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oneworld alliance partners

oneworld is an airline alliance comprising: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian and SriLankan Airlines.  Oman Air and Fiji Airways will become full members in 2025.

You can earn British Airways Avios and tier points when flying other oneworld airlines. A separate pricing chart applies for Avios bookings on oneworld partners.

This article looks at which airlines you can use your Avios on.

How to redeem Avios points for low tax American Airlines US domestic flights

With the US being a top tourist destination for Brits, it is worth remembering that Avios can have substantial value when you redeem them for American Airlines or Alaska Airlines flights inside the .....

With the US being a top tourist destination for Brits, it is worth remembering that Avios can have substantial .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

New Avios opportunities – Malaysia Airlines joins oneworld on 1st February

Malaysia Airlines has confirmed this week that it will be joining BA in the oneworld alliance on 1st February next year. From this date, you will be able to earn and spend Avios on Malaysia Airlines .....

Malaysia Airlines has confirmed this week that it will be joining BA in the oneworld alliance on 1st February .....

by Rob Burgess

A new New York Avios redemption route with American Airlines via Dublin

American Airlines has announced that it is launching a Dublin to New York JFK service from 12th June 2013. The outbound will be a day flight, leaving Dublin at 9am and landing at JFK at 11.30. The .....

American Airlines has announced that it is launching a Dublin to New York JFK service from 12th June 2013. The .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

How to save by using Avios for airberlin long-haul – Part 3

This post is Part 3 of the article that I am running this week about using your Avios to fly long-haul with airberlin. Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 here. The final part of this post outlines .....

This post is Part 3 of the article that I am running this week about using your Avios to fly long-haul with .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

How to save by using Avios for airberlin long-haul – Part 2

This post is Part 2 of the article I started yesterday about using your Avios points to fly long-haul with airberlin. Part 1 can be found here.  Part 3 tomorrow will focus on how to book partner .....

This post is Part 2 of the article I started yesterday about using your Avios points to fly long-haul with .....

by Rob Burgess5 comments

How to save by using Avios for airberlin long-haul – Part 1

Since airberlin joined the OneWorld airline alliance on March 20th, it has opened up a new range of long-haul routes from Europe that can be booked with Avios. (In some ways, it makes up for the loss .....

Since airberlin joined the OneWorld airline alliance on March 20th, it has opened up a new range of long-haul .....

by Rob Burgess1 comment

Take a look at AwardTravelr, a new Avios reward seat search tool

Most people, when it comes to searching for award space for their frequent flier redemptions, use the website of that same frequent flyer programme. Logical, innit? However, in general airline .....

Most people, when it comes to searching for award space for their frequent flier redemptions, use the website .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

More non-London routes for spending Avios

I have been running a few articles to show people how they can travel from the regions via Avios, using BA partner airlines. I have already looked at routes on Vueling here and here. Sun-Air of .....

I have been running a few articles to show people how they can travel from the regions via Avios, using BA .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments

Coming (back) soon – spending Avios on Qatar Airways

As you may have read in the press, Qatar Airways has signed a deal to join the oneworld alliance in the next 12-18 months. As you can redeem Avios on all oneworld carriers (current members include .....

As you may have read in the press, Qatar Airways has signed a deal to join the oneworld alliance in the next .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments

Vueling adds Cardiff to Malaga flights – a new Avios redemption option

Iberia‘s sister company Vueling is launching flights from Cardiff to Malaga from April 2013. This is in addition to their services to Alicante and Barcelona. There was also a Cardiff to Palma .....

Iberia‘s sister company Vueling is launching flights from Cardiff to Malaga from April 2013. This is in .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

What can you do with American Express Membership Rewards points?

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to articles on their credit cards, but I have never written an overview piece on it. Membership .....

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to .....

by Rob Burgess5 comments

How to earn and spend Avios on Vueling flights

British Airways is often known as ‘London Airways’ to its detractors, and for good reason.  For a number of years now, BA has not operated a single flight from a UK regional airport .....

British Airways is often known as ‘London Airways’ to its detractors, and for good reason.  .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

Checking oneworld availability via Iberia Plus instead of ba.com

I will, at some point, do a full post about seeing full oneworld availability using websites other than BA’s. For a moment, though, I want to share a few thoughts after researching .....

I will, at some point, do a full post about seeing full oneworld availability using websites other than .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

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