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<div class = "row">
<div class = "row">
{{mc2|{{transfer|all}} [[#skyteam|All SkyTeam programs]]}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|all}} [[#skyteam|All SkyTeam programs]]}}
+ {{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
</div>
</div>
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'''Air Seychelles'''
'''Air Seychelles'''
<div class = "row">
<div class = "row">
− {{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|jet}} Jet Airways (India)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|jet}} Jet Airways (India)}}
</div>
</div>
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{{mc2|{{transfer|flyingblue}} Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|flyingblue}} Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|cathay}} Cathay Pacific (Asia Miles)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|cathay}} Cathay Pacific (Asia Miles)}}
+ {{mc2|{{transfer|emirates}} Emirates (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|jal}} JAL (Japanese Airlines}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|jal}} JAL (Japanese Airlines}}
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</div>
</div>
+
+ '''BRA (Sweden'''
+ <div class = "row">
+ {{mc2|{{transfer|finnair}} Finnair}}
+ </div>
'''British Airways'''
'''British Airways'''
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{{mc2|{{transfer|alitalia}} Alitalia (Italy)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|alitalia}} Alitalia (Italy)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|american}} American}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|american}} American}}
+ {{mc2|{{transfer|delta}} Delta}}
</div>
</div>
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{{mc2|{{transfer|aeromexico}} Aeromexico}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|aeromexico}} Aeromexico}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|flyingblue}} Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|flyingblue}} Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)}}
+ {{mc2|{{transfer|emirates}} Emirates (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|gol}} GOL (Brazil)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|gol}} GOL (Brazil)}}
</div>
</div>
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{{mc2|{{transfer|american}} American}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|american}} American}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|avianca}} Avianca (Columbia)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|avianca}} Avianca (Columbia)}}
− {{mc2|{{transfer|delta}} Delta}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|emirates}} Emirates (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|emirates}} Emirates (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
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'''Great Lakes'''
'''Great Lakes'''
<div class = "row">
<div class = "row">
− {{mc2|{{transfer|delta}} Delta}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|United}} United}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|United}} United}}
</div>
</div>
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{{mc2|{{transfer|jet}} Direct (Jet Airways)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|jet}} Direct (Jet Airways)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|ana}} ANA (All Nippon Airlines)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|ana}} ANA (All Nippon Airlines)}}
− {{mc2|{{transfer|delta}} Delta}}
− {{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|korean}} Korean Airlines}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|korean}} Korean Airlines}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|milesandmore}} Lufthansa (Miles and More)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|milesandmore}} Lufthansa (Miles and More)}}
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<div class = "row">
<div class = "row">
{{mc2|{{transfer|jetblue}} Direct (JetBlue)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|jetblue}} Direct (JetBlue)}}
+ {{mc2|{{transfer|emirates}} Emirates (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|Hawaiian}} Hawaiian}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|Hawaiian}} Hawaiian}}
</div>
</div>
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<div class = "row">
<div class = "row">
{{mc2|{{transfer|aircanada}} Air Canada (Aeroplan)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|aircanada}} Air Canada (Aeroplan)}}
+ {{mc2|{{transfer|finnair}} Finnair}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|singapore}} Singapore Airlines}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|singapore}} Singapore Airlines}}
</div>
</div>
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<div class = "row">
<div class = "row">
{{mc2|{{transfer|ana}} ANA (All Nippon Airlines)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|ana}} ANA (All Nippon Airlines)}}
− {{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
</div>
</div>
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{{mc2|{{transfer|sa}} Direct (South African Airways)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|sa}} Direct (South African Airways)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|emirates}} Emirates (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|emirates}} Emirates (UAE)}}
− {{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|jet}} Jet Airways (India)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|jet}} Jet Airways (India)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|VirginAtlantic}} Virgin Atlantic}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|VirginAtlantic}} Virgin Atlantic}}
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'''Ukraine International Airlines'''
'''Ukraine International Airlines'''
<div class = "row">
<div class = "row">
− {{mc2|{{transfer|etihad}} Etihad (UAE)}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|tap}} TAP Portugal}}
{{mc2|{{transfer|tap}} TAP Portugal}}
</div>
</div>
Home , Using Your Points for Free Travel
Options for redeeming award tickets with the three big alliances
Most of the largest airlines are members of the three big airline alliances. You can use points from any of the alliance's frequent flyer program to book award tickets on any combination of the alliance's airlines. Understanding Airline Alliances
Rather than listing all of the different alliance options, over and over again, for every airline in the alliance, we just list them once in this section .
For example, if you have Ultimate Rewards and Membership Rewards points, and you want to fly on a Star Alliance airline like ANA, you could use transfer your points to Air Canada, Singapore Airlines, or United miles to book the award ticket. You can choose whichever of these programs requires the lowest combination of miles and fees. Obviously, if you have Marriott points, you'll have a lot of additional options.
Scandinavian Airlines is listed as an option, even though they don't participate in any of the transferable point programs and don't issue their own credit card, because they have a reasonably-priced point purchase option, with no annual maximum. This makes them a good option for purchasing the points to take advantage of Star Alliance business and first class award availability.
You can book any Star Alliance airline with:
Lufthansa (Miles and More)
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines
You can book any SkyTeam airline with:
Air France / KLM (Flying Blue)
You can book any Oneworld airline with:
Cathay Pacific (Asia Miles)
Which frequent flyer programs you can use for each airline
Adria Airways (Slovenia)
Aegean Airlines (Greece)
Aer Lingus (Ireland)
Aeroflot (Russia)
Aerolineas Argentinas
Aeromar (Mexico)
Aeromexico
Air Astana (Kazakhstan)
Lufthansa (Miles and More)
Aircalin (New Caledonia)
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Air Baltic (Latvia)
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines)
Air Canada
Cathay Pacific (domestic only)
Air China
Cathay Pacific (Asia Miles)
Air Corsica
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
airCreebec (Quebec)
Air Dolomiti (Italy)
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Air Europa (Spain)
Air France
Air India
Airlink (South Africa)
Air Macau
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Air Malta
Lufthansa (Miles and More)
Air Mauritius
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Air New Zealand
Air Niugini (Papau New Guinea)
Airnorth (Yukon)
Air Serbia
Air Seychelles
Air Tahiti Nui
Air Vanuatu (South Pacific)
Alaska Airlines
Alitalia (Italy)
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
American Airlines
AnadoluJet (Turkey)
Asiana Airlines (Korea)
Atlantic Airways (Faroe Islands)
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines)
Austrian Airlines
Avianca (Columbia)
Azul (Brazil)
Bangkok Airways
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Cathay Pacific (Asia Miles)
Binter (Canary Islands)
BRA (Sweden
British Airways
Brussels Airlines
Calm Air (Manitoba)
Canadian North (Calgary)
Cape Air (New England)
Capital Airlines (China)
Cathay Pacific / Dragon (Hong Kong)
Lufthansa (Miles and More)
Chalair Aviation (France)
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
China Airlines
China Eastern Airlines
China Southern Airlines
Condor (Germany)
Copa Airlines (Panama)
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Croatia Airlines
Czech Airlines
Delta Air Lines
easyJet
Edelweiss Air (Swiss)
EgyptAir
El Al
Emirates (UAE)
Estonia Air
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines)
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad (UAE)
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Eurowings
Eurowings (Miles and More)
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
EVA Air (Taiwan)
Fiji Airways
Finnair
firefly (Malaysia)
Frontier
Fuzhou Airlines (China)
Garuda Indonesia
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Germanwings
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
GOL (Brazil)
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Grand China Air
Great Lakes
Guangxi Beibu Gulf (China)
Gulf Air (Bahrain)
Cathay Pacific (Asia Miles)
Hainan Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
Hong Kong Airlines
Iberia Airlines (Spain)
Icelandair
Interjet (Mexico)
Japan Airlines
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Jet Airways (India)
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Lufthansa (Miles and More)
JetBlue
Jetstar (Australia)
Juneyao Airlines
Kenya Airways
KLM (Netherlands)
Korean Air
LATAM Chile/Brazil
Cathay Pacific (Asia Miles)
Lufthansa (Miles and More)
Level (Transatlantic)
LOT Polish Airlines
Lucky Air (China)
Lufthansa (Germany)
Luxair (Luxembourg)
Malaysia Airliines
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Mandarin
MASwings
Meridiana (Italy)
Middle East Airlines (MEA)
Olympic Air (Greece)
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Oman Air
Philippine Airlines
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Qantas (Australia)
Air France / KLM (Flying Blue)
Air New Zealand (Domestic only)
Qatar
Royal Air Maroc
Royal Jordanian
SA Express (South Africa)
SATA (Azores)
Saudia
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
Seaborne Airlines (Puerto Rico)
Shanghai Airlines
Shenzhen Airlines
Sichuan Airlines
Silk Air
Silver Airways (Florida)
Singapore Airlines
Direct (Singapore Airlines)
South African Airways
Direct (South African Airways)
Southwest
Direct (Southwest Airlines)
SriLankan Airlines
Supama Airlines (China)
Swaziland Airlink
Swiss International
S7 Airlines (Russia)
TACA (El Salvador)
TAP Portugal
TAROM (Romania)
Thai Airways
Tianjin Airlines (China)
Transavia (Europe)
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Turkish Airlines
Twin Jet (France)
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Ukraine International Airlines
United Airlines
Vietnam Airlines
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Virgin Atlantic
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
Virgin Australia
Direct (Virgin Australia)
Virgin Samoa
Vistara (India)
Vueling (Spain)
WestJet (Canada)
Air France/KLM (Flying Blue)
Wideroe (Scandinavia)
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines)
Xiamen Airlines
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