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Airline s7 tickets for miles. How are S7 miles restored?

S7 Airlines began selling additional paid services for miles: now S7 Priority program members can spend miles on choosing a regular or comfortable (Extra Space) seat, as well as additional baggage. Other Russian airlines do not have such an opportunity: additional services are sold only for money, however, this practice is common, for example, among airlines of the oneworld alliance, which includes S7. So here are the details:

The cost of choosing a regular seat is 1,000 miles, and a premium seat is 2,500 miles. One piece of luggage costs 5,000 miles. How much is it in money? It's very simple: for money, choosing a seat costs 350 rubles on the site and 500 rubles at the airport, Extra Space - 1000 rubles, and excess baggage, depending on the direction, 2000-3000 at the airport or 1600-2400 rubles on the site, respectively.

That is, one mile is equivalent to about 32-36 kopecks, for paying for luggage on long flights, its “face value” reaches 48 kopecks. This is close to the cost of S7 Airlines miles on the "black market": officially, the airline does not allow the sale of miles and, upon detection of such actions, cancels membership in the bonus program, but allows. However, the cost of transferring miles is 75 kopecks per mile, which makes their transfer for the purchase of additional services meaningless. It makes even less sense to buy miles: in this case, one mile costs from 1.30 to 2 rubles.

But it makes sense to spend bank miles on additional services: they are not qualifying, that is, giving the opportunity to get a status, and in some cases you can get them in fairly large quantities by “scrolling” money through. However, with high turnover on a number of S7 cards, it gives you a silver status for free, and with it you can choose extra-comfort seats and take one piece of luggage for free - including on no-baggage fares.

Interestingly, if the listed services are bought for money, this brings additional miles - from 50 to 400, depending on the cost of the service (or from 1000 miles for a paid upgrade to business class). In addition, you can get 50 miles for free for online registration.

You can buy seat selection or S7 baggage with miles during check-in, both at the counter and on the website. At the same time, you must have at least one S7 Airlines flight (according to the fare involved in mileage accrual) in the current or previous year. Miles will be deducted from the account at the time of service registration automatically. Miles from other oneworld airlines cannot be redeemed.

The purchase of additional services for miles is intended for those who fly not so much to save up for a miles ticket or do not need it, because they still fly on business trips at public expense. “The new opportunities will allow passengers to see the benefits of participating in the S7 Priority loyalty program faster. Even if you don't have enough miles to book an award ticket, you can already redeem miles and get additional services to make your trip even more comfortable. Participation in the loyalty program is beneficial even for those members who have only 1,000 miles on their account,” says Natalya Nikolaeva, S7 Priority Loyalty Program Development Director.

Under a similar sauce, the Utair airline recently upgraded its bonus program: in it, and not save up to the full. However, additional services can still be paid only in cash.

Now I will tell you how to fly business class and not pay crazy money for it. As you know, almost every airline has reward programs where passengers are encouraged to earn miles, which can then be exchanged for tickets. So, if you approach the accumulation process wisely, you can fly comfortably and practically free of charge several times a year.

First you need to decide with whom to fly and earn miles.

Airlines have miles and banks have miles. For example, Alfa-Bank and Tinkoff Bank offer their customers bonus programs where miles are also accumulated, which can then be exchanged for tickets. But in fact, this is a kind of cashback with a fixed rate.

Airline miles are much more interesting. There are qualifying miles and non-qualifying miles. The first ones are credited to you directly for flights with this airline, and they affect your status. Each airline has different levels of membership (silver, gold, etc.). The higher your status, the more privileges you get. It all depends on the airline. For example, Aeroflot offers you check-in at business class desks, the opportunity to choose a front-row seat with increased legroom at no extra charge, and access to business lounges. Also, a high status will allow you to sometimes get business class seats at no extra charge. For example, if the flight is full, then some passengers may be transferred from economy to business. As you guessed, such a gift awaits the one whose level is higher. I was transferred several times from economy to business.

Some airlines have even more privileges. American "Delta" transfers passengers of elite levels to business class for free, if there are empty seats. This rule is valid only on domestic flights, but still nice;)

Major airlines form alliances. There are three major ones: SkyTeam, OneWorld and Star Alliance. Accordingly, you will receive bonus miles for flights on all airlines of the alliance, even if you do not have their bonus program. For example, if you have an open bonus card Aeroflot, then you will receive miles and privileges for flights on all airlines of the alliance.

Here you need to choose the airline whose bonus program you open. It makes no sense to have cards from both Aeroflot and Air France, since they are part of the same alliance and essentially have the same bonus program.

If you live in Russia, then first of all open an Aeroflot card, since the national carrier has almost monopolized the air transportation market in the country. If you plan to fly frequently, for example, around the States, then you can consider the Delta bonus program (they are also part of SkyTeam) instead of Aeroflot. The rest of the cards also need to be opened. The OneWorld Alliance in Russia presents S7. There are no Russian airlines in Star Alliance, but it includes, for example, Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa and many other popular airlines.

Now you have to earn miles. The most obvious way to earn miles is to fly with the airlines you want. As I wrote above, in addition to receiving bonus miles, you will increase your status and have various nice bonuses. But you don't get that much. If you do not constantly fly, then you will have to save up for a normal bonus ticket for several years.

To earn miles more actively, you can contact partners. For example, many banks have joint projects with airlines. For every dollar spent bank card you will earn a certain number of miles.

In addition, many hotels give miles. For example, if you have an Aeroflot bonus program, you can earn 500 miles for staying at Radisson or Kempinski hotels and up to 2 miles for every dollar spent at Marriott or Intercontinental. Miles give and rental offices. For example, "Eurocar" and "Avis" give 1500 miles for the fact of renting a car. Each airline has dozens of partners, so carefully study who gives bonuses for what.

So, you have accumulated miles, and now it's time to spend them. You need to spend miles on the purchase of bonus tickets! And here the most interesting begins. Miles should not only be able to save, but also to spend correctly.

The task for all participants of the competition is this: we try to fly in economy class to Omsk and New York at the end of May for one day (departure on May 28, return on May 29)*. If someone is not able to offer an economy class, we take the cheapest ticket. Then we try to figure out how many miles to spend on the same trip.
*Prices were measured in April, when there was a slightly different exchange rate and tickets were available.

Let's start with Aeroflot! Miles under the "Bonus" program accumulate quite cheerfully, especially if you buy expensive tickets. But you need to understand whether they are easy to use.

For example, you can fly 20,000 miles in economy class to Omsk and back to Moscow at the time of the proposed purchase.

I hope the designer of Aeroflot, who came up with the idea of writing in blue on a blue background, has already been handed over to crocodiles.

Now uncheck the "Pay by miles" box. We see that the cheapest ticket to Omsk costs 10,000 rubles, and from Omsk to Moscow - 9,000 rubles. That is, the rate is about 1 to 1, but the miles decided to round up to tens of thousands.

Let's see how things are in New York:

In economy, the total cost of tickets is 37,042 rubles, fees are taken into account. Business class is much more expensive, 135,637 rubles.

If you try to buy a ticket to New York for economy bonuses, then the mile rate drops sharply.

We spend 70,000 miles on round-trip tickets at once! Yes, and separately you will have to pay fees in the amount of 16,477 rubles. For the purity of the experiment, let's calculate the exact course. The fare to New York and back without fees is 18,055 rubles. It turns out that when paying with miles for each ruble, you will have to pay 3.88 miles!

One of the secrets of flying miles: the higher the class of service, the more profitable it is to spend them. As we have already found out, a business class ticket to New York and back costs 135,637 rubles. The reward ticket will cost 110,000 miles. We subtract fees from the ruble price and find out that the Aeroflot mile rate in this case is 0.92 miles per ruble, this is an excellent indicator. The problem is that such a ticket is very difficult to buy with miles.

You see, the mile business class is sold out both ways.

I was just trying to find business class tickets for the summer and found that there was nothing...

Just in case, I checked the Aeroflot mileage for flights to other cities in Russia and neighboring countries.

It costs 7,500 rubles to fly to St. Petersburg on the same days (this is economy). Bonuses - 20,000 miles. And do not forget about the fees, which in the case of miles are always paid separately. But for the business you need to give only 30,000 miles. The course could be around 1.5 miles per ruble, but tickets, again, have already been sold out.

In general, in almost all cases, the same rule works: extremely favorable exchange rate miles when buying economy tickets, and quite profitable when paying with business class miles. Okay, everything is clear with Aeroflot. Let's see what others have to offer.

In addition to Aeroflot, of the Russian carriers, only S7 Airlines (a member of oneworld) is included in one of the three largest international alliances. S7 has a Priority bonus program.

Well, let's try to fly to Omsk. Economy round-trip for 16,200 rubles, very good.

S7 has a table that shows you how many miles an airline's direct flights cost. Omsk, for example, is included in the Russia 2 premium zone, and a one-way ticket to it will cost 15,000 miles in economy and 25,000 miles in business class.

Choose to pay with miles. 30,000 miles + another 3.5 thousand rubles in fees. It turns out that the course is 2.3 miles per ruble.

A ticket to Omsk and back in business class for the same dates will cost 49,200 rubles.

For the same tickets, you can give 45,000 miles and pay an additional 3,560 rubles. Let's calculate the course. We remove fees and find out that when flying in business class, the rate can be 0.98 miles per ruble. This is a very good course! The cheap business class rule applies here as well.

The catch is that we are talking about the Business Optimum mileage fare, which implies that the number of seats available on the flight is limited. Airlines will allocate only a few seats on the flight, which can be bought for miles. But still, this is a good option if you are used to planning trips in advance. After all, if you pay in rubles, a business (using the same tickets to Omsk as an example) costs 3 times more than an economy one, and if in miles, then less than 1.5 times.

Now New York. A ticket to New York is expensive, and the return transfer is inconvenient.

What about miles? It is necessary to give 75,000 miles at once, and pay 23,495 rubles as fees. The course in this case is 2.05 miles per ruble. There were no business class tickets at all, so I don’t even know what prices are there now.

Well, we understood something about Russian carriers. Let's find out what Aeroflot's SkyTeam friends are offering.

The American airline Delta has a SkyMiles bonus program, which is combined with the Pay with Miles program. The latter has a clear course in the rules: it allows you to reduce the cost of a ticket by $50 for every 5,000 miles.

That is, 100 miles cost 1 dollar, or 1 mile is equal to 1 cent. The dollar exchange rate is now fluctuating around the mark of 70 rubles/$1 (we will round for convenience). It turns out that one cent, aka 1 mile, will cost 70 kopecks, and the ruble = 1.43 miles. A very good indicator, the only pity is that Americans also have restrictions on dates and destinations when paying with miles.

In reality, the situation is this. A ticket to New York and back in economy will cost 33,350 rubles, in business class - 142,973 rubles.

Here is the price in miles, below is the surcharge for fees. The real rate for the economy will be 4.73 miles per ruble, for business - one to one. That is, the story is about the same as with Russian airlines.

Air France's flight to New York and back on the same dates costs 37,542 rubles.

The Flying Blue bonus system mile calculator (used by Air France and KLM) assures that the standard economy will cost 50,000 miles.

As with other airlines, the Flying Blue rules state that the program member pays all additional fees himself. This means that 19,487 rubles must be added to these miles. The fare without fees is 18,055 rubles, exactly like that of Aeroflot. That is, the real rate of a mile will be 2.77 miles per ruble.

Business class will cost 143,168 rubles.

The calculator requires 125,000 miles. Since the tariff without fees is 109,115 rubles, the mile rate will be 1.15 miles per ruble.

Let's let down results:

The maximum mile course in this study was found in "Aeroflot". It will work if you take business class to New York and back. It is likely that you can also get into the business class of other international flights at a favorable rate. But Aeroflot has a too blurred low rate boundary. It is practically non-existent, and the worst situation is with the economy on domestic flights: maybe 4 or 5 miles per ruble - try to look for yourself. In this case, you can stumble upon 1 to 1, as in the case of Omsk. In general, be careful.

At Air France and the "brotherly" KLM course will vary from 1 to 3 miles per ruble, in business it is expected to be more profitable to fly. In general, nothing surprising when it comes to international flights.

In the case of SkyMiles from Delta you need to be on the alert, because you can get both on a very profitable course, and on a completely unprofitable one. Roughly the same story as with Aeroflot. In general, if you are flying to the USA, it is better to get a delta card, and maybe more than one - more on that below)

At S7 there are very advantageous offers for business class, and the threshold for an unfavorable exchange rate is lower than that of Aeroflot. But, again, I don’t know how the situation is with other cities. Gotta dig. In general, the offer is similar to what Air France has, although it would probably be more appropriate to compare with oneworld partners.

Use on health! But do not forget about a bunch of restrictions when buying air tickets with miles. Sometimes it is more expedient to spend them not on tickets, but on service class upgrades and other goodies, as well as simply on airport transfers.

In general, in the West, and in particular in the USA, it is much easier to accumulate miles than in Russia. My friend levik from New York told me that the best way to do this is with co-branded credit cards.

There, banks, along with airlines, do not skimp on bonuses if you spend a certain amount on the card. For example, if you get a Delta Gold SkyMiles credit card from American Express and spend more than S1,000 on it in the first three months of use, you can earn 30,000 bonus miles. At the same time, in the first year of using the card, the service will be free (hereinafter - $ 95), and you can safely use it.

The secret is that when you credit card close, all the miles you have earned do not burn out, but remain on your bonus account with the airline. If you carefully follow various promotions and offers, then you can get 100,000 miles quite easily. The Americans even have a special website for monitoring all sorts of card bonuses.

During the year, you can open several cards, after six months close each of them, and the miles continue to live and accumulate.

Every major airline has a partner bank. Delta is friends with American Express, American Airlines with Citibank, and United Airlines with Chase. Leva is subscribed to all possible loyalty programs, and when he needs to fly somewhere, he simply searches through the partners of these airlines, what would be more profitable to spend miles on. For example, he flew to China with Cathay Pacific, which is a partner of American Airlines.

Leva most willingly spends his miles on first-class flights (he says he comes across them on average three times a year). It turns out that it is more profitable this way: if in money business class is twice cheaper than first class, then in miles the difference is only 20-30%.

No, Lyova was not flying in this air compartment. This is a photo from .

In addition to purely "aviation" credit cards, there is a reason to start regular ones in partner banks of airlines. For example, using American Express or Chase cards, you can accumulate "multi-purpose" bonus points, and when you see that Delta or United sell tickets for miles, these points are immediately converted into miles and buy what you need.

Leva advises to start with the cheapest credit card (often it is "free"). Here is his procedure for earning miles:

1. Get a cheaper card with a free first year.
2. Spend the required amount on it on time, get a bonus.
3. Keep idle until almost the end of the year.
4. Just before an anniversary, call and cancel it
5. After a year (or 18 months) you can try again.

In general, if there is an opportunity to get American mile cards, feel free to start it, just don't forget to close it. Have a nice flight!

Many major airlines provide their customers with bonus programs. S7 Airlines, which created . This is a program that is based on the principle of accruing bonuses in the form of "miles" for air services. A great opportunity opens up for users, as miles can be accumulated and used as payment for air tickets. Thus, it turns out that you can fly to anywhere in the world for free.

How many miles do you need and priority destinations

The approximate cost of one ticket is 6,000 miles. It may increase depending on the flight distance. Buying an award ticket will cost the airline's customers the same amount. You can issue it, both for yourself and for your relatives or friends. To upgrade the service class from Economy to Business, you will need to pay 3,500 bonus points.

All new users who open cards and become members of this program receive starting miles. They are also awarded for some flights, and sometimes even as a birthday present. Another example is the provision of 1,000 miles to children who are flying for the first time. Received bonuses can be transferred to other accounts or donated.

What you need to do to earn extra miles:

S7 Airlines customers can receive the first 500 bonuses for completing online registration in the S7 Priority program.
Another 2,000 will be credited to those users who perform the first operation.
A large amount of bonuses, in the amount of 6,000, is given for paying for purchases in the amount of 15,000 rubles / month. Under the terms of this promotion, the calculation must take place within a year and be sure to by Visa card.
Another way to get 4,700 miles for free is to buy a ticket on the route Ufa - Surgut - Ufa.
300 bonuses are given for renting vehicles from I'way. In this case, the car must go from the airport or to it.
One of the easiest ways to fund your account is to write a trip review. You can do this on the website tripadvisor.ru.

As mentioned above, the cheapest ticket costs 6,000 miles. If we take the starting point of Moscow as an example, then this amount is enough for a flight to St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Kazan or Yekaterinburg. If you accumulate more than 8,000 miles, you can visit Sochi, Simferopol, Tbilisi or Baku for free.

In order to travel even further, for example, to European cities such as Berlin, Barcelona, Alicante or Vienna, you will need to have at least 10,000 bonuses on your card. If you accumulate even more miles on your account, for example 12,000, this is enough to fly to a city in central Russia, such as Tomsk, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk or Krasnoyarsk.

How to buy a ticket with miles

In fact, the buying guide in this bonus program is very simple and does not differ much from buying in the classic way.

How to become a member of S7 Priority?

First of all, you need to register on the official website of the company.
Issue your own card from a partner bank.
Call 8-800-100-77-11 and register. This is the phone number of the S7 Priority program service center. Calls to hotline are free.

The next step in buying a ticket with miles is to accumulate the required amount of bonuses. To find out how many bonuses are in your account, you need to call the service center or visit Personal Area. In the event that the required amount has already been collected on the card, you can proceed directly to buying a ticket. You can buy it in two ways.

The first way is to order online:

You need to visit the official website of the S7 company and go through authorization.
In find the section "Order a Prize". It will contain an item that will allow you to send a request to book a ticket.
Enter the date, e-mail, direction, passenger information and select the desired airline.
Pass confirmation if the selected number is free.
Pay the service fee. You can do it on the website
Upon successful completion of the operation, an electronic ticket will be sent to the e-mail specified during registration.

The second way is to purchase through the S7 Priority Service Center. To do this, you need to call 8-800-100-77-11 and inform the company's employees about the intention to exchange bonus miles. Follow the instructions given by the operator.

Is it possible to partially pay for a ticket with miles?

Unfortunately, the system of the bonus program is designed in such a way that it excludes the possibility of paying in installments. This means that you cannot use the existing part of the miles, and pay the missing amount with real money.

Many have heard of such a concept as “airline miles”, but it is not always clear what they are and how they can be used. Modern airlines use loyalty programs to attract more passengers on board their aircraft. Service during flights, ticket prices, meals and other services in many companies are approximately the same, and a system of accumulating bonus points called miles has been developed to attract attention.

They are charged for certain actions and purchases. For example, when registering on the airline's website, a certain number of bonus miles will be credited. When buying tickets, points are also given. Their number depends on the cost of the ticket and the distance between the points of departure and arrival. They can be accumulated and used to pay for various services provided by air carriers at any time. Most often, this is the purchase of a ticket, that is, the opportunity to fly for free.

S7 airline miles

One of the largest air carriers in Russia also has a bonus miles program called S7 Priority. You can become a member by registering on the airline's website or by calling the service center, then you will be able to enter your personal account.

When you visit your personal account for the first time, it is recommended to link your account to a mobile phone number. If the password is lost, it can be easily restored thanks to SMS activation.

s7 bonus miles have many advantages over competitors.

Welcome Miles.

Depending on how the member was registered, a certain number of miles will be credited. Each member registered on the site or through the service center will receive 500 miles after the first flight with this airline, an adult with a child will receive 1000 miles. When switching from a partner site, the number of bonus points is set by the partner site itself.

Retrieve miles from previous flights.

The company generously rewards those who have been using its services for a long time, but due to some circumstances could not take part in the loyalty program earlier. For all flights that took place during the six months prior to registration, a person will receive bonus points. To do this, you will need to confirm all previous flights in your personal account.

Extended duration of bonuses.

Miles do not expire during the year in which they were earned, plus the next two years. For those under the age of 12 enrolled in the program, they do not expire until their respective birthday.

Prolongation of accumulated miles.

Miles are renewed when flying at least once a year on a regular flight by S7 or another partner company. At the end of the year, you can use the extension of the term for a fee, but there is a limit on the number - no more than 10 thousand.

Motivational accumulation system.

The S7 Priority program enables its customers to earn even more miles by granting one or another status over time. The more often the client uses the services of the company, the more prestigious the status and the more bonuses it gives. There are four in total:

classical;
silver, allows you to check in at business class counters, choose seats in the cabin and accrue an additional 25% of miles from each purchase;
gold, has the advantages of silver, 50% extra and access to the superior lounge;
platinum, in addition to the pluses of gold and 75% of additional accruals from the purchase, allows you to receive free additional service twice a year on any flight.

These and other advantages attract more and more passengers to S7.

Ways to earn S7 miles and how to spend them

Bonuses are awarded for the following transactions:

flights with S7 airline;
flights by partner companies;
use of special bank cards of Tinkoff bank;
using the services of an air carrier on board the aircraft and at the airport;
purchases through websites and organizations included in the list of partners of the S7 loyalty program (banks, travel agencies, hotels, restaurants, etc.)

In order for bonuses to be credited to the account automatically, it is necessary to indicate its number when performing the operation.

You can quickly accumulate ten thousand miles as follows: register on the site, this will give you the first 500-1000 bonuses. Pay for purchases with a partner bank card called S7 Tinkoff. Participate in promotions and make purchases on partner sites. Soon this will allow you to accumulate the first 10 thousand bonus points.

A good helper for calculating bonuses for a flight is a mile calculator. You can find it on the company's website. The interface and calculation method are simple and convenient. For example, you need to calculate how many bonuses will be credited on a flight from Moscow to Paris. To do this, indicate the points of departure and arrival in the appropriate columns, select the airline operating the flight and indicate the type of S7 Priority card. Calculations take a matter of seconds and a table will appear on the screen telling you how many miles will be credited, depending on the fare.

There are premium rates Optimum and Priority, which have large accruals. You can learn more about them in the service center and on the website.

The reader must have wondered what and how to pay with S7 miles. You can spend them in several ways:

pay for a ticket to one of the proposed countries;
change a seat on an airplane from economy to business class;
transfer to another person;
for charitable purposes.

You can do this online or by downloading the app. The full list of countries for flights is available in the personal account, as well as opportunities for charitable donations.

For those who do not have enough bonuses to buy a ticket or service, c7 offers to buy miles . For this, the following conditions must be met:

participation in the S7 Priority program;
at least one flight on S7 flights in the current or last year;
a tariff that supports the function of accruing bonuses.

You can purchase no more than 10,000 miles per year. The transaction cannot be cancelled.

FAQ

Do you need to earn miles if you fly rarely?

Savings are relevant for flights more often 4-5 times a year. Otherwise, it will not be possible to accumulate a sufficient amount and spend them on time.

Is there any benefit in this or is it a way for airlines to extract extra money from the passenger?

With proper travel planning and careful reading of the conditions, the program allows you to save money on buying tickets. Paying for tickets with bonuses is a good thing, but do not chase unnecessary purchases that some sites impose that say: "We will credit you with a bunch of extra points to your account."

How many miles do you get for flights?

The amount depends on the distance between settlements, the tariff and the type of card. More accurate information allows you to calculate the miles calculator on the company's website, which displays the completed calculation on the screen.

This service from S7 airlines is a good way to save money on flights. Accumulation, receipt and spending of bonus miles are available in several ways and everyone will find a convenient way for themselves. If a passenger rarely flies on airplanes, the accumulated bonuses can be presented to another person or spent on a charity program.

*These conditions are current as of May 2018.

Today, commercial competition has reached great heights. In almost all areas of life, you can successfully find an alternative to a product and service in terms of price, quality and characteristics. The Soviet principle of "take what they give" is long gone. Goods and services (from airline tickets (S7) to tape recorders), domestic and imported, flooded Russian market, as, indeed, the world too. Products today need not only to be released at a high level, but also skillfully presented to consumers, and then also skillfully sold.

Miles (bonuses)

The new situation, which is quite difficult for manufacturers and distributors, makes them actively look for more effective ways to attract consumers. In the field of air travel, the mile becomes a reflection of the latest methods. Many airlines have similar bonus reward programs. Of course, it is more profitable to apply the same preferential offers from entire aviation alliances, which include a number of carriers at once. This makes it possible to collect miles faster, and then spend them more efficiently. A striking example of such an organization is S7.

But how to use S7 miles? Today we will look at how to accumulate bonuses and how to spend them. There are many ways, as they say, for every taste and budget. You can earn bonuses not only directly for flights, but also for the purchase of goods and services in partner companies. You can spend miles to upgrade your passenger status (this gives you additional privileges in the form of better service), expand the available list of services, pay for some services at the airport, and so on. This is just a brief overview, we'll talk more about each way to "earn" miles later.

What it is?

A mile in this aspect is not a measurement of space, but serves as a unit of bonus. The amount of bonuses makes it possible to use certain services for free - from buying a ticket for a flight to various benefits. The cost of a mile, benefits characteristics, the process of obtaining and other parameters are developed separately for each airline, so passengers should ask employees about the specifics of the benefits program in this particular organization. This allows you to work very diverse. Next, we will look at how to spend S7 miles?

Preferential policy S7

S7 Airlines (better known as Sibir in previous years) is one of the largest airlines in Russia in terms of the number of flights. Nearly ten million people a year fly on its planes. The main production points of this company are Novosibirsk airport Tolmachevo and Moscow Domodedovo. Of these places, there are flight routes to 83 destinations, including regions of Russia and 26 states outside our country.

S7 has a solid technical base that allows it to pursue a vigorous flight policy. To date, the company has fifty-eight aircraft, of which the oldest is over twenty years old, and the newest is not yet five.

S7 is currently a direct member of the Oneworld alliance, which, in addition to S7, includes fifteen more major airlines. In addition, other companies became partners of this organization, usually covering the tourism sector, selling tickets, car rental, hotel booking services, and so on. This gives you more options on how to use your S7 miles.

S7 bonuses

S7 Airlines, like a significant number of major air carriers, of course, has its own bonus client program, which makes it possible to receive bonus miles for using its services and the services of official partners. How to spend S7 miles? They can be spent on the purchase of passenger tickets for regular flights, which allows you to travel almost free of charge. The process of earning miles and buying tickets is quite primitive and transparent, but there are some peculiarities.

The airline accrues S7 bonus miles for any air flight. With a regular customer status, about five hundred miles are recorded for any paid flight. And then everything will depend on the passenger himself, his activity while traveling. The more the client uses the services of the company, fly more often and over long distances, the faster the bonus miles will be accumulated.

Accumulation of miles

How to earn S7 miles? There is only one way to increase the amount of available bonuses in this category: to constantly fly passenger flights of your aviation companies - members of the OneWorld alliance.

The "noble" level contributes to the expansion of passengers' opportunities to accumulate bonuses and, accordingly, the growth of privileges:

Silver - increases the number of qualified miles earned for air travel by 25%.
Gold - by 50%.
Platinum - 100%.

To acquire one of the privileged statuses, you need to accumulate a set number of qualifying miles for a chronological period of one year: 20,000 - to receive a silver status, 50,000 - to receive a gold status, 75,000 - to receive a platinum status.

Time of existence

The validity of S7 miles of all existing elite statuses is limited in time. All of them have a period of implementation within one year, following the year of the flight, after which the assignment of this level was made. But if the passenger is under the age of twelve, his bonuses do not expire until the age of majority.

How to earn miles

Let's look at how to earn S7 miles? Immediately after registration in the existing program, all its next members are provided with five hundred bonuses. There are several ways to increase their number.

Firstly, miles are earned for participating in flights with S7 airlines and all friendly partner organizations. Miles earned are affected by the distance travelled, the fare used and the flight class. For example, a promo fare gives 0.25% of the miles earned, an economy class allows you to increase the number of real miles by 50%; the standard doubles the amount of such bonuses, and the business class increases this figure at the rate of two bonus miles for every actual mile flown.

When do S7 miles expire? When you purchase a ticket or check in for a flight, you must mark your Benefit Program ID. This is a significant point, because otherwise you can be left without miles. If the passenger, due to some circumstances, did not mark his identification, the required benefits must be renewed within three months after the flight. To do this, you must provide the received e-tickets and the originals of the remaining boarding passes to the appropriate website or send documents through your personal account on the airline's website. By the way, you can restore bonuses for flights made within six months before registration and recorded in the program.

You can also open a new account with Russian financial institutions: Alfa-Bank, UniCredit Bank or Bank of Moscow. There are bonuses for this too. How much do S7 miles cost?

For example, Alfa-Bank gives from 1 to 1.75 miles (the amount of bonuses depends on the type of bank card received) for every 60 rubles that have left the card and gives from 5600 to 1000 welcome miles.
UniCredit Bank guarantees 1-1.5 miles for spent 60 rubles, but transfers from 2,000 to 6,000 welcome miles.
The third financial institution, the Bank of Moscow, allocates miles for every 40 rubles (from 1 to 1.75) and gives from 1,000 to 3,000 welcome miles when you apply for a card. Such bonuses are automatically transferred to your checking account once at the end of each elapsed month. In this case, you do not need to constantly indicate the membership number when making a payment by card.

How to earn S7 miles with personal services? Bonuses are also accrued in case of accommodation in partner hotels, among which there are real "pearls". A significant part of these hotels transfers guests 500 miles for 1 night of stay. When booking a hotel, as well as at the next check-in, you should indicate the number of participation in the S7 Priority program for the corresponding accrual of miles.

Miles will be transferred to the account of a member of the S7 affiliate program when buying goods in stores of various well-known grocery chains, which mainly exist in the capital, but are gradually moving around the country. Miles can often be earned through special special promotions that appear from time to time on the airline's own website. In particular, 1,500 miles are credited upon purchasing YotaPhone 2.

Renting a car is also a way to earn miles. It should be pointed out that there are several serious popular car rental companies in this area. Using their services, you can increase the amount of bonus miles, and significantly. Another original and interesting, albeit in many ways difficult, way is to create reviews on TripAdvisor. These listed and other mileage earning levels can be found directly on the personal page on the airline's website.

Implementation

The passenger must remember that the received bonuses cannot be cashed out. However, do not forget that they can be spent depending on personal tastes and needs for various purposes:

Purchasing S7 tickets. There may be a discount or even a free flight to some destinations. How many miles do you need for a free S7 flight? With the cheapest award tickets on S7 airlines, you can make round-trip flights within the country and take advantage of some close flights abroad. The only caveat: at airports, all payments are always made in "live" cash, so such cheapness can be deceptive at times. The "cost" in miles of a ticket of the Russian airline S7 can be seen on the organization's own website.
Change passenger status. By flying continuously, a passenger can upgrade services for a certain number of miles. True, if the ticket has already been purchased for bonuses, then such changes are not possible.
Travel long distances in business class. When many miles have already been accumulated, it is useful to apply them in the regions of Russia and the world at a great distance. At minimum expenses you can fly to the Far East or other places.
How do I pay with S7 miles when traveling with other OneWorld airlines? The accumulated bonuses allow you to pay for a flight for one of one hundred and fifty air flights operated by fifteen airlines that are members of the OneWorld international alliance. This helps to save money both in Russia and abroad, in places where S7 does not operate.
How to spend S7 miles for charity? The non-profit Tomsk Foundation "Ordinary Miracle" solves the problems of children. He helps Russian families with a seriously ill child. The miles received can be transferred to the assistance fund - they will be spent on the purchase of air tickets for children who need to move to another locality or even a state for treatment.

registration

To start working with the S7 Priority program, in order to start accumulating bonuses, you need to try one of the existing methods:

register on the S7 website in the S7 Priority program section;
get a branded card in the required financial institution;
note this fact on the company's website.

Then the client needs to fly a lot and collect a large amount of benefits. The more you fly, the more miles you earn. How can I find out how many miles have already been accumulated? You can check their volume on the website or find out by contacting an employee of the center. He will provide detailed information regarding this matter. When the required number of bonuses is collected, you can proceed to purchase a ticket.

Online Purchase

To do this, you need to go to the airline's website, then in the "Order a Reward" section of the website, you should send a request to book a ticket through your personal account. After that, you need to fill in the data about the future flight: destination, time, fare level, airline, passenger information, and so on. If there are available seats for the selected time, the booking will need to be confirmed. You can pay for the ticket and all related fees through the website. When the transfer goes through in the regular mode, a purchase confirmation will be sent to the e-mail marked during registration, as well as the necessary electronic ticket.

Specialized centers

Another way is to purchase the desired product (ticket) through the service center of the S7 Priority member program. By means of communication, you can notify a company employee of your desire to buy a ticket at the expense of existing S7 benefits. Then you need to act according to the instructions received by the operator, who will help you find a ticket for the required dates, and also independently implement the operation of eliminating the accumulated miles on account of purchasing the ticket. How to find out how many miles S7? The specialist can suggest this.