Questions tagged [star-alliance]
One of the major airline alliances. Useful for questions about frequent flyer miles/points.
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What's with the Star Alliance / SkyTeam decal planes?
On Saturday I was at YVR airport and saw what I've seen a few times before: a plane painted with a Star Alliance decal. No "Air New Zealand" or "Air Canada" or whatever, JUST Star Alliance.
Then this ...
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How often should I fly on StarAlliance airlines to be eligible for a Europe-to-USA business class upgrade?
As I expect to regularly go across the Atlantic and it often happens to be through Swiss or Lufthansa, I subscribed to the Miles & More frequent flyer program.
Since I'm travelling on my own ...
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Does StarAlliance's loyality program have a "recommend a friend" program?
I can't find anything like that on the homepage, but I'm wondering whether Star Alliance has a program like this. So basically, that I would get some miles if I recommend an active friend to also join ...
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When do my Miles & More miles expire?
I can remember that I've read that award miles at the Star Alliance loyalty program Miles & More expire within 18 months. However, I can't find this information anymore.
Has anybody a canonical ...
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Cheapest way to get HON circle status?
I'm looking for the absolute cheapest way to get the Star Alliance HON circle status. For that you have to collect 600,000 status miles in two calendar years. I don't care about long layovers or a lot ...
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Expiry of Miles & More (Lufthansa/Swiss) frequent traveler loyalty program award miles?
Since I'm flying regularly with Star Alliance, I joined their frequent flyer program Miles & More. There, you can earn two different kind of miles, status miles and award miles. The status miles ...
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Miles & More: What is a booking class?
I'm member of the frequent flyer program Miles & More. Now I wanted to request additional miles for a flight during summer 2011 when I wasn't yet a member. To fill out the online form, I have to ...
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With Airlines using the same programs, can I merge benefits?
I tried navigating the labyrinthine web sites for US Airways and Continental (both in the same alliance), and I gave up after the automated system made me rip my own ears off...
Does anyone know ...
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Choosing an airline alliance [closed]
I never paied much attention to this. Is it worth being loyal to an airline alliance? What should I look for when choosing which alliance to be loyal to?
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Using status across other Star Alliance airlines?
If I have a status on one member airline in Star Alliance (SA), do I automatically get the same status on other SA airlines?
If I don't get it automatically, can it be requested?
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