One World needs better partners
Jul 18, 2008 | 2:28 pm
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One World needs better partners
I have f.f. points in AA but it seems difficult to use them for overseas flights some times. Star Alliance seems to be growing and partnered with so many airline options. When going to Europe I find that the partners I can only work with AA and British Air. Why has One World lost so many of it's previous partners??
Jul 18, 2008 | 3:04 pm
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I have f.f. points in AA but it seems difficult to use them for overseas flights some times. Star Alliance seems to be growing and partnered with so many airline options. When going to Europe I find that the partners I can only work with AA and British Air. Why has One World lost so many of it's previous partners??
Oneworld doesn't have as many options in Europe as the other two, but what doesn't work for you works better for others. It has better coverage than the other two in South America and Australia for starters.
Jul 18, 2008 | 5:31 pm
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They lost Swiss Air too. I'm trying to plan a trip to Johannesburg with a stop over in Zurich for a few days. They're saying I need to go from Zurich BACK TO HEATHROW before flying to Johannesburg. All the best options seem to be with Star Alliance carriers. I want to stopover somewhere, anywhere but the UK.
Jul 18, 2008 | 5:52 pm
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Jul 18, 2008 | 6:15 pm
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Swiss was never a ONEWORLD member.
Regarding flights to Europe, current ONEWORLD carriers that operate between the US and Europe and intra-Europe are British, Iberia, Finnair and Mlev. Brussels Airlines is an AA partner and you can use them if you are using miles for an AA All-Partner Award. So that's a total of 6 (incl. AA) airlines to choose from for US-Europe routings.
Regarding flights to Europe, current ONEWORLD carriers that operate between the US and Europe and intra-Europe are British, Iberia, Finnair and Mlev. Brussels Airlines is an AA partner and you can use them if you are using miles for an AA All-Partner Award. So that's a total of 6 (incl. AA) airlines to choose from for US-Europe routings.
Jul 18, 2008 | 9:39 pm
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Jul 19, 2008 | 1:46 am
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Swiss was never a ONEWORLD member.
Regarding flights to Europe, current ONEWORLD carriers that operate between the US and Europe and intra-Europe are British, Iberia, Finnair and Málev. Brussels Airlines is an AA partner and you can use them if you are using miles for an AA All-Partner Award. So that's a total of 6 (incl. AA) airlines to choose from for US-Europe routings.
Regarding flights to Europe, current ONEWORLD carriers that operate between the US and Europe and intra-Europe are British, Iberia, Finnair and Málev. Brussels Airlines is an AA partner and you can use them if you are using miles for an AA All-Partner Award. So that's a total of 6 (incl. AA) airlines to choose from for US-Europe routings.
Jul 19, 2008 | 10:06 am
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Thank you for your suggestions. I didn't know that Swiss was never part of OneWorld. In my case it worked well when I redeemed AA miles for a flight to Zurich. I definitely need to use AA miles to get to JNB via some airline that flies from Europe but prefer not to use BA.
Jul 19, 2008 | 10:52 am
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Jul 19, 2008 | 11:43 am
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Not a member of OneWorld but they used to be an "other partner" for AA (couldn't redeem a OneWorld award) - this arrangement ended earlier this year (announced last year).
https://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do...lines/main.jsp
https://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do...lines/main.jsp
Jul 19, 2008 | 11:45 am
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They were but are not anymore. I suggest you check out aa.com and the all-partner award pages for the partners. You can connect through Europe on any of a number of carriers, but the only two partners you can use to get to Jo'burg are BA and Iberia.
Jul 19, 2008 | 1:24 pm
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He could also look in to El Al it might be bit if detour but i know plenty of people that fly from europe to south africa via DXB and Doha.
Jul 19, 2008 | 1:53 pm
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Jul 19, 2008 | 6:31 pm
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Not without two tickets. He can only connect through Europe. While Israel used to be in Europe as far as AA was concerned, it was changed to the Middle East.