ TA*

AA-001 AMERICAN AIRLINES
ACCEPTS FF ACCOUNT NUMBERS IN THE PROGRAMS LISTED
AA* AS* AY* BA* CX* EI* IB* JJ* JL* LA* LR* LX* LY*
MX QF* SN* S2* TA* TK* U0* YX



JJ-957 TAM LINHAS AEREAS S.A.
ACCEPTS FF ACCOUNT NUMBERS IN THE PROGRAMS LISTED
AA* AF* JJ* LR* PZ TA*


also:

http://www.taca.com/eng/fre/finf/finfourpar.asp

I think they were set to go with UAL or star, but something happened. The TACA website seemed to have a lot of updates on 4/26/2006
and I know that UAL had flight loaded for a code-share for LAX to SJO with LR and those are now gone.

So your guess is as good as mine as to the future in the miles world for LR/TA.

the relationship with American is ending on June 30, 2006.

http://www.aa.com/apps/AAdvantage/Vi...artnersContent

make sure your fare class is eligible too.