Who falls under Star Alliance?

Members of the Star Alliance include: Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Avianca, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Egyptair, Ethiopian Airlines, Eva Air, Lot Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, ...



Star Alliance is the world's largest global airline alliance, currently consisting of 26 member airlines as of early 2026. Major "founding" members include United Airlines, Lufthansa, Air Canada, SAS, and Thai Airways. Other prominent members include Singapore Airlines, ANA (All Nippon Airways), Air India, Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and Swiss International Air Lines. In recent news for 2026, ITA Airways is in the process of being integrated following its acquisition by the Lufthansa Group, further expanding the network in Europe. The alliance also includes intermodal partners like Germany's Deutsche Bahn (DB), allowing for seamless air-to-rail transfers. For travelers, flying with any of these partners allows you to earn and redeem miles across the entire network and provides reciprocal "Star Alliance Gold" or "Silver" status benefits, such as priority boarding and lounge access, regardless of which specific member airline you are physically flying with on a given day.

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You can redeem your miles for an award ticket of any member airline — subject to availability — irrespective of the frequent flyer programme with which you earned them.

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would like to check your current Star Alliance status? Use our online tool to select your member airline's. programme and it will confirm instantly: https://www. staralliance.com/en/recognition#statusSearch.

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United is a founding member of the Star Alliance network. The airline has a rich history in aviation, tracing its roots to 1926 when a small Swallow biplane owned by Walter T.

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Delta is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance, which comprises over a dozen airlines worldwide. You can earn and redeem miles when you travel with a SkyTeam airline.

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The airline became the 15th member of the Star Alliance on May 4, 2004.

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If you are a United MileagePlus Star Alliance Gold customer, you may only access the United Clubs within the U.S. when departing from that airport on an international Star Alliance flight, not when departing on a domestic flight with United.

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Air Canada That's why it's our choice for the top Star Alliance airline to earn miles. Air Canada's loyalty program, Aeroplan, publishes an award chart, making it easy to understand how many miles flights on partner airlines will cost. The airline also offers several highly-usable sweet spot redemption opportunities.

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You can get into Star Alliance lounges by flying in a premium cabin or holding Star Alliance Gold status. Some lounges also offer access via Priority Pass or day passes. However you access a Star Alliance lounge, it's a great place to enjoy some peace and quiet before a flight.

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Today, Star Alliance comprises 26 member airlines, each with its own distinctive culture and style of service. Alliance members come together at over 50 global hubs to offer smooth connections across a world-leading global network.

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Becoming a Star Alliance member requires an airline to have commercial relationships with all other member airlines, while becoming a Connecting Partner only requires an airline to have relationships with three member airlines.

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Yes. Regardless of which participating Star Alliance member airline you select as your Status Airline, you can convert Star Alliance Points into miles/points of any participating frequent flyer program2, provided, that you are a member of that program. To do this, you must be registered with Star Alliance Rewards.

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Achieving million miler status Once you've flown a million miles with United, you'll earn permanent elite status. At a million miles, you'll get Premier Gold for life. At two million miles, you'll receive Premier Platinum status for life. At three million miles, you'll get Premier 1K for life.

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You're automatically eligible for a Complimentary Premier Upgrade as long as you are a Premier member (the higher your status, the earlier you become eligible for Complimentary Premier Upgrades and are flying on an eligible ticket on any eligible United-operated flight.

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The current list of non-alliance partners includes:
  • Jet Airways.
  • Aegean Airlines - another leftover Star Alliance partner.
  • Air China - yet another leftover Star Alliance partner.
  • Hawaiian Airlines - (inter-island and South Pacific flights only).
  • South African Airways - another leftover Star Alliance partner.


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Club and lounge access
  1. Premium cabin customers. All eligible premium cabin customers must be traveling on an international footnote1 itinerary or in United Business® on a premium transcontinental flight. ...
  2. Star Alliance Gold status. ...
  3. United Club membership and one-time pass. ...
  4. Other.


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Elite status Select Premier members can use the United Club at any time during their travel journey. United Premier Gold (and higher) members have access to the carrier's lounges when traveling internationally on any Star Alliance carrier, regardless of their class of service.

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United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are the top ranked airlines based on 2022 domestic market share. Delta operates out of Atlanta, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Delta's hub, sees the most passenger traffic in the United States.

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As a member of the Oneworld Alliance (a founding member, in fact), Cathay partners with more than a dozen other airlines. Additionally, Cathay partners with several airlines outside of its own alliance, many of which are members of Star Alliance. These include: Air Canada.

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