Yes, technically — but award tickets get something better: free cancellation any time before departure, miles reinstated for a full year.

Yes — Air Canada and United share Star Alliance plus a dedicated transborder deal, so Aeroplan and MileagePlus both earn directly on each other’s flights.

No — Air Canada (Star Alliance) and Delta (SkyTeam) share zero mileage earning. Delta’s actual Canadian partner is WestJet, not Air Canada.

Yes — United and Lufthansa are Star Alliance partners, so your MileagePlus miles, PQP, and Premier status all carry over to Lufthansa flights.

Southwest points transfer to another person for a fee, and in from Chase for free — but never back to Chase or to another airline. Here’s how.

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You pull up a flight on united.com, click the fare details, and see a string of letters and numbers you’ve never paid attention to before: Y9 B9 M7 H4 Q0 PZ2 FZ0. Ignore everything except the last useful one. PZ is the fare class, is the single number that determines whether your upgrade request clears […]

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