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Questions tagged [skyteam]

One of the major airline alliances. Useful for questions about frequent flyer miles/points.

SkyTeam is an airline alliance consisting of many airlines.

Among other things airline alliances are useful for round-the-world tickets and sharing things such as frequent flier miles/points.

Other major airline alliances are Oneworld and Star Alliance.

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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 morning, walking outside work, I saw a plane fly…
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Why can I not book these flights on Air France?

I'm looking to book a multi-city itinerary on Air France, specifically CDG-->KIX (Paris CDG to Kansai International) and KIX-->LHR (Kansai International to London Heathrow). Air France operates flights for both these pairs, and it seems I would be…
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What's the difference between SkyTeam and Flying Blue?

I am going to reserve a flight with Air France and I just subscribed to the Flying Blue program (Air France + KLM). Is this program the same as SkyTeam? I mean, the miles I earn in Flying Blue are added to the ones that I have accumulated in…
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Is the alliance responsible for tickets of bankrupt airline?

We are planning a long-haul flight of 5 persons on Oct. 2019 for a month. The best offer we have right now is of Alitalia. Since it's future is not so clear, We're afraid we will lose our flight money, but mostly that we will miss our trip (and all…
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Who am I flying with?

I purchased a ticket from PIT to CWL with stops in DTW & AMS through a 3rd party website. I'm 99% certain it's KLM, but the ticket lists Endeavor Air, Delta. & KLM Cityhopper for the connections. The return is similar, I'm thinking they are Air…
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Can you combine loyalty programs when flying on a multi itinerary flight?

I fly mostly with SAS, and thus I earn points on their EuroBonus loyalty programs. I am soon travelling from Europe to Japan with KLM, and will use their FlyingBlue program, since EuroBonus cannot be used. However, I noticed that part of the journey…
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Can I earn miles with the skyteam program if a friend of mine buy the ticket for me?

I'm new with any kind of miles program and I am wondering some questions. As assumption I'm considering the SkyTeam program. If a friend of my mine buy two ticket one for him and one for me, he'll receive all the miles or he can claim his miles and…
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May I earn Aeroflot or Air France miles flying with China Eastern?

China Eastern, Air France and Aeroflot belong to the SkyTeam alliance. I'm a frequent flyer in Air France and Aeroflot and now I'm going to purchase a China Eastern flight. May I earn miles with any of the loyalty programs I'm already working with?
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Can I check baggage to my final destination on a split ticket with Skyteam?

I'm flying from NRT to CWL via TPE and AMS. I have two tickets, one NRT-TPE with China Airlines in the morning and one TPE-AMS-CWL with KLM in the evening, as I needed to expense them separately to different organisations (I'm spending a week in…
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Moving from one SkyTeam partner to another

I currently have Silver Medallion on Delta for 2018. However Delta has this stupid MQD thing which make it hard for me to move from silver to gold, plus Delta Skymiles are not very valuable now so am considering shifting to Flying Blue. But I have…
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Spend miles from one loyalty scheme, earn on another (within Skyteam)

Due to poor miles management, I end up owning ~4,000 miles on Flying Blue (Air France) and ~8,000 miles with SKYPASS (Korean Air), both of which belong to SkyTeam. I'd rather own Flying Blue miles as I actually travel from and to France more often…
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Booking class - China Airlines

Based on my boarding ticket, is my booking class E or Y? How do I know? It obviously seems to be Y but a customer service representative said it was E and am seeking retro mileage claim. Other info---- The Korean Air service rep isn't giving me my…
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Will ITA Airways flights give points for SAS Eurobonus program?

I am member of the SAS EUROBONUS program where I have gold status. SAS changed from Star Alliance to Sky Team recently. As ITA Airways is also member of Sky Team I booked several (long) trips with them, assuming that I would be able to use my gold…
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Why are flights from Filipe Angeles airport to Tokyo so expensive compared to from nearby Mexico City airport?

On Google Flights, if I search for a one way ticket to Tokyo on November 1st: From NLU: 91K MXN From MEX: 15K MXN The cheapest options in both cases have multiple stopovers. Given that there are flights to big airports like Houston from NLU, why…
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Air Korea rebooking options after Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

I have a trip planned for Singapore that is currently booked with China Eastern (JFK-PVG-SIN) for early March and hsa a very high chance of ultimately being cancelled given present conditions of coronavirus 2019-nCoV. I can get a full refund for…
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