The OneWorld Alliance is a coalition composed of fifteen international airlines that provides a high-quality service to more than 1000 destinations globally and 170 different countries. In this article, we are going over its history, the airlines that are included and other interesting information.
History
Alliances of airlines are nowadays common. The idea is to cut down operational costs and to increase the connections and routes to benefit the passengers. However, this hasn’t always been usual. By the end of the nineties, there hadn’t been any international operational alliances.
OneWorld was founded in 1999 by American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Qantas. During the following years, more and more airlines have been included until the alliance reached a quantity of 1000 destinations in 170 countries by the end of 2020. In the last twenty years since its foundation, several airlines worldwide have been in and out due to economic matters or conflicts of interest.
Member airlines
The alliance is composed of: Alaska airlines, American airlines, British airways, Qatar airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan airlines, Malaysia airlines, Qantas, Royal Jordanian, S7 airlines, Srilankan airlines, Royal Air Maroc, and finally, Fiji airways. Thanks to this, you can have access to the best advantages of these fifteen international airlines.
Benefits
Among its benefits, we can find: a boarding pass to the passenger’s final destination through an agreement that unifies all fifteen airlines; access to baggage allowance following less restrictive policies on international tickets; frequent passengers of LAN are recognized by the OneWorld Alliance, which means that the miles flown with the alliance or with LAN are accumulative. Finally, in case there are either voluntary or involuntary modifications in your trip, the ticket issued by OneWorld will be accepted even without the endorsement of the airline chosen.
Relevant data
Having won the ‘The best alliance’ prize for fifeen consecutive years as well as the ‘UK Business Traveler’ for five years, it has become one of the most distinguished names in the field of alliances. They have an innovative approach aimed at their connected passengers, prices based on continents and not on traveled miles, and a reserve system that is both practical and functional. So as to celebrate over 20 years in the market, in 2019 they started to build specialized departure lounges in the airports of key destinations, apart from adding new ticket formats and assistance for long-distance flights.
Traveling through this alliance allows you to access various benefits and luxuries that could hardly be imitated by a particular airline. What is more, members are able to accumulate and exchange miles as well as to enjoy its fast-track lines and VIP lounges in more than 650 airports worldwide. It is a practical, safe and comfortable way of traveling to almost any destination you can imagine that guarantees an exclusive and preferential treatment.
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