✈️ SkyTeam Explained: Your Ultimate Guide

Hello, Adventurous Travellers, and Happy Thursday!

Today is all about SkyTeam! We’ll guide you through everything you need to know about the SkyTeam alliance + recent news.

Let's get started:

• ✈️ 🚆 NEW SkyTeam - Eurostar Partnership: Flight and train bookings in a single reservation.

• 💡 The SkyTeam Alliance: A Beginners Guide: What is the SkyTeam Alliance, and why do you need to know about it?

• 🔄 SkyTeam Status and Status Matches: Find out how to get SkyTeam status flying with one of your favourite airlines.

• 🚀 Your Get Started Guide: How to get SkyTeam Elite and SkyTeam Elite Plus status + earn and redeem miles across all member airlines.

✈️ 🚆 SkyTeam and Eurostar Announce Partnership

The global airline alliance SkyTeam has joined forces with Eurostar!

You can now combine flight and train bookings into a single reservation when booking flights with SkyTeam member airlines.

You can fly into one of SkyTeam's main hubs—Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol, or London Heathrow—and continue your journey by train to destinations across the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. For example, you can fly into Paris with Air France and easily connect with Euristar, eliminating the need for another short-haul flight.

Eurostar will become SkyTeam's first non-airline partner. The partnership is expected to launch in the first half of 2025.

Although specific details are yet to be disclosed, the collaboration suggests that SkyTeam members will enjoy exclusive benefits when booking these combined journeys. This could include earning SkyTeam miles on Eurostar trips, access to airport lounges, and other perks.

💡 The SkyTeam Alliance: A Beginners Guide

With the new Eurostar partnership news, I thought today would be a good chance to give you more information about SkyTeam.

🔍 What is the SkyTeam Alliance?

SkyTeam is one of the world’s major airline alliances. Other huge alliances include oneworld and Star Alliance. Most airlines are part of an ‘alliance’. This means you can match your airline status with other airlines in that alliance.

As of 2024, SkyTeam connects over 1,000 destinations across 170+ countries.

The SkyTeam alliance includes the following airlines:

• Air France

• KLM

• TAROM

• Delta Air Lines

• Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

• Virgin Atlantic

• Middle East Airlines

• Aerolíneas Argentinas

• Aeroméxico

• Air Europa

• China Airlines

• China Eastern Airlines

• Garuda Indonesia

• ITA Airways

• Kenya Airways

• Korean Air

• Saudia

• Vietnam Airlines

• XiamenAir

If you have status with any of these airlines, your status will be ‘matched.’

SkyTeam Elite and Elite Plus Status

SkyTeam's loyalty program has two levels: SkyTeam Elite and SkyTeam Elite Plus. There are the benefits of earning status:

SkyTeam Elite

• Priority Reservation Waitlist/Standby

• Preferred Seating

• Priority Baggage Drop-Off

• Extra Baggage

• Priority Boarding

• Priority Check-In

SkyTeam Elite Plus

You can enjoy ALL the benefits of SkyTeam Elite PLUS:

• Priority Baggage Handling

• Guaranteed Reservation on Sold-Out Flights

• SkyTeam Lounge Access

• Priority immigration at Selected Airports

• Fast-track security at Selected Airports

• SkyPriority Transfer Desks

🔄 Status Matches

Earning status is based on the criteria set by each member airline's frequent flyer program. Once you earn status with one airline, it automatically applies across all SkyTeam airlines.

✅ Benefits of Being a SkyTeam Passenger

Here are the main benefits of flying with an airline in the SkyTeam alliance and having SkyTeam status:

• Easy Connections: Transfer from one flight to another without booking with two separate airlines.

• SkyPriority Services: If you have SkyPriority status, you can enjoy perks like priority check-in, priority boarding, fast-track security and priority baggage handling.

• Shared Lounges: SkyTeam has over 750 airport lounges around the world. If you're a SkyTeam Elite Plus member flying in Business or First Class with any airline in SkyTeam, you can use any of the lounges operated by airlines in the alliance.

• Miles Transfer: Earn and redeem miles across any SkyTeam member airline.

🚀 Your Get Started Guide

Wondering how to start enjoying the perks of SkyTeam status?

• Step 1: Choose the Right Frequent Flyer Programme - Look at the list of SkyTeam airlines above. Sign up for the loyalty programme of the airline you fly with most. If you're unsure, the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is a good place to start.

• Step 2: Start Earning Status - The more you fly, the more miles you'll collect, which can be redeemed for free flights, seat upgrades and more (depending on the airline you fly with). You can redeem your miles with any SkyTeam member airline.

• Step 3: Climb the Tiers - Whichever loyalty programme you signed up for, the more you fly, the higher the status you'll earn. The status with your chosen airline will match to all other SkyTeam airlines.

• Step 4: Lookout for Status Matches and Challenges - We will let you know in these emails if a good one comes up. SkyTeam airlines often offer fast-track offers and challenges to boost your status.

• Step 5: Enjoy the Perks - From lounge access to SkyPriority with ALL the airlines in SkyTeam, you can travel in luxury!

Final Words

That’s all for this week! We hope these tips help you maximise your travel rewards and have better experiences.

Safe travels, and always aim for the upgrade!

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