Kingfisher has been gradually in the process of setting up bilateral arrangements with various oneworld alliance member airlines to be able to come on board the alliance early 2012. It already has a tie-up with some notable ow carriers such as BA and Finnair, and has now lined up AA as a partner with effect from Nov 1, 2011.

As a part of this agreement, KingClub members will be able to earn and redeem KingMiles on American Airlines flights, and AAdvantage members will be able to earn and redeem AAdvantage miles on Kingfisher flights. While this will not count for EQMs right now, once the membership in OW is confirmed, IT flights should count for EQMs also.

Kingfisher is considered India’s only 5-star airline as per Skytrax, but the jury is out on if they are as good as when they started right now. However, on the other hand, they do have excellent award availability at almost all times. To look for the space, head to www.kingclub.me and signup for a KingClub account. You’d need to log-in when looking for availability of seats.

All the best!