Your complete guide to SkyTeam alliance benefits

SkyTeam connects 676 million passengers annually to more than 1,000 destinations. Air France, Aeromexico, and Korean Air joined the alliance in 2000.

Sky Team has two tiers of status. China Southern Airlines, Alitalia and Aeroflot all left the alliance recently. We will take a closer look at the alliance's member airlines in this guide.

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SkyTeam airlines

Skyteam has 18 airlines that are part of it. Aero Flot was suspended from the alliance after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• Aerolinas Argentinas.
• Aeromexico.
• Air Europa.
• Air France.
• China Airlines.
• China Eastern Airlines.
• Czech Airlines.
• Delta Air Lines.
• Garuda Indonesia.
• ITA Airways.
• Kenya Airways.
• KLM.
• Korean Air.
• Middle East Airlines.
• Saudia.
• Tarom.
• Vietnam Airlines.
• Xiamen Air.

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SkyTeam status tiers

Sky Team gives frequent flyers two tiers of status: Elite and Elite Plus. The benefits of both tiers are listed.

SkyTeam Elite

• Priority reservation waitlist.
• Priority airport standby.
• Priority check-in.
• Extra baggage allowance.
• Priority boarding.
• Preferred seats.
• Mileage upgrades.

Delta and Aeromexico have airline status in the US.

SkyTeam Elite Plus

• SkyTeam Elite benefits.
• Guaranteed reservation.
• SkyPriority.
• Priority security and immigration.
• Lounge access on international flights.
• Priority baggage handling.

Aeromexico Club Premier Platinum and Titanium is a North American airline status.

The benefits have certain exclusions applied to them. Delta does not offer preferred seating for those in basic economy. Only elite members can get preferred seats on Air France.

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SkyTeam lounges

SkyTeam has hundreds of lounges. If you're travelling in business class on an international flight, you should have access to these lounges. The SkyTeam lounge finder is a good place to look for access policy information.

One of the airports with the most Sky Team lounges is Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

• Air France lounge, Terminal 2C.
• Air France, KLM and Saudia passengers.
• Air France lounge, terminals 2F and 2G.
• Air Europa, Air France, Czech Airlines, Delta, Kenya Airways, KLM, Korean Air and Middle Eastern Airlines passengers.
• Air France lounge, Terminal 2E.
• Aeromexico, Air Europa, Air France, China Eastern Airlines, Czech Airlines, Delta, Kenya Airways, KLM, Korean Air, Middle Eastern Airlines, Tarom and Vietnam Airlines passengers.
• Air France arrivals lounge.
• Air France, Delta and KLM passengers.
• Le Salon by Sheltair.
• Czech Airlines and ITA passengers.
• Salon Paris.
• Saudia and Xiamen Air passengers.

You should only have access to SkyTeam lounges on international itineraries if you mention it in the Sky Team lounge finder. One guest can be brought into the lounge. The guest does not have to be on the same flight as the Elite Plus member.

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Bottom line

Getting some of SkyTeam's alliance partners to honor the benefits might be difficult.

The most important benefit is the ability to access lounges when you travel. More lounges can be found through Star Alliance Gold and Oneworld Emerald.

Benefits are nice to have when travelling on another SkyTeam carrier.