Philippine Airlines Just Announced It Will Join Oneworld—A Major New Asia Partner For American Airlines Flyers (opens in new tab)

Philippine Airlines is joining oneworld next year, finally putting one of the better-hidden Asia award opportunities within reach of American Airlines flyers. Its seats have often been unusually available but hard for U.S. travelers to book; once PAL enters oneworld, those awards should become cheaper and easier to access—until everyone else starts chasing them too.