8 Best Ways to Earn Lots of Asiana Airlines Asiana Club Miles

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Michael McHugh

- June 21, 2018August 6, 2018

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Asiana Airlines is one of South Korea’s 2 major airlines along with Korean Air.

As a member of the Star Alliance, Asiana offers the ability to earn airline miles with a transferable point program and co-branded credit cards.

In this post, we’ll walk through how you can maximize earning Asiana miles.

Sign Up For an Asiana Airlines Asiana Club Account

Asiana Airlines requires you to sign up for a frequent flyer account to use miles or transfer points from a credit card program into a frequent flyer program. The process is straightforward and only requires you to sign up for a new account.

Hot Tip: It’s important to keep track of your username, password, and account number, as you’ll need this information to log in to your account.

Earn Asiana Club Miles with Credit Cards

Asiana Airlines provides several ways to earn miles from sign-up bonuses and spending on credit cards affiliated with the airline.

The airline has 2 co-branded credit cards.

1. Bank of America Credit Cards

Asiana currently offers 2 Bank of America co-branded credit cards. While not the quickest way to earn miles due to the lackluster 30,000-point sign-up bonus, both the personal and business credit cards provide an additional avenue for adding miles to your Asiana account.

The Asiana Visa Signature card is the personal credit card. You’ll receive the following benefits with this credit card:

• 30,000 Asiana miles after you spend $3,000 in the first 3 months
• 3 miles per $1 spent on Asiana airline tickets
• 2 miles per $1 spent on gas and groceries
• 1 mile per $1 spent on all other purchases
• $100 annual rebate toward the purchase of an Asiana airlines ticket
• No foreign transaction fees
• 2 certificates for an Asiana lounge only in the U.S.
• 10,000 bonus mile certificate when you pay your annual fee
• $99 annual fee

If you have your own business, you may qualify for the Asiana Visa Business card. If you’re approved, you’ll receive the following benefits:

• 10,000 Asiana miles after your first purchase
• 2 miles per $1 spent on Asiana airline ticket purchases
• 1 mile per $1 spent on all other purchases
• (2) $100 annual rebate towards the purchase of a U.S.-departing Asiana airlines ticket
• $80 annual fee

2. Marriott Credit Cards

SPG-MARRIOTT CARDS	CARD BENEFITS & INFO
Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express	Earn 75,000 bonus points after you make $3,000 in purchases in your first 3 months. Earn 6 points for each dollar of eligible purchases at participating SPG® and Marriott Rewards® hotels and 2 points on all other eligible purchases. Terms. $0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $95.
Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express	Earn 100,000 bonus points after you make $5,000 in purchases on the Card within your first 3 months of Card Membership. Offer ends 10/31/2018. Earn 6 points for each dollar of eligible purchases at over 6,500 participating SPG® and Marriott Rewards® hotels across 110 countries worldwide. Free Boingo Wi-Fi & Free Wi-Fi at SPG participating hotels. Terms. $0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $95.
Marriott Rewards® Premier Plus Credit Card	Earn 75,000 Bonus Points after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. Free Night Award (valued up to 35,000 points) every year after account anniversary. Earn 6 points per $1 spent at participating Marriott Rewards & SPG hotels. Annual Fee: $95

Earning Asiana Club Miles Through Travel

In addition to earning miles from credit card spend, Asiana Airlines offers ways to earn miles through travel. From airlines to hotels and car rental companies, Asiana makes it easy to earn miles with its partners.

3. Airfare and Airlines Purchases

Asiana Airlines is a member of the Star Alliance. When flying Asiana or any airline in the Star Alliance, you have the opportunity to earn Asiana miles.

Simply use your Asiana Airlines account number on your airline ticket reservation no matter which Star Alliance airline you’re booking, and you will be credited with Asiana miles after completing your flight.

For example, if you put your Asiana Airlines account number on your United Airlines flight, you will receive Asiana Airlines miles.

Asiana also partners with non-Star Alliance airlines including China Southern, Etihad, Qantas, Qatar Airways, and SriLankan Airlines.

It’s important to read through the mileage accumulation for each partner airline if you plan to credit a partner airline flight to Asiana.

Each airline has different accumulation rates, so make sure you understand the terms before crediting your flight.

4. Finance Partners

Asiana has a number of credit card and bank partners associated with its program. Bank of America is the sole credit card partner for U.S. residents, while a number of other partners are available if you’re based outside the U.S.

Mileage is accumulated based on the dollars or local currency that you spend with each of the financial partners.

5. Car Rental Partners

Asiana partners with 5 car rental companies, 3 of which are based in the U.S. U.S. residents can use Hertz, Alamo, and National.

LOTTE is only available for rentals in Korea, while rentalcars.com excludes car rentals in the U.S. and Canada.

6. Hotel Partnerships

Asiana Airlines offers discounts and the ability to earn miles with its hotel partners.

Notable hotel partners in its program include Marriott, IHG, Hilton, and Hyatt. For example, if you’re a Hyatt member, you’ll earn 500 Asiana miles per stay.

You’ll need to link your hotel loyalty program account with your Asiana Airlines account and provide the hotel front desk with your Asiana account information to earn miles.

7. Duty Free

If you find yourself in Japan, Asiana offers mileage when buying items inside of the airport. ANA Duty Free Shops in the Narita, Haneda, and Kansai airports provide you with a way to earn miles on your spend.

8. Other Asiana Partners

Asiana members receives discounts and special benefits when utilizing the airlines other partners. The airline’s other partners include a cruise company, a ballet company, and 2 additional hotels, among others.

Final Thoughts

While Asiana does not provide a substantial number of ways to earn miles like American Airlines does, targeting your spending on the right credit cards and flying Asiana or partner airlines will help.

The program offers additional ways to earn miles including spending with its hotel partners, car rental partners, and other partners.

Bottom Line: Whether you’re eyeing that business class flight to Europe or first class flight to Korea, Asiana is a program that you’ll want to keep in mind.