// Airline alliance membership (Star Alliance, oneworld, SkyTeam) and cross-alliance booking relationships. Maps which loyalty programs book which airlines, including bilateral partnerships outside alliances.
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| name | alliances |
| description | Airline alliance membership (Star Alliance, oneworld, SkyTeam) and cross-alliance booking relationships. Maps which loyalty programs book which airlines, including bilateral partnerships outside alliances. |
| category | reference |
| summary | Star Alliance, oneworld, SkyTeam membership and recent shifts (SAS to SkyTeam, ITA to Star, Hawaiian/Fiji to oneworld). Key cross-alliance booking relationships. |
Reference data: data/alliances.json
Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam determine which loyalty programs can book which airlines. This is fundamental to award travel. When recommending an award booking, always verify the airline and the booking program are in the same alliance (or have a bilateral partnership).
Verify against data/alliances.json for current state. These have shifted recently:
The best redemptions often involve booking an airline through a program in a DIFFERENT alliance (or no alliance at all). Always check the cross_alliance_highlights section of data/alliances.json and data/partner-awards.json.
Examples of cross-alliance plays:
For the full picture of which programs ticket which airlines, plus bilateral partnerships outside alliances, load the partner-awards skill or read data/partner-awards.json directly.
