Star Alliance Award Flights
Star Alliance is the world's largest airline alliance with 26 members including United, Lufthansa, Swiss, ANA, Singapore Airlines, Air Canada, and Turkish Airlines. The alliance is famous for the Excursionist Perk on United awards and Turkish Miles&Smiles' rock-bottom partner pricing.
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Best Star Alliance sweet spots
- United MileagePlus: United Polaris to Europe or Australia for 88K miles one-way
- Turkish Miles&Smiles: United Polaris via Turkish for 45K miles one-way US–Europe
How Star Alliance alliance awards work
- Any member can book any other member. Earn miles in one program and redeem them on a partner — often at very different point costs.
- Compare before booking. The same flight can cost 50k miles via one program and 90k via another. AwardLocker compares all members in one search.
- Watch transfer bonuses. Several flexible-points programs (Chase, Amex, Capital One, Bilt, Citi) transfer to Star Alliance carriers. Bonuses of 20-40% appear several times a year.
- Mind the surcharges. Some Star Alliance carriers (notably British Airways for Oneworld and Air France/KLM for SkyTeam) pass on heavy fuel surcharges — pick partner programs that don't.
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