Asia Miles

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Asia Miles (Chinese: 亞洲萬里通) is one of two frequent flyer programmes of both Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair (starting from January 1, 2007), the other being The Marco Polo Club. Members join for free and can earn miles by flying with Cathay Pacific, Dragonair or any of the 16 partner airlines (including all oneworld members). Mileage is accrued at a rate dependant on the number of actual miles and the fare class flown.

In addition to flying, members can earn miles through certain retail channels and services. These include staying at hotels, dining, shopping and spending on credit cards. Miles can also be purchased or transferred by one member to another, both at a certain fee.

Mileage can be redeemed for free flights, upgrades, companion tickets, holidays and other lifestyle rewards.

Contents 1 Earning miles 1.1 Flying 1.1.1 Cathay Pacific 1.1.2 Dragonair 1.1.3 oneworld airline partners 1.1.4 Other airline partners 1.1.5 Future airline partners 1.2 Other partner categories 1.3 Other ways to accrue miles 2 Redeeming miles 2.1 Gifts and services 2.2 Other uses 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Earning miles

[edit] Flying

[edit] Cathay Pacific

• First class: 150% of actual miles flown
• Business class: 125% of actual miles flown
• Economy class: 100% of actual miles flown (Y, B, H, K, M, L, & V class tickets - classes are shown in the order of increasing restrictions on the ticket)
• Heavily discounted economy class: No mileage accrual (S, G, O, Q and other class tickets)

[edit] Dragonair

• First class: 150% of actual miles flown
• Business class: 125% of actual miles flown
• Full fare economy class: 100% of actual miles flown (Y class ticket only)
• Discounted economy class: 50% of actual miles flown (B, H, K, M, L, & V class tickets - classes are shown in the order of increasing restrictions on the ticket)
• Heavily discounted economy class: No mileage accrual (S, G, O, Q and other class tickets)

[edit] oneworld airline partners

Please note that each partner airline has its own eligible booking classes and mileage accrual rates.

• Aer Lingus (plans to leave oneworld in 2007)
• American Airlines [1]
  • American Eagle
    • Executive Air
  • AmericanConnection
    • Chautauqua Airlines
    • RegionsAir
    • Trans States Airlines
• British Airways [2]
  • BA Connect
  • British Mediterranean Airways
  • Comair
  • GB Airways
  • Loganair
  • Sun Air
• Cathay Pacific [3]
• Finnair [4]
• Iberia [5]
  • Air Nostrum
• LAN [6]
  • LANExpress
  • LAN Peru
• Qantas [7]
  • QantasLink
  • Jetstar
  • JetConnect

Also, besides Cathay and Dragonair (starting from January 1, 2007), only the above airlines are eligible for earning Marco Polo Club miles / sectors.

[edit] Other airline partners

Please note that each partner airline has its own eligible booking classes and mileage accrual rates.

• Air China
• Alaska Airlines
• China Eastern Airlines
• Gulf Air
• Japan Airlines (Expect to join oneworld in 2007)
  • Japan Asia Airways (Expect to join oneworld as an affiliate in 2007)
  • JALways (Expect to join oneworld as an affiliate in 2007)
• Royal Brunei Airlines
• Vietnam Airlines

[edit] Future airline partners

• Malév Hungarian Airlines
• Royal Jordanian

Since Malév and Royal Jordanian has been invited to join the oneworld alliance at the turn of 2006 and 2007, both airlines will partner with Asia Miles soon after partnership talks with Cathay Pacific.

[edit] Other partner categories

• Hotels
• Cars & Transport
• Dining
• Health & Beauty
• Finance & Insurance
• Telecoms
• Retail
• Travel & Leisure

[edit] Other ways to accrue miles

• Mileage transfer: a minimum of 10,000 miles may be transferred from one member to another at a service fee of USD100.00, and further blocks of 5,000 miles at a service fee of USD50.00
• Miles exchange: members living in the USA or Canada can exchange reward programme currencies between Asia Miles and other loyalty programmes.
• Asia Miles top-up: members who have at least 70% of the Asia Miles required for a desired award may purchase the remaining amount in blocks of 2,000 Asia Miles at USD30.00 per block.

[edit] Redeeming miles

[edit] Gifts and services

• Flights
  • Free tickets
  • Seat upgrades
  • Excess baggage
  • Lounge access
• Hotel & holiday packages
• Wine & dine
• Leisure & sport
• Electronic & accessories
• Household & other merchandise
• Gifts, flowers & hampers
• Car rental & transportation
• Health & beauty
• Special events

[edit] Other uses

• iAuction
• Donation to charity

[edit] See also

• Cathay Pacific
• oneworld

[edit] External links

• oneworld alliance - official website which provides benefits, travel planning, news and information
• Asia Miles - official website of Asia Miles

Frequent Flyer Programs
AAdvantage (American Airlines) • Aeroplan (Air Canada) • Asia Miles (Cathay Pacific) • EuroBonus (SAS & Others) • Flying Blue (Air France-KLM) • KrisFlyer (Singapore Airlines) • Miles & More (Lufthansa & Others) • Skywards (Emirates & SriLankan) • Qualiflyer (Swissair) Unaffiliated programs: Air Miles • FlyBuys