How to exchange air miles for air tickets and how to accumulate air miles?

If you often fly, then you must know how to exchange miles for air tickets, so that you can leave a lot of money whether you are on a business trip or on a frequent business trip. Let's take a look at some related matters together.

Q 1: What is the accumulated mileage?

Airlines provide mileage accumulation for passengers who join the frequent flyer program.

Q2: What is the frequent flyer program?

"Frequent Flyer Program" is a promotion method introduced by airlines, hotels and other industries to customers who often use their products, focusing on mileage accumulation or accumulating points to reward mileage. The frequent flyer program is actually a customer, loyalty programs.

In order to implement the frequent flyer program, airlines have set up clubs, such as Phoenix Companion Club of Air China and Pearl Club of China Southern Airlines. Club members can earn flying miles by taking the airline's flights. When the mileage reaches a certain standard, members can exchange the obtained flight mileage for free air tickets, free upgrades and other benefits.

Mileage accumulation

Can I earn mileage only by flying? No, it was obtained in the following ways:

(1) cumulative mileage

Q 1: how to apply for an aviation club membership card?

The first step to accumulate mileage by air is to apply for the membership card of the airline frequent flyer program club. There are three channels to apply: airline official website application, airport airline counter application and on-board application. Take China Southern Airlines as an example. After becoming a member of Pearl, you can accumulate mileage by taking flights of China Southern Airlines.

Q2: As long as you fly, you can accumulate flying miles?

Don't! The mileage accumulation ratio of different cabins is different. The discount of air tickets is inversely proportional to the accumulated mileage, that is, the closer to the full-price air tickets, the more accumulated mileage, and the special tickets generally cannot accumulate mileage.

Q3: How many miles can I accumulate per flight?

Different airlines have different rules for rewarding mileage. The mileage we get from each flight is basically "standard mileage *x%", and x varies according to the cabin of the ticket. For example, the cumulative mileage rule of China Southern Airlines:

Note: the query of "standard mileage" can be found on the website of aviation club members, and "city mileage query" is basically located in the obvious position on the home page.

Q: So you can easily exchange free air tickets after you have completed all the membership cards?

Sao nian, you are still a broken picture. The fact is, no one can control flying with the same airline every time. Do I really need to apply for membership cards of all airlines separately? For most students who don't fly often, they often accumulate a little mileage in every airline, but they can't be redeemed in any one. What should I do?

Before solving this problem, Bian Xiao will popularize the aviation alliance for everyone (the key point is that melon seeds and peanuts are all ready ~ ~).

There are three major aviation alliances in the world: Star Alliance, SkyTeam and OneWorld.

Alliance is a cooperation agreement between airlines, which can exchange miles (points between airlines under the same alliance can be universal) and enjoy membership rights, codes, luggage and so on.

In addition to the three major aviation alliances, many airlines also have bilateral cooperation. For example, China Southern Airlines belongs to SkyTeam and Sichuan Airlines does not belong to the three major alliances, but China Southern Airlines and Sichuan Airlines can still exchange points with each other.

Friends can show the accumulated mileage of membership cards of the same alliance/subsidiary or bilateral cooperation when handling boarding passes. Similar cooperation instructions can be found on the member websites of airlines. Try to concentrate the mileage of each flight on one card, which is convenient for accumulating mileage for air tickets.

In order to concentrate the accumulated mileage, Bian Xiao suggests that you apply for membership cards of three airlines: Air China (Star Alliance, including Shenzhen Airlines and EVA Air). ), China Southern Airlines (SkyTeam, including China Eastern Airlines, Xiamen Airlines and China Airlines. ) and HNA (not belonging to any alliance, but all its airlines can accumulate on HNA cards, including Western Airlines, Grand China Airlines, Capital Airlines, Jin Lu Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines and Hong Kong Express). With these three cards, domestic airlines can be basically covered.

In addition, to apply for membership card, you should consider the airline's route coverage, preferably the departure airline in your city, so it is more practical to change air tickets.

Q: What should I do if I forget to ask for accumulated mileage when I apply for boarding pass?

Don't worry, whether you forget or fail to accumulate, you can remedy it-make up the mileage. You need to provide flight number, cabin, seat number, flight date, ticket number, origin and destination, etc. You can find the required information on the electronic travel itinerary, as shown in the following figure:

Tip: Some aviation club members (such as Air China and Hainan Airlines) do not need to input to the staff or manually when checking in, and the mileage will be accumulated automatically after the flight is taken normally.

(2) Cumulative mileage of credit card

Two ways to redeem mileage by credit card:

1) Airline cooperative credit card automatic discount mileage. All the money spent by credit cards is automatically converted into mileage, and there is no need to apply for automatic accumulation. For example, if you use China Merchants Bank's China Southern Airlines Pearl Credit Card, you can accumulate 65,438+0 China Southern Airlines mileage for every 65,438+08 RMB or 2 USD. (Different credit card offers are different)

2) Redeem mileage with credit card points. This includes airline cooperative credit cards and other ordinary credit cards. All Guangfa credit cards, each 1 RMB product 1 points, 30 points can be exchanged 1 China Southern Airlines mileage. (Different banks have different redemption rules for credit card points)

Different banks have different mileage redemption rules for credit card points. How to maximize the redemption value of credit card points in daily consumption, Bian Xiao summed up four points:

1) Apply for an air credit card. Help you silently accumulate mileage in your daily consumption.

2) Apply for a credit card with permanent points. Some credit card points will be emptied at the end of the year. Considering that many credit card points need to be redeemed at 500 miles, choosing a credit card with Zhang Yongjiu points can avoid the embarrassing situation of not saving enough in one year.

3) Choose the most cost-effective credit card. Bian Xiao found that Guangfa Credit Card can redeem 1 China Southern Airlines mileage every time it spends 14 yuan, while CITIC Credit Card can redeem 1 China Southern Airlines mileage by spending 18 yuan, which is more cost-effective. Standard for redemption mileage of credit card consumption of China Affiliated Bank and China Southern Airlines:

Smart use of credit card activities. Look more at the notice of bank credit card activities, just like the airline credit card activities of Minsheng Bank some time ago. If you spend more than 12000 yuan a month, you can get 6000 miles of China Southern Airlines. Bian Xiao just bought a computer, and easily met the requirements of the activity that month and got 6,000 miles. Then he bought a ticket from Beijing to Dalian in China Southern Airlines with 6,000 miles (haha, he can go back to Dalian to visit his parents at weekends ~ ~).

(3) Redemption mileage of hotel points

Many hotel points can be converted into air miles, and hotels with different airlines are different. For details, please refer to the website of Aviation Club. Bian Xiao has arranged several star-rated hotels that support mileage redemption, including Shangri-La Hotel, Wanda Hotel, Marriott Hotel, Intercontinental Hotel and Hilton. Some budget hotel chains can also redeem miles, including Home Inn, 7 Days Chain, Hanting Hotel and Jinjiang Inn.

(4) Booking hotels or air tickets

You can also get mileage by booking hotels or air tickets through Ctrip, E Long, Guests, Agoda, mango net and other business travel websites. These websites often have mileage giving activities, so friends can pay more attention to them. Look at the cooperation activities between Ctrip and China Southern Airlines:

(five) car rental, catering, communication, shopping rebates, etc.

About car rental: Most domestic aviation club members can get mileage rewards through Hertz International Car Rental, Supreme Car Rental, Avis Car Rental and Dole International Car Rental. If you rent a car at Supreme, Air China bosom friend members can get 500 miles every time they rent a car. Members of China Southern Pearl can get 400 Miles each time they rent a car.

About catering: The special restaurants set up on Dianping. com can earn 5 kilometers of air China mileage when they spend over 10 yuan. When you check out, you can take the initiative to show your sound card and ask for accumulated mileage.

About communication: China Telecom, 4000 telecom points can be exchanged for 500 Air China miles; Guangdong Unicom, 5000 Unicom points can be exchanged for 500 China Southern Airlines miles.

About shopping: you can get Air China miles by buying products on COFCO Online; You can get 2 kilometers of air China mileage for every full 10 yuan spent in barley net Cooperation Zone; DHC official website, China, gives away 2 kilometers of air China mileage for every consumption 10 yuan.

Others: Ciming physical examination, and get 8 kilometers of China Southern Airlines mileage for every consumption 10 yuan; Fashion Bazaar photography, China Southern Airlines 1km mileage per consumption of 2 yuan. (More rewards can be found on the website of aviation club members. )

Mileage redemption (1) Airline mileage redemption

Before redeeming air tickets, we can call the airline's customer service number (just report the ID number) or visit the airline club member website to check the mileage. Similar to mileage inquiry, air tickets can also be redeemed by phone and website:

1) Find a member login in airline official website, enter the card number or valid id number and password to enter the page, click mileage redemption, enter the date and destination of the ticket you want to redeem, then select the flight number that can be redeemed, click Next to enter the passenger information, enter the name and ID of yourself or the transferee, and then make online payment (tax) to confirm the order.

2) If the Internet is inconvenient, you can also call the airline customer service number, enter or report the card number according to the prompt, and the wiring service personnel will assist in the flight inquiry and ticket issuance.

Q: How many miles can be redeemed for free air tickets?

Basically, the shortest route of major airlines also needs 6000 miles to change a ticket. Every airline has different mileage exchange rules. Generally speaking, the mileage required for point redemption is about 10 times of the standard mileage of the two places, that is, the standard mileage 1000 kilometers needs about 1w mileage redemption.

Take the exchange rules of China Southern Airlines as an example. Within 800 kilometers, economy class needs 6000 miles. 80 1- 1700 km, economy class needs 12000 km; 170 1-3000 km, economy class needs 15000 km; 300 1-5000 km, economy class needs 25000 km.

Q: How to fly to the maximum with less mileage?

Here are three ways to save mileage.

1) Choose an airline with more cost-effective mileage redemption. Comparatively speaking, the mileage consumption of air tickets with the same mileage is: China Southern Airlines.

2) Redeem round-trip air tickets. Some airlines offer more favorable exchange of round-trip air tickets. For example, Air China needs 12000 miles for a one-way trip from Beijing to Xi 'an, 22,000 miles for a round trip, 8,000 miles for a one-way trip from Xi 'an to Chengdu, and 15000 miles for a round trip.

3) Conversion of transit mileage. For example, Air China Exchange, Bian Xiao plans to fly from Beijing to Chengdu, and it takes 15000 miles for Beijing to fly directly to Chengdu. However, we know that Xi 'an is between Beijing and Chengdu. If you choose to fly from Beijing to Xi 'an for two days, and then fly from Xi 'an to Chengdu, the total mileage required for segmented booking is only 18500. (The calculation of redemption mileage for transit leg is also a round-trip discount, that is, the flight from Beijing to Xi 'an needs 22,000/2 mileage, and the discount mileage from Xi 'an to Chengdu is 15000/2 mileage).

Q: If I have enough mileage, can I get a free ticket?

Not necessarily. As we all know, airplanes are usually divided into economy class, business class and economy class, and each class is subdivided into different classes according to the price. The travel you get in travel itinerary has a cabin code, the full price of first class is F, the discount is P, and the redemption of points is O; Business class full price c, discount j; The full price of economy class is generally Y, 10% discount is B, 20% discount is K, 70% discount is R, the lowest discount is Q, and the redemption of points is X; Of course, the definition of the same letter in different airlines may be different. The sales department will assign different cabins to each flight. When popular flights are on sale, discount tickets will be reduced, and free space will be reduced or even not allocated at all.

Q: Can I exchange my mileage for a refund or a change?

Some airlines are not allowed to refund tickets, and some airlines that support refund will need to charge 50% mileage as a refund fee. If you can't travel as scheduled under special circumstances, Bian Xiao suggested that it is more cost-effective to change your visa. China Southern Airlines supports a visa change for free within one year. China Eastern Airlines will make unlimited changes within one year; If Air China changes its ticket, the domestic air ticket is 100 yuan, and the international air ticket is 300 yuan.

Q: Is the accumulated mileage permanent?

Mileage has a shelf life, mostly three years. Air China, like China Southern Airlines, expires on the last day of the month after the mileage record has expired for three years. For example, if the mileage is recorded on March 20th, 20 14, the mileage will expire on March 30th, 20 17; The mileage of China Eastern Airlines will expire on the last day of the end of the year in three years. For example, if the mileage of 2065438+March 20th, 2004 is recorded, the mileage will expire on 2017 65438+February 3rd1.

Q: Can I only exchange the mileage for air tickets?

Of course not. Domestic airlines have generally introduced the beneficiary system, which can exchange air tickets for others. Non-participants need to register in the system 30-60 days in advance. Please prepare in advance if others need to exchange tickets. For example, when using Air China Voice Card to convert non-cardholder's mileage into airline tickets, you need to log in to Air China Voice Card official website first, and then enter the name and certificate information of the traveler into the list of transferees, which can be exchanged after 60 days of examination and approval.

(2) mileage upgrade

We can also use mileage to upgrade. Take China Southern Airlines as an example. From business class to first class, it takes only 3000 miles to fly within 800 kilometers.

(3) Commodity mileage exchange

In addition to air tickets and upgrades, air miles can also be exchanged for gifts. All aviation clubs have basically launched mileage exchange malls. It is worth noting that the products of Air China Yin Zhi Mall are very rich. Relatively speaking, the products of China Southern Pearl Mall are pitiful.

(Note: Air China and China Southern Airlines are taken as examples many times, because China Southern Airlines and Air China have relatively more mileage tickets. )