If you often fly, be sure to calculate your mileage, because sometimes the mileage can be directly used to buy a plane ticket or directly to upgrade. 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 introduced in detail below). No matter whether you buy this ticket yourself, your company or your good friend, the mileage can only be accumulated in the account of the actual passenger. Seeing this, Xiao A couldn't help crying. "I thought that the ticket bought by the unit couldn't accumulate my account, and I lost a lot of points after flying many times." Of course, if you buy tickets in the airline official website, you may be able to participate in some promotional activities to get more miles.

so how do you accumulate mileage? Generally speaking, you can fill in the membership number or show your membership card at any time during ticket purchase/counter check-in/online check-in. However, at present, domestic airlines generally have the function of identity recognition, and generally can accumulate mileage into the passenger's member account through ID number matching (passport, ID card, etc.) without showing the membership card. If it doesn't accumulate, you can also make up the boarding 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. If you accumulate 1 kilometers, you can generally think that it is equivalent to flying 1 kilometers, instead of saying that you can exchange 1 kilometers for free tickets. In fact, the ratio is about 1:1. That is to say, if you usually buy full-price economy class tickets, you can get a free economy class ticket with the same distance by taking about 1 one-way flights, and you may get 2 discounted tickets. If it is too cheap, you may not be able to accumulate mileage, and you may not be able to get the mileage of other domestic airlines for many times. Generally, it is two to three years. If you take 1 flights in ten years, you will get a free ride.

Domestic airlines generally start at a price of 6. Among them, Air China requires four flight records or a non-aviation mileage of 3, (such as credit card redemption, etc.) to qualify for redemption. Just like buying a ticket normally, you can issue a ticket by going directly to the airline official website or making a phone call. 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 still have to be paid by themselves. However, some foreign airlines may only charge airport tax but not fuel tax.

can I accumulate mileage as long as I fly? As I said before, cheap tickets may not be accumulated. It mainly depends on the shipping space.

class: as we all know, airplanes are usually classified into different classes, business class, economy class and possibly advanced economy class, but each class is subdivided into different classes according to the price. There will be a cabin code on the travel itinerary you get, such as the full price of first class is F, the discount is P, and the redemption of points is O; The full price of business class is C, and the discount is J; The full price of economy class is generally Y, then for example, 1% off B, 2% off K, 3% off R, 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 different, some are rare and even do not accumulate mileage, and free air tickets can not 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? Generally, it is on the registration card. You can also check the ticket on travel itinerary before you fly. In addition, you can also check the ticket number in the ticket verification of Xintianyou website. You can see the electronic version of travel itinerary here. In addition, it is recommended that you use a mobile APP called "Traveler", which, like Xintianyou, is produced by China Airlines, while the national airlines use his system in the background except Spring Airlines. Just enter the ID number to register, and you can see the details of all the tickets under your name, including the cabin.

The following picture shows the exposed e-ticket travel itinerary of the holder of a fake passport on Malaysia Airlines M37, in which V/Q/K is the second class.

so, as long as there are miles, can I get the free air ticket I want? Of course not. Not all flights offer free redeemable 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.

I said that mileage can only be accumulated for myself, so can mileage only be used for myself? It's not. However, due to well-known reasons, domestic airlines have generally introduced the transferee system, and it is necessary to pay an extra premium to exchange tickets for non-self (that is, "transferee"). Some airlines stipulate that the transferee information needs to be registered in the system 3-6 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, please prepare in advance if you want to exchange tickets for others.

how can I accumulate mileage if I choose a cheap flight with the right time every time I travel, and the tickets are from different airlines? 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:

Example: Xiao A is on a business trip from Shanghai to Guangzhou, and the company bought him a 2% discount ticket for China Southern Airlines, which belongs to M cabin and can accumulate 1% mileage. This is the first time for Xiao A 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 made a round trip to Guangzhou, and Xiao A gained thousands of miles in his account of China Southern Airlines Pearl. Then Xiao A traveled frequently in the next six months, not only in China Southern Airlines, but also in China Southern Airlines' Pearl account. Xiao A also participated in China Southern Airlines' "Leaping N Miles" activity, bought several tickets and sent thousands of miles. Moreover, Xiao A stays in Hanting Hotel every time he goes on a business trip, and every time he stays, he can also accumulate 2 miles of China Southern Pearl.

In the spring of the following year, Xiao A wanted to go on holiday with his girlfriend, and made an inquiry. It happened that China Southern Airlines Pearl launched a half-price exchange activity, and one-way economy class from Shanghai to Haikou could be exchanged for only 5, miles. Xiao A quickly added his girlfriend as the transferee of his account, because it takes 3 days for China Southern Airlines to add the transferee to take effect.

but here comes the question? It takes 2, kilometers to exchange two round-trip tickets, and there are only more than 18, kilometers in Xiao A's account, which is nearly 2, kilometers short. What should I do? Xiao A just doesn't need a business trip or a chance to fly for some time to come. While thinking hard, Xiao A noticed his eyes on the credit card.

Xiao A has three credit cards, which belong to China CITIC Bank, Bank of Communications and China Construction Bank. They can all redeem points for China Southern Airlines Pearl Mileage! Xiao A then went online to operate, and used the points of the three banks together and exchanged them for 2 miles of China Southern Airlines.

a few days later, Xiao a received a text message: all the miles exchanged have been paid. The operation of just adding a girlfriend as the transferee has also taken effect. Xiao A rushed to official website, China Southern Airlines, and exchanged 2, miles for two round-trip air tickets from Shanghai to Haikou, and only spent the construction and fuel costs of 34 yuan. Under normal circumstances, these two round-trip tickets cost 28 yuan.

Xiao A and his girlfriend were having a great time in Hainan Island. Suddenly, the boss called him to attend an important meeting on Monday morning. Xiao A thought it was broken, and his return ticket arrived in Shanghai on Monday afternoon, so Xiao A tried to call 95539 of China Southern Airlines to ask if he could change it. As a result, the sweet-sounding customer service MM told him that he could change the ticket for free once. Very smoothly, Xiao A ended his vacation and went back to catch up with the meeting.

This is another great advantage of mileage exchange tickets besides being free. Compared with low-cost economy class tickets, mileage exchange tickets are more tolerant in terms of change and refund. Of course, the details depend on airlines. For example, China Eastern Airlines does not even limit the number of free changes. Although Air China charges, it is not expensive. Refund 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.

From the above example, we can also see that besides flying (accumulating air miles), staying in a cooperative hotel and swiping a credit card are also important sources of mileage. In addition, there are some small ways, such as renting a car, dining, shopping rebate, etc. These are all 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 kinds of accumulated mileage of credit cards. The first one is an airline co-branded card, and credit card points will be automatically converted into mileage of co-branded airlines. The second is the ordinary credit card, which can be used to redeem the mileage of some airlines like a gift. Of course, not all banks' credit cards can be redeemed for mileage. It is recommended to use credit cards from Bank of Communications, China CITIC Bank, China Construction Bank, Minsheng Bank and Industrial Bank. In addition, the redemption 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 must mention the aviation alliance. For example, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines are all members of SkyTeam, so their flights can accumulate each other. If you take Air France, which belongs to 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 the alliance is a cooperation agreement among airlines. The advantages are that they can exchange mileage, enjoy membership rights, enjoy code, and hang luggage directly. You can find the logo of the airline alliance on the fuselage of the airline belonging to the alliance.

The main members of Star Alliance are: Air China, Shenzhen Airlines, Taiwan Province Evergreen, Lufthansa (including Swiss Airlines and Austrian Airlines), United States, 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 Taiwan Province, Delta Air Lines, Air France, Dutch Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Aeroflot, Korean Air, etc.

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 Airlines can accumulate to Air China. In short, although they are members of different alliances, it does not prevent them from becoming good friends. For details, please check the website of the corresponding airline member.

different airlines have different accumulated mileage standards for flights of other companies. for example, a certain class ticket of company a can accumulate 1% of the mileage of company a, and it may only accumulate 5% to company b, but company c can't accumulate it at all. Therefore, please refer to the airline member website to accumulate mileage according to the cabin before accumulating.

another situation that needs attention: the code * * * enjoys the flight. The code * * * is actually the flight carried by Company A and the flight code of Company B for Company B to sell in its own name (the most famous example is that MH37 of Malaysia Airlines has a code of China Southern Airlines CZ748 at the same time, and several suspicious people bought tickets with the code of China Southern Airlines). In the case of code * * *, the accumulation of mileage involved is always subject to the actual carrier. For example, flight SC1234 of Shandong Airlines was given to Air China as flight CA2345. Although Xiao B bought a ticket for the flight with Air China code, because the actual carrier is Shandong Airlines, and Shandong Airlines is not a member of Star Alliance, it cannot be accumulated to other member airlines of Star Alliance, but Shandong Airlines can accumulate the Phoenix Companion Miles of the Bank of China. Similarly, China Eastern Airlines and China United Airlines, 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 the flights carried by Jixiang Airlines and Air China Eastern Airlines have the code * * *, but because Jixiang Airlines is not the mileage club cooperation company of Air China Eastern Airlines, the mileage cannot be accumulated to Air China or China Eastern Airlines. The actual carrier companies can generally be found in travel itinerary.

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

Let's list the major domestic airlines' alliance and partner airlines outside the alliance:

China International Airlines is the first choice for students of Imperial Capital. With its younger brothers, Shenzhen Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Tibet Airlines and Dalian Airlines, the friends of Air China, Shenzhen Airlines and Star Alliance can accumulate each other. In addition, their 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. With its younger brothers, Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines, the Oriental Miles Club, the small partners of China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines and SkyTeam can also accumulate each other. In addition, China Eastern Airlines' good friends Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Japan and Australia Airlines can also accumulate Oriental Miles.

China Southern Airlines: the first choice for Guangzhou students, enjoying the Pearl Club with its younger brother Chongqing Airlines, China Southern Airlines and SkyTeam partners can naturally accumulate each other, and 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 to follow, such as Grand China Airlines, Xiangpeng Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Western Airlines, Hong Kong Express, Capital Airlines, air berlin, etc., which can accumulate the mileage of HNA Jinpeng Club.

Sichuan Airlines: Golden Panda Club

Xiamen Airlines: Egret Member

Spring Airlines: Green Wings Member

Jixiang Airlines: Ruyi Club

Cathay Pacific and Dragonair in Hong Kong: With asia miles, apart from our 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 take a look at the mileage accumulation and exchange standards of the three major domestic airlines.

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