8 Best Ways To Earn Lots of Asiana Club Miles [2023]

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

The airline’s loyalty program, Asiana Club, offers the ability to earn and redeem miles on Asiana or its partners

While it’s not the largest or most well-known airline, it is a member of the Star Alliance, which means Asiana miles can be quite useful. Plus, Asiana Club offers some pretty unique sweet spots in its award chart.

Asiana miles aren’t the easiest to accumulate, but there are a number of ways you can boost your balance.

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

Table of contents

Sign Up for an Asiana Airlines Asiana Club Account
The 8 Best Ways To Earn Asiana Miles
Final Thoughts

Table of Contents

Sign Up for an Asiana Airlines Asiana Club Account
The 8 Best Ways To Earn Asiana Miles
Final Thoughts

Sign Up for an Asiana Airlines Asiana Club Account

Asiana Airlines requires you to sign up for an Asiana Club account to earn and redeem miles or transfer points from a credit card program into its 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 Asiana Club username, password, and account number, as you’ll need this information to log in to your account.

The 8 Best Ways To Earn Asiana Miles

1. Sign Up for Marriott Bonvoy Credit Cards

Marriott Bonvoy is the only transferrable rewards currency that partners with Asiana Club. One of the best and quickest ways to earn Asiana miles is through Marriott credit card welcome bonuses.

You can earn Marriott Bonvoy points and transfer those to Asiana at a transfer rate of 3:1. Plus, for every 60,000 Marriott points that you transfer, you’ll receive an extra 5,000 Asiana miles bonus. So, for every 60,000-point batch of Marriott Bonvoy points that you transfer to Asiana, you’ll receive 25,000 Asiana miles.

There are a number of Marriott Bonvoy cards that offer sizable welcome bonuses, which you can see below:

Recommended Marriott Bonvoy Cards

2. Airfare 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.

Below is a list of Star Alliance airlines that you can earn and redeem Asiana miles with:

Aegean	Ethiopian
Air Canada	EVA Air
Air China	LOT Polish Airlines
Air India	Lufthansa
Air New Zealand	Scandinavian Airlines
ANA	Shenzhen Airlines
Asiana Airlines	Singapore Airlines
Austrian	South African Airways
Avianca	SWISS
Brussels Airlines	TAP Air Portugal
Copa Airlines	Thai Airways
Croatia Airlines	Turkish Airlines
Egypt Air	United Airlines

Asiana also partners with non-Star Alliance airlines, including China Southern, Etihad, and Qatar Airways. Below is a list of Asiana’s non-alliance partners:

Air Astana
Air Busan
Air Macau
Air Seoul
China Southern
Etihad Airways
Hong Kong Airlines
Qatar Airways
S7 Airlines
Shandong Airlines
Shenzhen Airlines

It’s important to read through the mileage accumulation rates 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.

Hot Tip: Using Asiana Club miles for premiums cabins is easier than you might think. Check out our guide to the best ways to book Asiana first class with points and miles.

3. Finance Partners

Asiana has a number of financial partners associated with its program that are only 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.

4. Car Rental Partners

Asiana partners with 4 car rental companies, 3 of which are based in the U.S. U.S. residents can use Hertz, Alamo, and National and earn 500 Asiana miles per rental. SK Car Rental is only available for rentals in Korea.

5. Hotel Partnerships

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

Notable hotel partners in its program include Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG. For example, if you credit your Hyatt stay to Asiana, 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.

Below are how many Asiana miles you can earn when staying at hotels:

Hotel	Mileage-earning Rate	Hotel	Mileage-earning Rate
Best Western	250 miles per stay	Marriott Bonvoy	1~2 miles per $1 spent
Hyatt	500 miles per stay	The Shilla Seoul	500 miles per stay
IHG	1~2 miles per $1 spent	Walkerhill Hotel	500 miles per stay
Lotte Hotels & Resorts	500 miles per stay

6. Transfer Points From Hotel Partners

You can also transfer points from several hotel loyalty programs to Asiana miles, however, this is a poor use of points.

Hotel Loyalty Program	Transfer Ratio
Hilton Honors	10,000:1,000
IHG One Rewards	5:1, minimum transfer of 10,000 points
World of Hyatt	5:2, minimum transfer of 5,000 points

7. Asiana Club Shopping

Asiana Club Shopping is a shopping portal that allows you to earn Asiana miles by shopping at online retailers. You can earn miles with hundreds of popular merchants like Apple, Macy’s, Nike, and more.

All you have to do is log in with your Asiana Club account details, click through the retailer of your choice, and shop as you normally would. After you make a purchase Asiana miles will be credited to your account.

Hot Tip: You can also earn miles through Asiana’s Mileage Mall, but this site is only available in Korean.

8. Other Shopping Partners

Asiana Club members receive discounts and special benefits when utilizing the airline’s other shopping partners.

Final Thoughts

While Asiana does not provide a substantial number of ways to earn miles like other airlines (i.e. like American Airlines), 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 more.

Whether you’re eyeing that business class flight to Europe or first class flight to Korea, Asiana Club is a program that you’ll want to keep in mind with its solid award chart.

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Frequently asked questions

What are Asiana Airlines miles?

Asiana miles are earned by flying Asiana Airlines, flying partner airlines, spending on Asiana Airlines credit cards, or transferring points from hotel partners.

Can Asiana Airlines Asiana Club miles be transferred?

No. Once the airline miles are in your Asiana account, the miles can’t be transferred.

Are Asiana Airlines Asiana Club miles refundable?

Yes. Domestic award flights within Korea may be refunded for 500 Asiana miles. Miles used for international flights may be refunded for 3,000 miles.

Which credit cards earn Asiana Airlines miles?

You can spend on Marriott Bonvoy credit cards and transfer your Marriott Bonvoy points to Asiana Club.

How many Asiana Club miles do I need to get to Asia?

You can fly from the U.S. to Korea on Asiana airlines or a partner airline in economy for 35,000 to 40,000 miles one-way.

When do American Airlines AAdvantage miles expire?

AAdvantage miles expire after 24 months of account inactivity. But as long as you earn or redeem at least 1 mile every 24 months, your miles will not expire.

What is the Asiana Airlines phone number?

Asiana Airlines reservations can be reached at 800-227-4262.

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About Michael McHugh

Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Michael took his first international trip in 2013 with friends to the Bahamas. Although he didn't travel much in his younger years, on that trip, he caught the travel bug and has been hooked ever since. Michael first caught wind of the points and miles game in 2014 while at a bar in Washington, DC where the conversation amongst friends was quickly derailed because of an alert on a friend's phone about a mistake fare. That's where the love affair with points and miles began.

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15 comments

Christian June 23, 2018
A nice post, and more detailed than many. As a holder of an Asiana card from BOA, can I be approved for another?
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- Michael McHugh June 25, 2018
  Hi Christian
  The short is answer is yes.
  BOA has a 2/3/4 rule that is important to know. The rule is that you’ll only be approved for 2 cards per rolling 2 months, 3 cards per rolling 12 months, and 4 cards per rolling 24 months.
  Based on what I’ve read, there is not limit to the amount of credit cards you can have with BOA but I’d recommend researching to confirm.
  Reply
Burmisoutdoor June 26, 2018
Amazing post. Traveling while earning money seems like a good way to go. I would love to read more from the blog.
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- Michael McHugh June 26, 2018
  Hi Burmisoutdoor
  Please let us know what topics you’d like to see covered in the future.
  Reply
Credit August 15, 2018
Asiana ff program has an early promotion feature, such effectively makes getting their diamond (star alliance gold) 60k miles and > 24 months venture.
Anyway to avoid this early promotion?
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- Michael McHugh August 16, 2018
  Hi Credit
  I’m not sure I’m following the question. Please explain.
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  - Credit August 16, 2018
    See the example here:
    https://flyasiana.com/C/US/EN/contents/elite-membership-eligibility-period
    The criteria is reset once you get gold unless you jump directly to diamond without getting early promoted to gold.
    I.e if you will fully 45k miles in next 24 months better to get diamond directly than gold end then diamond. Correct?
    Reply
    - Michael McHugh August 26, 2018
      Yea I would focus on earning diamond directly based on reading the requirements and eligibility on the Asiana website. I’m not the expert here so I’d recommend finding a second opinion just in case.
      Reply
Henrik November 4, 2018
I think Asiana has the most generous rule to become a Star Alliance Gold Member. Even just their own Asiana Club Gold members receive two free Asiana Business Lounge coupons in Korea. 40,000 miles during two years period shouldn’t be too hard. Almost all Star Alliance Airlines require mileage collect activities during one year period. And almost all of them required 50,000 miles become Star Alliance Gold Member Tier. With Asiana, Just need to be extremely careful with the cabin class from other Star Alliance airlines because some of them are 0% mileage accumulation (really cheap ticket)!
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Red July 8, 2019
How can you earn status miles with Asiana (to hit the 40K within 2 years) to get the gold status other than flying with them and star alliance? Are there other cards, tricks that help you gather status miles?
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- Jarrod West July 10, 2019
  Hi Red,
  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. We actually have a full post on the Asiana loyalty program, check it out here: https://upgradedpoints.com/airline-loyalty-programs/asiana-airlines-asiana-club/
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  - Red July 11, 2019
    Hey Jarrod, thanks for your reply. What I did actually mean is the Star Alliance gold status, which in this case is the Asiana Diamond status. I think it requires you to fly the 40K status miles in 24 months. Is there any other way to reach this amount of status miles without flying? I guess all credit cards will only count for regular miles (not status miles) right?
    Reply
    - Jarrod West July 11, 2019
      Hi Red,
      That is correct. The only way to qualify is through flying. Miles earned through credit cards will not count towards status requirements.
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      - Jake January 20, 2020
        Wrong. Up to 10k miles earned by credit card spending count toward Diamond status (5k to Gold). Considering it only takes 30k miles for requalifying for Diamond, you only need to fly 20k miles in two years provided you earn 10k miles by credit card.
        Asiana Club is by far the easies option for Star Gold status, even much easier than the famous Aegean!
      - Jarrod West January 21, 2020
        Hi Jake,
        I appreciate you pointing that out. I hadn’t realized that the annual bonus miles you receive from the Asiana card count as well.
        Thanks for reading!

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