Egypt air miles program

Here's our complete list of Advertisers. The main perk of using EgyptAir was the fact that it allows family members pool their miles into one account. While this is not unusual, what is truly unique is that you can also pool status miles, which makes easier to hit elite status with the airline. One example in the previous article showed how you could hit Star Alliance Gold with just one trip when traveling with a partner. EgyptAir is quite generous with its mileage expiration limits; miles expire 36 months after the date of accrual.

The question now is what to do with all your hard-earned miles and how easy is it to redeem your miles? While some airlines allow you to redeem your miles for anyone you choose, others like Korean Air only allow you to redeem miles for family members. Per the EgyptAir Plus rewards terms and conditions , you can only redeem miles for tickets for yourself and family members.

Based on our experience, this is not entirely accurate—they have not updated their terms and conditions, but you can redeem your miles for tickets for anyone. We've confirmed this multiple times through customer support. Over the age of 2, you can redeem miles for award tickets at the full adult rate. After calling EgyptAir to determine the ticket options that are available, the cost in miles for a flight is worked out on a per segment basis, which means the following:.

The first step to booking your award flight is to determine which region you are flying from and to which region you are flying. EgyptAir categorized each country into one of 15 regions that span the globe. Interestingly for residents of North America, the US and Canada are not further subdivided into East coast and West coast, they are their own region. Although in the case of the US, Hawaii is in a region all of its own. Once you have established the regions for your flights, you need to determine the cost in miles with the EgyptAir award chart.

The costs indicated on the chart are for round-trip itineraries, with one-way tickets calculated as half the required miles for a round-trip ticket. An example would be a ticket from North America to Australia, or New Zealand will set you back , miles for a round-trip in First Class, or 90, miles for one-way in First Class.

A one-way flight in Business from New York to Cairo would set you back 60, miles. Remember, these prices are for non-stop travel. If you add a connection, you'll need to calculate the cumulative cost of your trip. Now that you have your route and cost, you need to decide whether you are flying with EgyptAir or one of its Star Alliance partners.

Redeeming on EgyptAir is relatively straightforward. Head over to the EgyptAir booking page , and search for a flight on your preferred date and route. An example below is a flight from New York to Cairo on October 12, After selecting your flight, you will see the cost outlined. Exclusive CIB Offers. New Product Launches. Investor Relations. By signing up you agree to CIB's privacy and terms.

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Flight awards The most popular way to redeem miles or points A flight award is when you use your collected miles or points to "pay for" a flight. Star Alliance Upgrade Awards Use your miles or points to upgrade your travel experience With a Star Alliance Upgrade Award you can use accumulated miles or points to "pay for" an upgrade, allowing you to fly in a class of travel that is one higher than your original booking.

How to upgrade: You must have a ticketed reservation in an upgradeable booking class to request a Star Alliance Upgrade Award with your Frequent Flyer Programme. Check their website to find out how many miles are required to pay for the upgrade and which booking classes are upgradeable. Your reservation must show the flight number of the airline operating the flight. Star Alliance Upgrade Awards are not available on codeshare flights.

Star Alliance Upgrade Awards are not guaranteed and may not be available on all flights. Please check the special terms and conditions on the website of your Frequent Flyer Programme. Miles that you use will be deducted from your account. Requests must be made at least 24 hours prior to departure to allow for the partner carrier to respond to the upgrade request. Your browser does not support iframes. Could I set up an account for all of my family members to get the bonus on each account, and then combine them?

Or is the process to add them as relatives completely different? You need to send in proof of the relationship and they add the person to your main account. Just a FF number. So what stops 10 unrelated people from going in together to earn lifetime gold? Or finding someone with lifetime gold and getting added? Not quite that easy. Such an informative post! Thx so much! Hi great article. Pity I flew with them last year. Is their a maximum number of family members?

Good to know but having to call an agent in Egypt just to book a reward flight in 21st century is a no-go for many including myself, besides there are some safety and security issues regarding this airline. Sounds nice. You fly their partners, such as United or Lufthansa and enter in your EgyptAir frequent flyer number on to the reservation. This does not seem user friendly if I would have to call Cairo to redeem my miles on a Star Alliance carrier.

I can redeem my United miles online for most Star Alliance carriers. I am going to pass on Egypt Air. You can call up their NY office — A little effort can save you a lot of miles. Never flown on EgyptAir before. No plans to go to Egypt any time soon either but good to know this information.

How is the flying experience on Egypt Air? How does it compare to other airlines like Singapore Air? What is required to redeem miles for a reward? Reservation must be made confirmed and booked in reward reservation class. No wait list is permitted. Where should I go to claim a reward ticket? Or do they only go to the main account holder? In other words, if 2 people take a trip and earn 10k miles each. Does main account holder get 10k from both?

OR… does main account holder get 10k from both AND the other person in the pool also gets 10k? That is very generous allowing household miles to count for status. I wish there was a oneworld airline that did the same. Very well-written and informative piece. Fly 30K within 24 months or how long? Clock resets. Fly another 30K within 24 months to get Gold. Fly another 30K within 24 months to keep Gold? Very interesting approach to a lesser-known program. I love posts like this: thank you for posting!

Tier miles — Your elite qualification miles, which determine your level of status. To move between the tiers, you need to accrue the following: Blue to Silver: 30, miles Silver to Gold: 30, miles after achieving Silver Gold to Platinum: 1,, miles lifetime EgyptAir Plus status is valid for 24 months from the date of upgrade.