With the two largest groupings, Star Alliance and Oneworld, the most straightforward snags are those that limit the miles you can earn on partners.
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Business travellers may also check in at the classy 260-room Leela Palace New Delhi near the Presidential Palace, with its oversized 51sqm guestrooms, or the modern 507-room Hyatt Regency Delhi, one of the largest five-star hotels in town.
So too are its partners in Star, the largest of the international airline alliances, Lufthansa and Air Canada.
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It is named after the largest diamond ever found, the Star of Africa, at 3, 105 cts.
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"He's the four-star general of the largest police force in the country and here he is, " Mr. Moreno said.
The Aqua Star Pool, the largest heated pool in Beverly Hills, is surrounded by cabana guest rooms for easy access to the Southern California sunshine.
The Lone Star College system is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area, and the fastest-growing community college system in Texas, according to its website.
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Peter Wong (not his real name) was a rising star in of one of the largest global banks in the world.
Lawmakers from Parliament's third-largest bloc, the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement led by comic-turned-political agitator Beppe Grillo, galvanized supporters for the protest.
This has helped earn Mr. Fyfe the position as inaugural chairman of Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance, not to mention requests from other airlines for the technology behind the "sky couch, " which offers flat-bed seating in economy.
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The company is betting that its Five Star subsidiary can make China the retailer's largest overseas market, one that could rival U.S. operations.
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Leaning heavily on the Star Wars franchise, the company is now the largest maker of videogames for computers, with about 10% of the market.
Peta is one of the world's largest animal rights organisations and its other celebrity supporters include former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson and Chrissie Hynde.
The Lone Star state boasts four of the 10 metro areas with the largest net migration gains for the past two years.
The Leeds project will be the company's second regional casino, following in the footsteps of its Star City casino in Birmingham, currently the UK's largest.
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The insurgents also have spared the rallies of former cricket star Imran Khan, whose party may overtake the PPP as the nation's second-largest political force on Saturday, according to analysts and diplomats.
Located 168 light years from Earth orbiting the star Kappa Andromedae, this planet is about 12.8 times more massive than Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.
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In Oman, which in 2001 hosted the largest British overseas military exercise in recent history, the defence relationship is so close that a British two-star Major General is stationed permanently in the capital Muscat, to oversee the relationship.
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