20 18 mileage redemption conditions of the four major domestic airlines+how to redeem the required aircraft mileage?

If you often fly, be sure to calculate your mileage, because sometimes mileage can be directly used to buy air tickets or upgrade directly. These are of great benefit to everyone. After all, these operations can save money.

Basic information When flying, you can basically accumulate mileage as long as it is not a particularly cheap cabin that cannot accumulate mileage (what is a cabin will be described in detail below). Whether you bought this ticket yourself, your company or your good friend, the mileage can only be accumulated in the actual passenger's account. Seeing this, Xiao couldn't help crying. "I thought that the plane ticket bought by the unit could not accumulate my account, and I lost a lot of points after flying many times." Of course, if you buy tickets in official website, you may be able to take part in some promotional activities and get more miles.

So how do you accumulate mileage? Generally speaking, in the process of ticket purchase/counter check-in/online check-in, you can fill in the membership number or show your membership card at any time. However, at present, domestic airlines generally have the function of identity recognition. Generally, the mileage can be accumulated into the passenger's member account through ID number matching (passport, ID card, etc.). ) I didn't show my membership card. If there is no accumulation, you can also make up the flight according to airline regulations after taking the flight (generally, you need to send back your boarding pass or upload photos on the website member account).

How to calculate the mileage? The mileage of domestic airlines is basically in kilometers. You have accumulated 1 0,000 kilometers, which is generally considered to be equivalent to flying 1 0,000 kilometers, not to say that you can redeem a free air ticket for 1 0,000 kilometers. In fact, the ratio is about 10: 1. In other words, if you usually buy a full-price economy class ticket, you can get an economy class ticket with the same distance for free by taking one-way 10, and the discounted ticket may get 20 times. If the air ticket is too cheap, you may not be able to accumulate mileage, or you may not be able to get mileage from other domestic airlines many times. Usually two to three years. If you take flight 10 in ten years, it's no use.

Generally, domestic airlines can change a ticket within 600-800 kilometers, and the starting price is 6000-8000 miles. Among them, Air China requires four flight records or non-aviation mileage of 3000 (such as credit card exchange). ) is eligible for redemption. Just like buying tickets normally, tickets can be issued directly by going to the airline official website or calling. However, some discount exchange activities of China Eastern Airlines must be issued at the sales counter.

Is it true that free air tickets cost nothing? No, the airport construction fee (civil aviation development fund) and fuel surcharge must be paid by yourself. Some foreign airlines may only charge airport tax and not fuel tax.

Can I accumulate mileage as long as I fly? As I said before, cheap air tickets may not accumulate. Mainly depends on the shipping space.

Class: As we all know, airplanes are usually divided into different classes, business class, economy class and possibly advanced economy class, but each class is subdivided into different classes according to the price. The travel travel itinerary you get will have the cabin code, for example, the full price of first class is F, the discount is P, and the points exchange is O; Business class full price c, discount j; The full price of economy class is generally Y, so for example, B is 10% off, K is 20% off, R is 30% off, the lowest discount is Q, and then the points are exchanged for X; Of course, the definition of the same letter in different airlines may be completely different.

For the same flight distance, the mileage accumulated in different cabins is not the same, some of them have little or no mileage, and freely convertible air tickets cannot accumulate mileage at the same time. In short, the more expensive the shipping space, the more it can be accumulated. We will focus on this point later. Every airline will have a table indicating the ratio of mileage accumulated in different cabins to flight kilometers.

What class is my ticket and how many miles can I accumulate? It's usually on the registration card. You can also check the air tickets on the travel route before boarding. In addition, you can also check the ticket number in the ticket verification of Xintianyou website. You can see the electronic version of the itinerary here. In addition, I recommend that you use a mobile phone APP called "Traveler", which, like Xintianyou, is produced by China Airlines, and all the national airlines except Spring Airlines use his system in the background. As long as you enter your ID number to register, you can see the detailed information of all the air tickets under your name, including the cabin.

The following picture shows the travel itinerary. E-ticket passengers with fake passports take Malaysia Airlines flight M370, in which V/Q/K is the slave cabin.

So as long as you have mileage, you can definitely get the free ticket you want? Of course not. Not all flights offer free convertible tickets. Even if the flight can be redeemed, the number of free redeemable cabins is limited. Popular airlines may not offer free cabin tickets at all, or only open to senior members to apply for redemption.

As I said before, mileage can only be accumulated for yourself, so can mileage only be used for yourself? That's not true. However, due to well-known reasons, domestic airlines generally introduce the transferee system, and non-personal (that is, "transferee") tickets need to pay an extra premium. Some airlines stipulate that the transferee information needs to be registered in the system 30-60 days in advance, some airlines need to deduct a certain mileage when adding a transferee, and almost all airlines have made certain restrictions on the number of transferees that can be added to each member account. In short, if you want to change tickets for others, please make preparations in advance.

If I buy cheap flights at the right time every time I travel, and the tickets come from different airlines, how can I accumulate mileage? This situation involves airline alliances and partnerships. The second half of this article will be analyzed in detail. Now, first of all, let's take a practical example to look at the accumulation and redemption of air miles:

Little boy, from Shanghai to Guangzhou on business. The company bought him a 20% discount ticket of China Southern Airlines, which belongs to M cabin and can accumulate 100% mileage. This is Xiao's first time to fly, so he registered the account of China Southern Airlines Pearl, showed the card number of China Southern Airlines Pearl when he checked in at the airport, and traveled to and from Guangzhou. Xiao gained thousands of miles in his account of China Southern Airlines Pearl. Then Xiao Ah traveled frequently in the next six months, not only in China Southern Airlines, but also in China Southern Airlines Pearl account. Xiao also participated in the "Leaping N Miles" activity of China Southern Airlines, bought several tickets and sent thousands of miles. What's more, every time I stay in Hanting Hotel on business, I can accumulate 200 miles of China Southern Pearl every time I stay in/kloc-0.

The next year, when the spring blossoms, Xiao wants to go on holiday with his girlfriend. Inquired about it, just as China Southern Airlines Pearl launched a half-price exchange activity, the one-way economy class from Shanghai to Haikou can be exchanged as long as 5000 miles. Xiao quickly added his girlfriend as the transferee of his account, because it takes 30 days for China Southern Airlines to add the transferee to take effect.

But the question is coming? It takes 20 thousand kilometers to change two round-trip tickets, and there is only 18000 kilometers in Xiao A's account, which is nearly 2000 kilometers short. What should I do? In the future, I just don't need the opportunity to travel or fly. While thinking hard, Xiao noticed that his eyes were on the credit card.

Xiao has three credit cards, from China CITIC Bank, Bank of Communications and China Construction Bank. You can exchange points for China Southern Airlines Pearl Mileage! Xiao Ah then went online and used the points of the three banks together to convert them into 2000 miles of China Southern Airlines.

A few days later, Xiao received a short message: all the miles exchanged have arrived. The operation of just adding a girlfriend as the transferee has also taken effect. Small ah rushed to official website, China Southern Airlines, and exchanged two Wan Li dollars for two round-trip air tickets between Shanghai and Shanghai, which only cost 340 yuan's construction cost and fuel cost. Under normal circumstances, these two round-trip air tickets cost 2800 yuan.

Xiao and his girlfriend had a good time in Hainan Island. Suddenly, the boss told him to attend an important meeting on Monday morning. Xiao thought it was broken, and the return ticket arrived in Shanghai on Monday afternoon, so Xiao tried to call China Southern Airlines customer service 95539 and ask him if he could change it. As a result, the sweet customer service MM told him that he could change the ticket for free. Xiao ended his vacation smoothly and came back to catch the meeting.

Here, besides being free, mileage coupons are another big advantage. Compared with low-priced economy class tickets, mileage redemption tickets are more tolerant in terms of change and refund. Of course, it depends on the airlines, such as China Eastern Airlines, and even the number of free changes is not limited. Although Air China charges, it is not expensive. Refunds may be harsh, some deduct half the mileage, and some even don't refund a mile. Of course, taxes and fees can always be refunded.

As can be seen from the above example, in addition to flying (accumulating air miles), staying in cooperative hotels and swiping credit cards are not small sources of mileage. In addition, there are some small ways such as car rental, catering, shopping rebate and so on. These are called non-air miles. For details, please check the website of the relevant mileage club, which will list the ways to get mileage.

There are two types of accumulated mileage of credit cards. The first is the airline co-branded card, and the credit card points will be automatically converted into the mileage of the co-branded card airline. The second is the ordinary credit card, which can be exchanged for some airline miles like a gift. Of course, not all bank credit cards can be redeemed for mileage. Credit cards from Bank of Communications, China CITIC Bank, China Construction Bank, Minsheng Bank and Industrial Bank are recommended. In addition, the exchange of China Merchants Bank Platinum Card and Guangfa Bank Student Card is also good.

The airline alliance mentioned earlier that taking China Eastern Airlines can also accumulate mileage to China Southern Airlines. Why? This has to mention the aviation alliance. For example, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines are all members of SkyTeam, so their flights can add up with each other. If you fly Air France under SkyTeam, you can also accumulate mileage to China Southern Airlines or China Eastern Airlines. Of course, it is no problem to accumulate mileage to Air France.

Briefly introduce aviation alliances: there are three major aviation alliances in the world, and alliances are cooperation agreements between airlines. The advantage is that you can redeem mileage, enjoy membership rights, enjoy codes and hang luggage directly. You can find the logo of the airline alliance on the fuselage of the airline to which the alliance belongs.

The main members of Star Alliance are: China International Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Taiwan Province EVA Air, Lufthansa (including Swiss Airlines and Austrian Airlines), All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, Air Canada, Nordic Airlines and Air New Zealand.

The main members of SkyTeam are: Eastern Airlines (including Shanghai Airlines), China Southern Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, China Airlines in Taiwan Province Province, Delta Air Lines, Air France, Dutch Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Aeroflot and Korean Air.

One of the main members of OneWorld is Cathay Pacific (including Dragonair), Japan Airlines, Qantas, British Airways, American Airlines, Finnair and Malaysia Airlines.

In addition to the small partners in the same alliance, airlines always have some good friends of their own. For example, Sichuan Airlines can accumulate to China Southern Airlines and Cathay Pacific can accumulate to Air China. In short, although they are members of different alliances, this does not prevent them from becoming good friends. For details, please refer to the website of the corresponding airline member.

Different airlines have different accumulated mileage standards for other airlines' flights. For example, a certain class ticket of company A can accumulate 0/00% mileage of company A/KLOC, which may be only 50% of that of company B, but company C can't accumulate it at all. So before accumulating, please refer to the airline member website and accumulate mileage according to the cabin.

Another situation that needs attention: code * * * enjoys flying. The code * * * is actually the flight code of Company A and the flight code of Company B, which is sold by Company B in its own name (the most famous example is that MH370 of Malaysia Airlines also has the code of China Southern Airlines CZ748, and several suspicious people bought tickets with the code of China Southern Airlines). For code * * *, the mileage accumulation involved is always subject to the actual carrier. For example, Shandong Airlines flight SC 1234 * * was awarded to Air China flight CA2345. Although Xiao B bought a flight ticket with Air China code, because the actual carrier is Shandong Airlines, and Shandong Airlines is not a member of Star Alliance, it can't accumulate to other member airlines of Star Alliance, but Shandong Airlines can accumulate the Phoenix companion mileage of Bank of China. Similarly, China Eastern Airlines, like China United Airlines, is not a member of SkyTeam. Therefore, even if the flight with China Eastern Airlines code is actually carried by China United Airlines, it can't accumulate other SkyTeam airlines, but can only accumulate Eastern Miles. There are even more exaggerated cases. For example, both Jixiang Airlines and China Eastern Airlines have the code * * *, but because Jixiang Airlines is not the mileage club cooperation company of China Eastern Airlines, the mileage cannot be accumulated to Air China or China Eastern Airlines. The actual carrier company can usually be found in the travel route.

If you often take flights from different airlines, try to accumulate mileage in one or two places, otherwise a little east and a little west will not be enough to exchange the starting price. Finally, please pay special attention to the fact that although there are many options to accumulate the mileage of which airline, once the mileage is accumulated in the corresponding airline club, it cannot be transferred. However, miles can be redeemed not only for air tickets, but also for airline tickets of partner airlines. Of course, compared with our own flights, partner airlines are generally much more expensive to redeem miles.

The following are the major alliances and partner airlines outside the domestic airline alliance:

China International Airlines: the first choice for students of Imperial Capital. With its younger brothers, Shenzhen Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Tibet Airlines and Dalian Airlines, friends of Air China, Shenzhen Airlines and Star Alliance can accumulate each other. In addition, its good friends of Air China, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair and Air Macau can also accumulate Phoenix bosom friend miles.

China Eastern Airlines: The first choice of Modu students, and its younger brothers, Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines, can use the Oriental Miles Club, and friends of China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines and SkyTeam can also accumulate each other. In addition, China Eastern's good friends Cathay Pacific, China Airlines and JAO Airlines can also accumulate Eastern Miles.

China Southern Airlines: Guangzhou students prefer to enjoy the Pearl Club with their younger brother Chongqing Airlines. China Southern Airlines and SkyTeam partners can naturally accumulate each other. Sichuan Airlines, a good friend of China Southern Airlines, can also accumulate the Pearl Mileage of China Southern Airlines and will cooperate with Xiamen Airlines in the future.

Hainan Airlines: Hainan Airlines, as the fourth largest airline in China and the first airline in Chinese mainland to be rated as five-star by SkyTrax, does not belong to any airline alliance. However, HNA still has a large number of younger brothers, such as Grand China Airlines, Xiang Peng Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Western Airlines, Hong Kong Express, Capital Airlines, air berlin and so on. , you can accumulate the mileage of HNA Jinpeng Club.

Sichuan Airlines: Golden Panda Club

Xiamen Airlines: Egret Member

Spring Airlines: Green Wing Member

Jixiang Airlines: Ruyi Club

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair: With asia miles, apart from friends all over the world, Air China and China Eastern Airlines can also accumulate asia miles.

Comparison of mileage policies of the three major domestic airlines Let's first look at the mileage accumulation and exchange standards of the three major domestic airlines.

Air China Phoenix bosom friend

Air China mileage accumulation and exchange standards are shown in the following table.

Note that at present, some routes of Air China are discounted and increased in the off-season and peak season respectively. Please refer to here. In addition, individual peak days such as Spring Festival 1 1 day are not open for exchange.

Air China transferee system: up to 8 transferees can be set up; The establishment and change of the list of redemption recipients shall take effect 60 days after the application is submitted; The list of transferee is established for the first time, and the account mileage will not be deducted when the redemption transferee is deleted; Increase the redemption of the transferee and deduct 300 kilometers for each operation.

China Southern Airlines Pearl

Compared with the eastern mileage, it can be seen that China Southern obviously needs less mileage (first class is more obvious) in exchange for tickets with the same distance, so the mileage of China Southern is more valuable. In addition, the Pearl of China Southern Airlines has discounts ranging from 50% to 70% in the off-season every year, which makes it easier to get free tickets than China Eastern Airlines. If you choose between China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines, unless you want to be a senior member of China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines is highly recommended. If you don't get it, it will become waste paper.

Nanzhu members can add 8 transferees. The added/modified transferee will take effect after 30 days, and the deleted transferee will take effect immediately. For the deleted assignee or the added assignee, mileage will not be deducted.

If the transferee is added for the first time, the first addition will take effect immediately when the member account has more than three flight records since June 65438+ 10/day, 2009; If the flight record has not been reached for three times, it will take effect 30 days after the successful application.

Please click here, select "I want to redeem" and log in to the member account of China Southern Airlines Pearl to redeem the award ticket.

China Eastern Airlines Oriental Miles

Oriental Miles offers a 25% discount every year, but the number of routes is very small. One more thing is hard. Most free tickets can only be applied for gold and silver card senior members, and ordinary card members can hardly exchange any air tickets.

Oriental Miles Integral Accumulation Standard

For specific redemption flights of China Eastern Airlines, please click here and check "Points Redemption" before searching.

Oriental Miles members can also exchange points for excess baggage fees at some airport service outlets, 10 points for 1 yuan excess baggage fees.

An Oriental Miles member can have a maximum of 65,438+00 beneficiaries, and the list will take effect 60 days after its establishment. The total number of beneficiaries added within 65,438+00 will not be deducted. Due to the increase of 65,438+065,438+0 people, 200 consumption points will be deducted for each additional beneficiary, regardless of whether the added beneficiary is the same as the previously deleted beneficiary.

Let's talk briefly about senior members. Senior members generally include silver cards, gold cards and platinum cards. Different companies have different standards and names. Generally, to reach a higher level of membership, it is necessary to reach the grading (upgrading) mileage standard or grading (upgrading) flight segment standard. For example, it takes 80,000 kilometers or 40 flight segments to reach China Eastern Gold Card within one year. Note that graded mileage is only counted (including the mileage of alliance partner airlines), and non-aviation mileage redeemed by credit cards is not counted. There are also cabin requirements for flight segments, and the number of flight segments calculated by different cabins is different. For example, a flight in first class may count as two, one in economy class, and half of the ultra-cheap economy class is not even counted. As a senior member, you can generally enjoy priority check-in, VIP lounge (if you are not a senior member, you can only enjoy this treatment by flying first class or business class, and some platinum credit cards can also enjoy it), extra luggage, on-board greetings and other benefits, and upgrading (that is, from economy class to business class or first class for free) and redeeming free air tickets are also preferred. I am very excited to see this place, but the threshold for senior membership is not low. If you can't fly dozens of times a year, wash and sleep.

There are so many factors that affect which airline to choose to travel and which frequent flyer program to accumulate. It is really impossible to simply compare who is good and who is not.

However, it is generally understood that the mileage of Air China Phoenix Companion accumulates relatively quickly, especially those who travel more in non-economy class; However, there are many routes to exchange the Pearl Mileage of China Southern Airlines, and the mileage required for exchange is less. If China Eastern Airlines wants to get cool, it generally needs a higher level of membership. The above discussion is limited to domestic flights, there are many discounts on international flights, and there are various connecting flights to choose from. Generally speaking, it is not cost-effective to exchange miles for international flights of the three major airlines.

Regarding the convertible domestic routes and required mileage of the three major airlines, it is highly recommended to read this summary post of Coffey Teahouse, a famous domestic aviation forum.

Finally, a reminder, if you have accumulated some mileage, please keep an eye on it at any time to ensure that the mileage has not expired. If you really don't have time to change air tickets to travel, you can also change some pots and pans and other gifts in integral mall. Although it is not as valuable as air tickets, it is better than expired ones.

Four major airlines mileage exchange conditions+requirements 1, four major airlines mileage exchange domestic air ticket standards.

You can get a high-definition form by replying to the "odometer" on the official account of WeChat.

2. Comparison table of transferee systems of four major airlines

3. Mileage validity period

Air China:

After rolling for 3 years, the mileage will be invalid on the last day of the month after 3 years. For example, on June 3rd, 20 10000 miles were recorded, which will expire on June 30th, 20021year.

China Southern Airlines:

It is valid for 36 months after mailing. Gold and silver card members will automatically extend the mileage 12 months (multiple times) after each mileage expires, and ordinary card members can pay 20% of the mileage to extend the mileage by 80% 12 months (only once).

Hna:

The mileage is valid for 2 years, but if there is any activity, accumulation or exchange in the account within 2 years, all mileage will be extended for 2 years from the date of activity, which is equivalent to permanent validity.

China Eastern Airlines:

It is valid from the date of entry to the third calendar year before 65438+February 3 1. For example, points earned on June 3, 20 18 will be valid before June 3, 2026 54 38+0212.

4. First exchange conditions

Air China: You need to accumulate the Feida line into four stages before you can exchange it.

China Southern Airlines: There is no exchange threshold. You can exchange mileage.

HNA: There is no redemption threshold. There are miles to redeem.

China Eastern Airlines: There is no change threshold, and there are miles to change.

5. The validity period and change conditions of the mileage ticket.

Air China: the validity period is one year, and the domestic air ticket is changed to 100 yuan at one time; Change the international air ticket to 300 yuan once.

China Southern Airlines: It is valid for one year, and the fee for each change is as follows:

HNA: The validity period is one year, and the domestic air ticket is changed to 100 yuan, and the international air ticket is changed to 300 yuan once. Upgrade is not supported.

China Eastern Airlines: The validity period is 1 year, and it can be changed for free and unlimited times during the validity period.