What are the activities on Ctrip Member Day 2020? Gold card discounts of major airline alliances

There are activities on Ctrip’s Membership Day. If you are a frequent flyer, you can check it out. This is the moment when you are closest to the gold cards of major airline alliances. If you want to apply for a card at this time There are many activities, and there are many benefits to applying for a card. Activities + Gold Card Discounts

The 20th of every month is Ctrip’s membership day. Since it is membership day, there will definitely be more exciting membership content released.

This is the first time in history that a single membership can provide premium members of the three major airline alliances: Star Alliance, SkyTeam and Oneworld.

It also provides platinum/diamond VIP fast upgrade channels, valuable points exchange for gifts, and instant sales of points.

First let’s talk about the main advantages of the gold cards of these three major airline alliances

1) Extra mileage rewards

Every time you fly, you can accumulate to more miles.

2) Extra checked baggage

Generally, it is one extra checked baggage, and the kilograms may be different for domestic flights and international flights

3) Baggage priority service< /p>

This is very important, get your checked baggage as quickly as possible

4) Business Class Lounge

It is free for me, and you can invite an additional companion People enter

Star Alliance

Star Alliance is the largest alliance with the largest number of airlines. There are Air China (CA), Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) and EVA Air (BR) domestically, and there are also many types of airlines abroad, such as Lufthansa (LH), Singapore Airlines (SQ), All Nippon Airways (NH), Thai Airways (TG), Turkish Airlines ( TK), Air New Zealand (NZ)...

It can be said that more than half of the 5-star airlines are in Star Alliance.

Star Alliance’s route network is also rich.

Needless to say, domestic Air China and Shenzhen Airlines are very suitable to go to Evergreen in Taiwan; nearby there are ANA to Japan, Asiana to South Korea, and Thai Airways to Thailand; to Australia and New Zealand, you can transfer through Singapore Airlines Singapore, and You can fly directly to Air New Zealand; to North America, United Airlines and Air Canada are both good;

To Europe, there are direct flights to Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines, or to transfer with Turkish Airlines in Istanbul; to Africa, there are EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines Albia Airlines; even when you go to South America, you have the support of Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, and Copa Airlines.

The disadvantage of the Star Alliance is the inland routes in North Asia and South America.

It can be said that with the Star Alliance Gold Card in hand, I can go anywhere in the world.

Oneworld

Oneworld airlines have the advantage of good quality. For example, Qatar Airways (QR), Japan Airlines (JL), Finnair (AY)... Although there are not many oneworld airlines, the quality is still relatively good.

In terms of route network, oneworld can basically cover major first-tier cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. You can go to London via British Airways, Japan Airlines to Japan, American Airlines to the United States, Finnair to Europe, Qantas to Australia...

If it is a connecting flight, Qatar Airways' Doha is the best A good choice for traveling to Europe and Africa.

By the way, there is also Cathay Pacific that doesn’t live up to expectations.

Oneworld’s shortcoming lies in its domestic layout. Except for Cathay Pacific, which has no domestic airlines, Oneworld’s market share in mainland routes is almost zero.

There are rumors that China Southern Airlines may join oneworld. If it happens, it will be very good.

SkyTeam

SkyTeam’s advantage lies in the country. China Eastern Airlines (MU), Xiamen Airlines (MF) and China Airlines (CI) have better network coverage in the country. OK. But in terms of quality, these three companies still have disadvantages compared with Air China (CA).

In addition, Gold members, the highest level of SkyTeam’s lounges, are not guaranteed to be able to use them when taking domestic flights, which is also a bit cheating.

However, because of the existence of Air France and KLM, it is quite good for SkyTeam to go to Europe.

After reading this, do you think that once you have the gold card of the three major airline alliances, you can really travel around the world casually. These three major airline alliances really cover 99.99% of the world’s mainstream airports.

Ctrip Member Day Event

1) Air France-KLM Gold Card and Platinum Card Challenge, can match the alliance-SkyTeam

Participating Group: Ctrip Diamond Users

Event registration time: from now to May 1, 2020

Activity challenge time: 180 days from the date of registration

Book Air France (AF), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) actually operates flights originating from mainland China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and destined to Europe, or flights originating from Europe and destined to mainland China.

Fly two round-trips in economy class, or one round-trip in business class, and get a FlyingBlue Gold Card.

Fly four round-trips in economy class, or two round-trips in business class, and get a FlyingBlue Platinum Card.

The benefits of FlyingBlue Gold Card and Platinum Card are as follows

Air France and KLM’s domestic destinations include Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Wuhan and Xiamen. These cities can fly directly to Paris or Amsterdam through Air France and KLM, and then you can also transfer to other destinations in Europe.

2) Finnair Silver Card and Gold Card Challenge. Finnair Gold Card can match the OneWorld Sapphire to which it belongs.

With OneWorld Sapphire, you can get priority boarding and use the business class lounge.

The details are as follows:

Participating group: Ctrip platinum or diamond users

Registration time: October 29, 2019 - April 29, 2020

The first step is to register a Finnair account and start the challenge

The second step is for Ctrip Platinum/Diamond users to purchase and fly Finnair (AY) within 180 calendar days from the start of the challenge. Carried flights originating from mainland China and destination within Europe (or vice versa). You can challenge and successfully upgrade to Silver Card after completing 2 trips in Economy Class or 1 trip in Business Class/First Class.

You can upgrade to Gold Card by flying economy class (between mainland China and Europe) twice or business class/first class once within 6 months.

The benefits of Finnair Gold Card are as follows

If you are not a Platinum/Diamond user of Ctrip, you may also have the opportunity to be specially invited. Ctrip will treat you if you have purchased China Europe twice or more on Ctrip before. Users of international air tickets with business class/first class cabins on international flights, as well as international air ticket users who have purchased international air tickets from mainland China to Europe with a destination including Helsinki 2 times or more are invited to be invited. After obtaining the invitation qualification, you can also have the opportunity to challenge.

Finnair’s domestic destinations include Beijing, Xi’an, Chongqing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. These 7 cities have direct flights to Helsinki, Finland.

Finland has become very popular in China recently, maybe because of the aurora. Finland should be considered one of the most cost-effective destinations to see the aurora.

There was a hot item before, round-trip air ticket + 5 nights hotel in Finland + itinerary, 9999.

3) Air China Silver Card and Gold Card Challenge can match the Silver Card and Gold Card of the affiliated alliance - Star Alliance (StarAlliance)

Participants: Ctrip Diamond users only And you are not a PhoenixMiles Silver Card user or above

Event period: November 27, 2019 - March 26, 2020

The first step is to enter the event page. Draw an Air China challenge invitation letter.

The second step is to register or log in to your PhoenixMiles, book Air China flights on Ctrip, and you can activate the PhoenixMiles Silver Card Experience Card valid for 3 months

The third step , after obtaining the Silver Experience Card, complete any of the following challenges (choose 1 out of 4) within 90 days to upgrade to a Phoenix Miles Gold Card.

On domestic routes, economy class with 20% discount or above has actually been flown 10 times

On domestic routes, two classes (business class/first class) have been actually flown 6 times at full price

International European, American, Australian and African routes, two cabins are actually flown twice

Any international route can be accumulated and the cabin is actually flown 8 times

The benefits of Air China Silver Card and Gold Card are as follows

I won’t introduce Air China again. There are so many destinations that you can go to through Air China and its affiliates. It used to take 40 flight segments a year to upgrade to a gold card, but now it only requires 8 flight segments within 90 days. The difficulty has been greatly reduced.

I know you will definitely ask, what if I am not a Ctrip diamond member?

On Ctrip Member Day on December 20, there will be a quick upgrade to Ctrip Platinum/Diamond VIP Channel

Ctrip member quick upgrade channel users can receive 3,000 level points as a reward after receiving tasks during the event, and if they book a specified type of order through Ctrip APP within the specified time and spend 1,222 yuan or more in a single transaction, they can receive a reward of 3,000 level points and upgrade to Ctrip Platinum or Diamond VIP;

Specified orders are limited to hotels, air tickets, vacations, tickets, train tickets, bus tickets, cars, and car rentals. And the order status needs to be at the end of the trip and the order is completed before you can receive the level points reward;

The validity period for receiving the task is from December 18, 2019 to January 24, 2020, and the latest deadline for receiving the reward is As of March 20, 2020.

It is just to allow you to quickly upgrade and then challenge the gold membership of these three airlines, which is very considerate.

As mentioned before, Ctrip has many super members. Super membership is a paid membership system that costs 88 yuan to purchase, while diamond/platinum is a membership system upgraded according to consumption logic.

The requirement for platinum is 3000 points, so if you are not a member, you will become a platinum member after completing the above tasks. The requirement for diamonds is 10,000 points, so you still need to buy more on Ctrip.

Of course, the membership challenges of the three major airline alliances are only part of this membership day event, and it is certainly the most exciting part.

There are other activities where points can be exchanged for valuable gifts, and many Ctrip coupons exclusive to platinum and diamond members can be collected. There are also some

point flash sale activities, such as 20 points per second for an IMAX movie or something. Ctrip is relatively easy to get the second one, and few people grab it.

These are all explained in detail on the event page, so I won’t go into too much detail. The focus is still on the membership challenge.

I think the most important benefits of the gold card are one more checked baggage, excellent baggage arrival, and VIP access.

The first one will help you save money, and the next two will help you save time. As for VIP rooms, there are actually quite a few alternative options. There is CIP domestically, and PP internationally, which are both pretty good. Of course, the airline’s VIP lounge must be the best among these three types of VIP lounges.