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Asiana Airlines Asiana Club Loyalty Program Review
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Asiana First and Business Class Lounge (ICN airport); U.S. lounge locations: Honolulu (HNL), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), and Seattle (SEA)
Asiana Airlines’ frequent flyer program is called Asiana Club, and its airline miles are called Asiana miles. Asiana Airlines is one of the 2 major airlines based in South Korea, with Korean Air being the other.
Asiana Club is unique because it offers 2 ways to earn elite status:
Through the number of miles earned from flying
Through the number of times you board an Asiana flight
Miles are earned by flying on an Asiana Airlines or partner airline flight, spending on an Asiana or flexible point program credit card, or spending with one of the airline’s travel partners.
Joining Asiana Club
Enrollment in Asiana’s frequent flyer program is free, and you can sign up here.
Asiana Club membership entitles you to earning miles and elite status and redeeming miles for flights, including Star Alliance flights (which will be discussed later in this article).
How to Sign in to Your Asiana Club Account
Head to this link and enter your ID and password to log in to your account.
Asiana Airlines is valuable Star Alliance member providing the opportunity to fly in a solid premium cabin! Image Credit: flyasiana.com
Hot Tip: The Asiana website will not let you search for Star Alliance award availability. We recommend using the United, Aeroplan, and ANA websites to search for award flights.
Asiana has 4 elite tiers: Gold, Diamond, Diamond Plus, and Platinum.
Gold: The benefits of Asiana’s lowest tier aren’t incredible, but it is nice that you earn the status for 2 years. Here are a few of the benefits that you’ll receive at this level:
2 business class lounge passes in South Korea (ICN)
5% bonus miles when flying
Access to award flights that require 50% fewer miles during peak season
Diamond: After earning this status level, you’ll have access to additional benefits that include:
The benefits of Gold, as well as:
Access for you and a guest to the business class lounge in South Korea (ICN)
Access to Star Alliance Gold business class lounges
10% bonus miles when flying
Priority boarding
Diamond Plus: Asiana’s second highest elite level offers the following benefits:
The benefits of Diamond, as well as:
Access for you and a guest to a lounge in South Korea (ICN) 1 class higher than the class of ticket you are holding
15% bonus miles when flying
Platinum: The highest elite tier that you can earn comes with these benefits:
The benefits of Diamond Plus as well as:
2 coupons that offer a 50% discount on upgraded awards, or a 10,000-mile discount on an award flight
Access for you and a guest to the highest class lounge in South Korea (ICN)
20% bonus miles when flying
If you’re interested in diving into more detail about the elite benefits at each tier, go here.
Value of Asiana Club Elite Status
Asiana elite status only makes sense if you are based in South Korea or fly Asiana regularly.
If you meet one of those 2 criteria, access to premium lounges, reduced mileage awards, and bonus miles when flying are all benefits to take advantage of.
Earning Asiana Club Elite Status
Qualification for elite status with Asiana is straightforward relative to many award programs.
Asiana has 2 ways to qualify:
The number of miles you earn while flying
The number of times you board a flight
Flying miles are earned by flying Asiana Airlines, a Star Alliance airline, Air Busan, or Air Seoul.
Boarding instances are earned by boarding an Asiana Airlines, Air Busan, or Air Seoul flight.
In order to earn Gold status, you’ll need to earn 20,000 miles in a 24-month period or have boarded 30 Asiana Airlines flights.
Diamond status requires 40,000 miles in a 24-month period or 50 boardings of an Asiana Airlines flight.
If you’re looking to earn Diamond Plus status, you’ll need 100,000 miles in a 24-month period or 100 Asiana Airlines flight boardings.
You can earn Asiana’s highest elite status, Platinum, with 1,000,000 miles or 1,000 boardings on Asiana Airlines flights.
Find more details about the requirements for each elite tier level here.
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How to Earn Asiana Miles
With Asiana, you’ve got 3 main ways to earn miles:
Asiana miles earned when you fly are calculated based on the distance multiplied by the fare class in this chart.
In addition, elite members receive the following bonus miles when flying:
Gold – 5%
Diamond – 10%
Diamond Plus – 15%
Platinum – 20%
When you are flying a Star Alliance partner like United, you’ll refer to these mileage charts to determine the miles that you’ll earn.
The Star Alliance Members. Image Credit: aorticconference.org
Earn Miles With Credit Cards
Asiana partners with Bank of America, who offers the only co-branded credit card for the airline. Unfortunately, Asiana does not have any transfer partnerships with flexible rewards programs.
Earning Bonus Miles in Other Ways
Asiana offers a number of ways to earn Asiana miles outside of flying.
The airline partners with hotels like Hyatt, car rental companies like National, and has a shopping portal.
Branded and Partnered Credit Cards
Compared to other airlines, Asiana Airlines has limited opportunities to earn miles directly with credit card spending.
Asiana Airlines Credit Card
Bank of America is Asiana Airlines’ sole credit card partner.
The Asiana Visa Signature and Asiana Visa Business credit cards are ones we recommend, specifically the Signature card with its nice welcome offer bonus.
Other Hotel Partner Credit Cards
Converting hotel points into airline miles typically results in terrible value, so we don’t recommend doing this. If you are topping off a hotel account or are in a bind, it can be one way to accumulate enough points for your redemption.
How to Redeem Asiana Miles
Asiana Airlines has 2 types of award flights:
Off-Peak — Most of the year, when pricing is 50% less than peak
Peak — 2 months of the year, where pricing is 50% more than off-peak pricing
Peak pricing for Asiana Airlines flights in 2018 is between May 12-July 1 and December 5-December 23.
You can access the Asiana award chart here (click “Mileage deduction Table”). For flights between South Korea (ICN) and the U.S., here are the round-trip mileage requirements:
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Route
Economy
Business
Business* Smartium
First
South Korea – U.S.
70,000
105,000
125,000
160,000
For flights that route through South Korea, here are the round-trip mileage requirements:
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Routes with South Korea Transfer
Economy
Business
Business* Smartium
First
Japan, China/Northeast Asia – U.S.
75,000
110,000
135,000
170,000
Southeast Asia – U.S.
85,000
125,000
155,000
190,000
Southwest Asia – U.S.
95,000
140,000
175,000
210,000
Oceania – U.S.
105,000
160,000
200,000
230,000
*Asiana charges an additional 10,000 miles each way for flights on what it calls premium routes.
With Asiana being in the Star Alliance, you’ll be to use Asiana miles to fly on any airline in the alliance.
Separately, you can use your Asiana miles to fly on the airline’s partners outside of the Star Alliance.
Use the mileage rates in this chart to determine what Asiana will charge to fly a route with one of its partner airlines.
Booking Online
The Asiana website search engine is only ideal when you want to book an Asiana Airlines operated flight.
For all partner flights, you’ll want to use a website like United Airlines to search for Star Alliance award space.
When you find an award flight, call Asiana Airlines at 800-227-4262 to confirm award space and ticket the award flight.
Hot Tip: United, Aeroplan, and ANA are the websites to use to search for Star Alliance award space. All have drawbacks, but when used in conjunction with one another, you’ll have a more accurate picture of award availability for your flight.