Star Alliance was founded on 14 May 1997 by Air Canada, Lufthansa, SAS, Thai Airways, and United Airlines. It now has 26 members as of the time of this writing (2023-05-25), including: - Aegean Airlines - Air Canada - [[Chase Ultimate Rewards Direct Airline Transfer Partners|UR transfer partner]] - [[Bilt Rewards Direct Transfer Partner Airlines]] - Air China - Air India - Air New Zealand - All Nippon Airways (ANA) - Asiana Airlines - Austrian Airlines - Avianca - [[Bilt Rewards Direct Transfer Partner Airlines]] - Brussels Airlines - Copa Airlines - Croatia Airlines - EgyptAir - Ethiopian Airlines - EVA Air - LOT Polish Airlines - Lufthansa - Shenzhen Airlines - Singapore Airlines - [[Chase Ultimate Rewards Direct Airline Transfer Partners|UR transfer partner]] - South African Airways - Swiss Airlines - TAP Portugal - [[Bilt Rewards Direct Transfer Partner Airlines]] - Thai Airways - Turkish Airlines - [[Bilt Rewards Direct Transfer Partner Airlines]] - United Airlines 🇺🇸 - [[Chase Ultimate Rewards Direct Airline Transfer Partners|UR transfer partner]] - [[Bilt Rewards Direct Transfer Partner Airlines]] ## See Also [[Airline Alliances]] [[SkyTeam]] [[Oneworld]] --- https://thepointsguy.com/guide/airline-alliances/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Alliance#Member_airlines_and_affiliates #airlineAlliances #starAlliance