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 is flown by Air Nippon, who are Star Alliance members, just like SAS. Is it possible to somehow earn EuroBonus points on this part of the trip? Or will I earn FlyingBlue points regardless?
If possible, how would one go about doing that? Should I sign up for ANA's loyalty program, and then attempt to transfer the points? (This answer suggests points can not be transferred). Does it matter that I did not order and pay for the tickets personally?
Best Answer
Generally if you flew with an airline, and you have points with them or their alliance, whoever you hold the points with, you can credit.
So I had an itinerary last year that involved some major US Airline (Delta?) and then Alaska Airlines. It's possible to credit Alaska Airlines to One World alliance airlines, and I'm with Qantas.
So when I'd done the flight, I rang up Qantas, gave them my flight number, seat, date, and details and they credited me points for flying on their 'partner' airline.
Of course, this isn't always the case - and it pays to check the smallprint. If you have a Qantas/Jetstar flight, depending on the class of your Jetstar ticket, you aren't always able to claim - well, you can claim for Qantas points, but it'll just show up as '0 points'. Which happens regularly for me when I fly to NZ from Australia :/
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