Best and Worst First Class Star Alliance Award Programs Between the U.S. and Asia

How the major Star Alliance mileage programs compare—and why having the right credit card(s) makes such a difference.

This is part two of FCF’s new mileage-award cost series, in which we grade major alliance mileage programs by how much they charge for a free award ticket in Business or First Class to various regions of the world.

Last month we focused on oneworld in Business Class to Asia. For this installment, we examined nine Star Alliance airline loyalty programs to Asia in First Class. In succeeding articles we’ll rate Star Alliance carriers and Sky Team carriers on both Business and First Class awards to Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and the South Pacific. (Let us know which one you’d like us to report on next).