This week, it was announced that Asiana Airlines will officially leave Star Alliance as of December 16, 2026. Interestingly, as Loyalty Lobby covers, Asiana is canceling even already-ticketed awards for travel on Star Alliance using Asiana miles for flights that depart after December 16th. I suspect that very few readers have Asiana miles, so that probably won’t affect many folks reading this site, but it’s a pretty awful policy angle to take.
Asiana being folded into Korean Airlines, exiting Star Alliance on 12/16/18
We’ve long known that Asiana was going to become part of Korean Airlines, and we expected that meant it would leave Star Alliance. The process has taken years, but the time has finally come. Asiana will leave the Star Alliance at the end of the day on December 16, 2026.
In the past, when airlines have switched alliances, they’ve typically honored those tickets that have already been issued.
However, Asiana has taken a very different approach here, voiding all tickets for travel on Star Alliance carriers after December 16th, 2026. They state that they are offering free cancellation on those tickets, though if I were ticketed through Asiana, whether using miles or money, to travel on a Star Alliance carrier after December 16th, I would be pushing for suitable re-accommodation, such as being re-booked on a different carrier.
I don’t think this will affect tickets booked through other Star Alliance programs for travel on Asiana, though you may want to keep an eye on your itinerary in case.
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Not the safest airline imho
Eh, that’s bull; Asiana has been fatality-free since 2013, and, honestly, that was more-so because of the negligence of the responding fire-trucks than the airline.