What are airline miles and how do I earn them? Aeroflot bonus program. Program Participation Rules

Often, when buying an air ticket, a passenger is asked the question: “Do you have a bonus card for accumulating miles”, “Are you a member of a frequent flyer club”? Many tourists do not issue it, because. fly infrequently and believe that participation in the incentive program will not bring tangible benefits.

All international airlines have developed an individual program to encourage their passengers, which includes a whole list of privileges and pleasant surprises for travelers. The status of the passenger changes depending on the number of points earned, opening up additional opportunities for him with each step. For example, at the initial stage, these are miles as a gift, at the next stage, priority boarding and a separate check-in desk, at the third stage, additional baggage, a discount on additional services or an upgrade, etc.

There are a lot of myths about earning miles and the possibilities to use them: “it’s impossible to save up for a flight” or “I fly with different airlines, why do I need a lot of different cards”.

What are the benefits of participating in the bonus program:

After deciding to become a regular passenger of the selected airline, the following question arises: what does it give, what can honestly earned points be spent on. The choice is very large, each airline has its own list, which is published on the website. Consider the most popular and useful options for passengers:

Separate airline phone line for regular passengers

Often, in order to get through to the air carrier to resolve a particular issue, you need to wait a long time for your turn. But for those passengers who have a bonus card, there is a separate phone number or a choice of this option through the voice menu.

Pay for a flight with bonuses

If they accumulate a sufficient number of miles, they can buy a ticket for miles - compensate for the fare by paying only the airport tax in rubles. Usually, the cost of an air ticket varies depending on the demand and popularity of flights. On holidays, weekends, holidays or just the next few days, the price of the flight is higher than on ordinary days of the week.

But for bonuses, the big advantage is the fixed price for the flight. For example, for Aeroflot, the cost of a one-way flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg is 10,000 miles, European flights are 30,000 miles round-trip, regardless of the date of departure and demand. The restriction exists only on the availability of award seats on the flight, because, as a rule, they leave from 5 to 10 seats at the discretion of the airline.

Upgrade your flight class

If seats are available in Business Class, you can transfer from Economy Class by spending your accumulated miles, either when booking your flight or at the check-in counter on the day of departure.

Book a hotel, rent a car

Airlines that cooperate with the service for booking hotels and car rentals give passengers the opportunity to pay for their booking with miles, receive discounts and at the same time earn new miles.

Pay for the services of other companies with which the airline cooperates

With miles you can buy not only air tickets, but also goods of companies with which the carrier cooperates. For example, from Aeroflot you can buy a suitcase, a backpack, a watch, gift certificates from online stores and much more for miles. And the airline "Siberia" in the list of goods

Use additional services of airlines

Some airlines are expanding the list of frequent flyer benefits to include access to VIP lounges and the ability to carry a second suitcase. Often, passengers who have a bonus card are given a discount on the payment of additional baggage and on the choice of a seat on the plane, when this option is paid additionally. AirFrance, KLM have such bonuses.

Charity

Airlines offer passengers the option to donate miles to charitable causes. With Aeroflot, this can be done through the Mercy Miles program.

Some airlines, such as Siberia, Emirates, give the passenger the opportunity to donate their miles to a friend or family member.

How to earn miles

To start accumulating miles, you first need to register on the airline's website and get an individual membership number in the program. A few miles are often credited as a welcome gift. At Aeroflot, Lufthansa, AirFrance, KLM, 500 points immediately fall on the passenger's account. Then, when buying tickets, this number must be entered into the reservation. After the flight, the balance on the account will grow and please the eye!

In the event that the ticket has already been redeemed, but the bonus number has not been entered, this can be done either at the check-in desk at the airport before departure, or after returning on the airline's website in your personal account. In addition, all flights that were made no later than 3-6 months from the current date can also be counted and converted into miles. These are general rules for all airlines, but further details may vary.

Miles can be bought if you don't have enough for an award ticket. For example, you can buy 10,000 miles from Siberia Airlines during the year, from Emirates you can buy from 2,000 to 25,000 miles per year, AirFrance allows passengers to buy from 2,000 to 75,000 miles depending on the level of the member.

Another quick way to earn miles without making many flights is a bank card. Many airlines jointly with financial institutions, they issue a single card, when paying with which a percentage of purchases from a bank card in the form of miles will be credited to the account of a loyalty program participant. Russian banks cooperate with the national airlines Aeroflot and Siberia. Such large banks as Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, VTB24, Tinkoff Bank, Otkritie Bank have this offer.

For example, Sberbank offers its customers to apply for a Aeroflot Visa Signature debit card, receive 1,000 welcome miles at once, and upon payment for every 60 rubles, $ 1, or € 1 spent, 2 miles will be transferred to the passenger's account.

At Alfa Bank when applying for an Aeroflot debit card, 500 bonuses are credited as a gift, and the calculation of miles for purchases is 1.1 miles for every 60 rubles. / 1 $ / 1 €. Plus, the bank gives discounts on services and card maintenance.

Bank VTB 24 the system is somewhat different - by purchasing a card associated with the Aeroflot Bonus system, 1 bonus is awarded for every 50 rubles spent. These bonuses can be exchanged for miles through the "Collection" catalog of goods and services on the bank's website.

Bank Tinkoff cooperates with S7 Siberia Airlines. Customers who have issued an S7-Tinkoff card are given the opportunity to receive from 2 to 4 miles for every 60 rubles spent from a bank card and preferential terms of service. Read conditions>>

Bank Opening gives 1,000 miles to an Aeroflot card after the first purchase from a bank card and credits 1.65 miles for every 50 rubles when paying for goods and services, as well as 3 miles for every 50 rubles when paying for air tickets on the Aeroflot website.

Emirates using the Americam Express card exchanges the earned bonuses for miles with the bank Russian standard and allows you to get 1 point for every 40 rubles. Read program conditions>>> Air France and KLM have the same program.

Where is the best place to earn miles?

Since there are a lot of airlines, each has its own attractive system, the passenger is faced with a choice - where is it better to accumulate miles? It is impossible to issue cards for all airlines, it is inconvenient and very difficult to remember everything. It is important to choose a comfortable way to earn miles and then spend them. Here the system of alliances comes to the rescue, which includes the main major airlines of the world, which have a very large geography of flights.

There are only THREE main alliances, therefore, having issued 3 different cards, the passenger has already covered all countries and continents: Skyteam, Oneworld and StarAliance.

And there are some airlines that are part of each other's loyalty program. For example, a group Skywards

How miles are credited when buying a ticket

It remains to find out how the bonus accrual system works, what does it depend on, how are airline miles accrued? The main criterion is the cost of the purchased ticket and the distance of the flight. Those. A low-cost, short-haul flight earns fewer points than a long-haul one.

Let's analyze the Aeroflot Bonus Mile program as an example. When buying a ticket from Aeroflot, the accrual of miles depends on the fare at which the ticket was purchased: economy and business class, in turn, are divided into sections marked with different letter codes. If the passenger already has a high level in the loyalty program, then the percentage of points is higher.

It is important to keep in mind that each airline will credit more points if the passenger has its card as the main carrier for their flights. For example, on the Aeroflot bonus card, more miles will be credited when flying with Aeroflot flights than with AirFrance, although they are in the same alliance. If possible, this should be taken into account by the passenger when choosing an airline when joining the loyalty program. It is necessary to consider which airlines the traveler uses most often in order not to lose extra miles.

Many airlines run bonus programs, and Aeroflot is no exception. Program "Aeroflot Bonus" has been operating since 1999, and, according to the company itself, in 2009 the number of participants exceeded one and a half million. The bottom line is that for each ticket purchased and the use of the services of partner organizations, the passenger receives points - miles - on the bonus account. The number of points varies depending on the class, flight distance and other factors. You can also earn Aeroflot miles for making purchases in certain stores, subscribing to printed publications, purchasing insurance, etc. For bonus points, you can purchase award tickets, get a discount on accommodation in hotel rooms of partners of this air carrier, upgrade your ticket class, use privileges when applying for a Sberbank Aeroflot Bonus card

Any passenger over the age of two can become a member - since 2003, Aeroflot Bonus Junior has been operating specifically for children from 2 to 12 as part of the main program. It is noteworthy that the same conditions apply to this subprogram as to the main one.

Note! Participation is individual for each passenger.

Before accumulating Aeroflot Bonus miles, you must apply for participation. The easiest way to do this is on the airline's website at the link http://www.aeroflot.ru/ru-ru/afl_bonus/entry. When you go to the page, you must first check the box, thereby agreeing to the terms of the program. Then you can proceed to the registration of the participant.

The program provides 2 types of bonus accruals: qualifying And non-qualifying. To add points, you need to purchase a ticket for one of the regular flights of Aeroflot or the company's partners. Qualifying miles can be redeemed for awards: award flights, upgrades, and becoming a more prestigious member.

Non-qualifying miles are additional points that are earned for using the services of airline partners, but they are not taken into account when upgrading a member.

Sberbank customers who have become members of the Aeroflot loyalty program are awarded a different number of points depending on the type of card. Cardholders Aeroflot Classic for every dollar or euro spent, one mile is added. The same number of bonus points is provided for every 50 rubles. Plastics owners Aeroflot Gold for the same amount, 1.5 miles are due. Also, welcome miles are provided for new members: Classic - 500, Gold - 1000.

Aeroflot Bonus Program Member Card Samples

How to find out the number of points?

There are several ways to check Aeroflot Bonus miles:

• in a letter;
• through the Internet;
• by phone.

Every year, the airline sends out letters to program participants, in which the total number of points collected is reported. To check Aeroflot Bonus miles in real time, go to the loyalty program website https://rewards.aeroflot.ru/. Please note that you only need to log into your account and you will immediately see the number of bonus points in the upper right corner. If you are visiting the site for the first time, you must register. Enter your last name, first name, and email address. An email with a link will be sent to your email within a few minutes. You must click on it to verify your account and be able to use it.

You can also find out how many miles Sberbank accrued under the Aeroflot Bonus program by phone. Dial a federal number 8-800-444-55-55 . Calls are free within the territory of the Russian Federation. The operator needs to give your passport data and the number of the program participant's card.

We advise you to use the bonus points calculator, which is located on the page http://www.aeroflot.com/cms/calculator of the carrier's official website. There you will find out how many miles you will receive for an unpurchased ticket.

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How to spend miles

What Aeroflot Bonus miles can be used for has already been mentioned above. The full catalog with the cost in bonus miles is located on the main page of the bonus program website. In order to pay with Aeroflot miles for the purchase of a ticket, when booking on the website, check the box next to the corresponding item. If you want to upgrade your flight class by Aeroflot directly from economy to business for bonus points, you can do this at the check-in desk. In the case when you are flying with an aircraft of one of the alliance companies skyteam(partners), it is necessary to issue an increase in advance at any point of advance ticket sales.

Special airline programs allow frequent flyers to accumulate bonus miles and redeem them for tickets, paying only fees. It is not necessary to choose one and fly only with it, the airlines have long united into three large alliances - Oneworld, Star Alliance, SkyTeam. Having flown on a single flight, you can spend the miles received from dozens of partner airlines. As a bonus, you can get not only tickets, but also, for example, the right to priority boarding or the opportunity to carry more luggage. But not everyone flies that often to earn tens of thousands of miles on a ticket. Co-branded bank cards issued in partnership with different airlines help to solve this problem. The scheme is simple: pay for purchases with a card - you get miles. Depending on the level of plastic, the cost of one mile will differ. The Village asked the citizens how they save and spend miles.

Three years ago, I got a joint bank card of S7 Airlines and UniCredit Bank. At that time, most of my friends used co-branded Aeroflot cards, many had 200,000 miles, but there was one problem: they could not exchange miles for tickets, because they were quickly sold out. The trip had to be booked five or six months before departure. Miles S7 then none of my friends saved up, and I decided that such a problem would not arise. And so it turned out: in three years I exchanged eight round-trip tickets, including business class, for miles. For example, in 2014 he flew to Tivat and Munich, in 2015 - to Portugal and Holland, and now he has booked tickets to Croatia.

In order to accumulate miles for these flights, I tried to pay for everything by card, avoiding cash. I used to buy gadgets and equipment for friends, flights and hotels: they gave me money in cash, and I paid for purchases with a card and saved miles.

True, my S7 card is expiring soon, and that's where I'm thinking of finishing accumulating S7 miles. Why? It has become less profitable. In 2014, the bank reduced the number of miles earned for transactions, and the airline increased the cost of flights in terms of miles. As a result, for example, a round-trip flight to Italy has risen in price in miles from 15 to 25 thousand. In addition, taxes and fees for each flight must be paid with real money, and now it is 20–40% of the ticket price.

But I'm used to saving miles for travel, so now I'm considering offers from other banks. For example, VTB-24 has a good offer for travel lovers - "Map of the World". For each transaction on it, 3.8% is credited to the mile account. Compared to my current card, this is at least two more tickets per year for the same card turnover. Accumulated miles can be spent on a special portal Travel.vtb24.ru, and not only for tickets from more than 800 airlines (and not just S7 or Aeroflot), but also for a hotel or car rental. OneTwoTrip and Tinkoff Bank have a good offer for a travel card. Up to 10% is returned from a credit card to a bonus account for purchases on OneTwoTrip and 2% for other purchases paid by a card. The best part is that you can pay 100% of the price of an air ticket or hotel reservation with the accumulated bonuses.

I have been using credit and debit mile cards for a very long time. In fact, there are two main types of such cards. Some are tied to airlines and carrier alliances (SkyTeam, Oneworld, Star Alliance), others to special accumulation services (iGlobe.ru, AlfaMiles.com and many others). I tried different types of savings, but in the end I settled on airline cards. For me, they are the most convenient and understandable. With accumulation services, at first glance, you can get more freedom, but in the end, I constantly encountered various restrictions and problems when buying tickets. The conditions for using airline cards, on the contrary, are absolutely transparent.

The principle of operation of any mile card is the transfer of a certain percentage of the purchase amount. It is always different, depends on the type of card, and it is important to take this into account. Now in most banks it is possible to get a very inexpensive or even free of charge (for example, if you are a payroll client) service package, which already includes the issue of a mile card. A few years ago, the maintenance of such a card cost about 7-10 thousand rubles a year.

Now I am accumulating miles to the bonus account of Aeroflot and Austrian Airlines. Aeroflot is now one of the largest airlines in Russia, and you can't do without it, and Austrian Airlines is a partner of my bank, and it has good offers in Europe.

In a year, I manage to save up for a couple of flights to Europe or Asia for the whole family, as well as for several class upgrades (last year I made 50 flights). Airlines usually have mile sales once every couple of months, for which you can buy tickets for certain destinations 20-30% cheaper than usual, sometimes it turns out to buy very profitable offers.

A mile credit card is very convenient for me to use for accumulating miles. An interest-free period of 60 days is always enough, and it turns out that you practically do not incur additional costs. And with a credit mile card, you can always forget about the car rental deposit for a month. It can be paid by credit card, the deposit will be returned to the account itself, and additional miles will be accumulated.

life hacks

Choose a card with the maximum accumulation of miles per purchase.

Take advantage of the interest-free period for credit cards.

Get used to paying for everything with a card. It is easier to control expenses and it is more pleasant to receive bonuses.

Now there are many offers for CashBack, which, together with miles cards, makes your travels even more pleasant.

Try to earn miles under one or at most two programs. So it will be easier and faster for you to accumulate them.

Now many hotels give bonuses for direct booking on the site, and many are ready to give additional bonuses with miles. Take advantage of this opportunity.

There is a universal tactic - choose one of the three aviation alliances (Oneworld, Star Alliance, SkyTeam) and earn miles by flying on flights of airlines that are part of this alliance. Two of them are well represented in Russia - SkyTeam represented by Aeroflot and Oneworld, for which S7 Airlines is responsible. Accordingly, it is more profitable to choose one of them: each includes dozens of airlines, and you can earn and spend bonus miles on different flights, and your elite card will give you access to the business lounge of almost each of these airlines.

I made a bet on S7 Airlines, recently this airline has added a lot of good things for customers - from launching cheap fares without baggage to really working customer support, including in social networks, where your issue will be resolved fairly quickly. Plus, the S7 has cute green planes, and by flying them, you can earn elite status faster with frequent flights. This is important, because the elite status immediately brings 25-75% more miles per flight, and this, in turn, allows you to save up for award tickets many times faster.

Another hack, without which the life of a miles collector is impossible, is a bank card. Many banks have joint co-branded bank cards with airlines, which allow you to get a bonus mile for every 50-60 rubles spent on the card. It helps a lot to get several thousand miles per month consistently.

Plus, I write reviews for hotels and restaurants and also get miles for it, earn them for purchases in online stores and actively play in various promotions of the airline. As a result, in a month, on average, it turns out to accumulate a sufficient number of miles for an award flight - 10-20 thousand bonus miles by such simple actions.

Where do I spend? Usually it's a couple of tickets a year for me and my girlfriend in business class on some vacation. This helps a lot, because in the summer or on New Year's holidays all tickets are usually expensive, but here the business actually comes out at the price of fuel surcharges, that is, for several thousand rubles (if you take such tickets in advance).

So, there are three components to success in accumulating and using airline bonus miles - fly a lot (and not only at low fares), get a bank card with which you can receive miles for purchases, and do not forget to spend these miles at least a couple of times a year. Only then can you benefit and save from miles!

I accumulate miles using a Sberbank card that is linked to Aeroflot Bonus. I pay her for almost everything, even if I buy one gum in the store. This way, it accumulates 700 miles per month, but it is also very convenient to pay for large purchases of friends and relatives (for example, trips through a travel agency) or a restaurant bill for the whole company. They give me cash, and I pay by card. Taking into account flights, 20-30 thousand miles run quite quickly, that is, a round-trip ticket to neighboring Europe. At the same time, Sberbank is everywhere in Russia, and it is very convenient to use its card.

There may be better mileage programs, but I don't want to use a credit card or change banks because of them. True, recently, due to the exchange rate of the euro and the dollar (and perhaps because of the greed of Aeroflot), it has become rather pointless to fly abroad for bonus miles. At Aeroflot, bonus tickets are not completely free, you still pay the fees: a trip to Spain in the summer for miles can cost 18 thousand rubles. It’s easier to buy a non-bonus ticket from another company for the same money. But flying in Russia or in the CIS is still profitable. The last time I flew for bonuses, I paid 3,000 rubles for a Moscow-Baku-Moscow ticket.

If you are a little more careful, you can find a lot of opportunities that will allow you to save significantly. So, for example, with Aeroflot miles, which are included in the price of tickets, but not everyone knows how to use them. Therefore, if you like to travel and do not know how to get Aeroflot miles, then be sure to read this article from beginning to end.

First, let's deal with the mile program of one of the largest airlines in Russia - Aeroflot Bonus. We will understand how to become a member, what advantages it gives and whether it is so profitable.

Step 1. Who can become a member of the Aeroflot Bonus program

Aeroflot Bonus program member can become:

• a passenger over 12 years old can become a member of the Aeroflot Bonus program.
• for passengers from 2 to 12 years old, there is the Aeroflot Bonus Junior program, and upon reaching the age of 12, the passenger switches to Aeroflot Bonus with the preservation of the account number.

Participation in the Aeroflot Bonus program is absolutely free and you can register in it only once

Step 2. How to become an Aeroflot Bonus member

There are several ways to become an Aeroflot member:

• register online at Aeroflot website, receive an Aeroflot Bonus program member number and 500 welcome miles.
• find a temporary card with the Aeroflot Bonus member number in the aircraft's logbook and assign it to yourself through the airline's website when the Internet appears.

It is better to do this at the beginning of the month, when new issues have just been put in the pockets of the chairs. Of course, you can try your luck on other days, but there are no guarantees to find the coveted card.

• register through a Partner Bank by contacting an Aeroflot Bonus program partner.

For self-registration in the Aeroflot Bonus program through the website, you receive 500 welcome miles

Step 3. Enter personal data

• Personal Information
• passport details
• Contact details
• preferences (home airport of departure, meals on board, participation in other loyalty programs)

the data must be entered correctly, because after collecting 2,000 miles, a letter will be sent to the specified address from Aeroflot with a membership card

Step 4. How to receive Aeroflot miles

Perhaps this is the most important step in the history of accumulating miles, which can be earned in several ways:

• register in the Aeroflot Bonus program online through the airline's website and receive 500 welcome miles.
• new members can enter data on flights taken within 6 months before the date of registration in the Aeroflot Bonus program. Remember that you can enter data no later than 3 months from the date of registration.

For example, if you signed up for the Aeroflot Bonus program on October 02, 2018, and before that you flew with Aeroflot on June 15, 2018, then you can earn miles for this flight.

• buy tickets for regular flights of Aeroflot Group.

Miles are not earned on O, X, F, G, V fares, ID, AD, GA and GC service and subsidized fares.

• Aeroflot is a member of the SkyTeam international alliance, which gives you the opportunity to earn extra miles on flights with 20 of the world's leading airlines.

Aeroflot, Aerolineas-Argentinas, Aeromexico, AirEuropa, Air France, Alitalia, China Airlines, China Eastern, China Southern, Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Garuda Indonesia, Kenya Airways, KLM, Korean Air, Middle East Airlines, Saudia, TAROM Airlines Vietnam Airlines,XIAMEN AIR.

• issue co-branded cards in banks and receive miles for the money spent.

Sberbank, Alfa Bank, SMP Bank, Citibank

• use services partners

M.Video, Delimobil, Crossroads, etc.

Step 5. How to enroll Aeroflot miles

You can earn miles in different ways:

• enter the Aeroflot Bonus membership number when purchasing a ticket
• ask to enter it at the front desk
• credit miles in your personal account after the flight (not earlier than 3 days and not later than 3 months from the date of the flight).

Step 6. Aeroflot elite club or the opportunity to enjoy privileges

Aeroflot Bonus has an elite club:

• Silver (silver level)
• Gold (gold level)
• Platinum (platinum level)

Getting into it is easy if you fly a lot.

Step 7. How to get into an elite club

To get into the Elite Club, you need to accumulate during the year ( from January 01 to December 31) the required number of qualifying miles or flight segments:

• Silver - 25,000 qualifying miles or 25 flight segments
• Gold - 50,000 qualifying miles or 50 flight segments
• Platinum - 125,000 qualifying miles or 50 Business class flight segments

The obvious question is what are qualifying miles and flight segments.

Qualifying miles are miles earned for flights on scheduled flights of Aeroflot Group or program partner airlines throughout the year (from 01 January to 31 December).

Additional miles earned by elite members and special promotions of the program, as well as miles earned by partners of the program, are non-qualifying miles.

A flight segment is a section of the route from the point of departure to the point of arrival.

For example, a flight on the route St. Petersburg - Krasnodar is one flight segment, and St. Petersburg - Krasnodar - St. Petersburg is already two.

We hope it has become clearer how to get Aeroflot miles and that you need to fly a lot to get an elite level. But if you often fly for work, then you can combine business with pleasure and enjoy all the privileges that are provided to the participants elite club .

On January 01, the number of earned qualifying miles and flight segments is reset to zero and in order to confirm the elite status, you need to earn the required number of qualifying miles or flight segments

How to spend Aeroflot miles

Spending miles is easier than earning them, so let's figure out how to spend Aeroflot miles and make yourself even happier:

• issue an award ticket

For example, a round-trip ticket from St. Petersburg to Krasnodar will cost you 20,000 miles and 4,458 rubles for a fuel surcharge.

• upgrade service class (Economy -> Business)
• redeem goods from the Rewards Catalog for miles
• spend miles with partners
• transfer miles to dad, sister, friend
• participate in the Mercy Miles program

The minimum possible number of miles to send is 100.

• to book a hotel

All these actions can be performed through your personal account by going to the Spend Miles tab.

Validity of Aeroflot miles

On the one hand, everything is very clear, but not as simple as it seems. Miles earned have an expiration date and may expire. Miles are valid for 2 years.

For example, if within two years after the last flight, you do not make a single flight with the Aeroflot Group or its partners, then after two years the miles will expire. Therefore, check in your personal account until what date you can use the earned miles.

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Aeroflot's mileage bonus program was launched at the end of the last century. To date, over 1,500,000 people are its participants. Russian banks did not stand aside, having established the issuance of special cards. What are the nuances when accruing Aeroflot bonus miles to bank cards? How to calculate bonus miles and how to spend them? How to choose the best offer from partner banks?

How are Aeroflot bonus miles credited to the card? Pros and cons of the program

The word "miles" refers to bonuses. This is how the airline evaluates the loyalty of the client and provides him with a discount on the purchase of an air ticket. In fact, the accumulated miles are used as a cash equivalent. It is very similar to the bonus system of supermarkets: they made a purchase for a certain amount, became the owner of stickers, which can then be exchanged for any thing. Miles are exchanged for air tickets.

There are many air carriers in the world. Inventing a system of bonuses for each is impractical. Therefore, airlines are united in alliances. For example, Aeroflot belongs to the SkyTeam alliance.

How many miles will be credited depends on several factors:

• Ticket prices.
• The duration of the distance covered.
• class.

The airline provides a special table that reflects the accrual of bonuses (miles).

The main advantages of the program:

1. Bonuses are accrued after each flight.
2. If the miles accumulated during the year correspond to a certain amount, the client raises his status and receives certain privileges. For him, the doors of business lounges are opened, more luggage is allowed to be carried, he has priority in the process of boarding and checking in for a flight, and others.
3. Bonus points are used for award flights - free flights (only fuel surcharge is paid extra).
4. Basically, miles are paid for air tickets. Sometimes they are spent on goods or services from airline partners. There are special catalogs that contain a lot of useful things, ranging from ordinary dishes and household appliances to exclusive leather suitcases and so on.

The system of bonus miles works quite simply: a person pays with a card, miles are credited to his account.

What can be attributed to minor disadvantages:

1. The need to buy tickets in advance if you plan to fly during the summer holidays or holidays.
2. There are difficulties with popular destinations. For example, with booking award tickets for the whole family. For example, in summer it is difficult to buy tickets for flights to Nice or Barcelona, ​​in winter - to Munich and Venice.
3. The stopover must not exceed 24 hours, that is, a long stay at the point chosen for the transfer is prohibited.
4. Overestimated fuel surcharges for individual partners of the alliance.
5. Miles can burn out - this is perhaps the main drawback.

Therefore, after joining the bonus program, it is important to use the services of Aeroflot at least once every two years, then every year. In the Internet resource, there are indignations of people who have accumulated bonuses for a long time and lost them. A lot of people just don't keep track. Some are lazy, some are too busy. To clarify this issue, there is a free Aeroflot Bonus line. It is enough to call the operator and get a comprehensive answer.

Where is it profitable to get a card with bonus miles from Aeroflot?

Aeroflot has two indisputable advantages for accumulating miles: a wide network of routes (domestic and foreign) and a large selection of partner banks.

An overview of the best cards for earning miles:

The table reflects the main parameters of the cards, although each banking organization has a lot of nuances and incentives:

• Tinkoff really accrues one mile for 50 rubles spent - this is an average criterion. In fact, there is one detail: if a client spends 100 rubles on a product (service), he receives two miles. At the same financial cost, he is entitled to five miles if an air ticket is purchased. Clear benefits for frequent travelers.
• Raiffeisenbank gives extra miles to those who spent more than 25,000 rubles during the month and give 1,000 miles to the cardholder for his birthday.
• VTB 24 awards double miles to customers shopping overseas. People who regularly travel to other states will be interested in this option.
• At Gazprombank several categories of cards, hence the different number of welcome miles and so on.
• Of particular interest are the maps of Corn from Euroset , for which points are awarded for any purchase. On average 3% per ruble spent. Bonus savings can be spent in partner companies (Aeroflot is one of them). This is a ruble card. It is issued free of charge. Opens in 5 minutes. The conversion process takes place according to the exchange rate of the Central Bank. From the documents you need only a passport.

In addition, do not forget about the commission fees for issuing and servicing the card, the grace period for lending and other conditions. . That is why you should familiarize yourself with the offers of banks in detail.

How to find out how many Aeroflot bonus miles have been credited to the card?

The owner of the card can easily control the accrued miles. How to do it? Consider the example of Sberbank.

Aeroflot Visa plastic card holders (Classic or Gold) need to go to the Aeroflot website and register in the Bonus Program section.

According to the following algorithm:

1. The "Register" button is pressed.
2. The indicated fields are filled in (card number, owner's data, e-mail).
3. After these actions, an email containing a link is sent to the email address. Clicking on the link provides access to the Personal Account.
4. It remains to pass authorization in this service.

On subsequent visits to the Personal Account, you will need to enter the card number and password. What information is provided? Dates of flights and their frequency, as well as the number of accumulated miles.

There is an easier way (it was mentioned above) - a call to the call center of Sberbank. This service is free and available around the clock, provided that the client informs the operator of his passport data and card number. Then the specialist gives information about the number of points, tells in detail about the bonuses used, the possibility of exchanging savings for air tickets will also be announced. In addition, Sberbank of Russia offers a wide range of services that will help in any situation.

How to spend Aeroflot bonus miles from the card?

Miles are collected on the account of a person participating in the bonus program.