The S7 Priority program is designed to create all the conditions for a comfortable flight and waiting for your flight. But before you start enjoying all its benefits, people have a lot of questions about accumulating miles, their validity, restoring and issuing a status card.

The answers received will allow you to fully understand the situation and determine the most appropriate status of the program for yourself. It is because of the lack of information that customers most often have problems and controversial points.

How can I find out my s7 Priority membership number?

To find out the membership number in the S7 Priority program, you do not need to call anywhere or make a special contact. It is printed on the client's partner, temporary or name card.

What is the validity period of s7 miles?

According to the established rules of the developers of the S7 Priority program, regardless of how many miles the client has accumulated, they are stored for 1 year after using the service or flight, as well as for the next 2 years, under certain conditions.

In order for miles to be automatically renewed for another 12 months, the following is required:

• fly at least once a year so that the miles do not burn out or. To do this, you need to use the services of S7 Airlines or any other airline that is part of the oneworld alliance. At the same time, it should be taken into account that the tariff must participate in the program for accruing bonuses;
• accumulate 5,000 bonuses per year, excluding welcome miles, and pay for services and goods with a joint card from any Russian bank S

To extend the validity of the received bonuses, you will have to contact hotline and, for about 250 rubles for every 500 miles.

Status members of the s7 Priority program - what is it?

All members of the s7 Priority program have the opportunity to upgrade their status and take advantage of the many opportunities by flying regularly with S7 Airlines. There are 4 statuses in total, namely:

1. Silver. The client will receive +25% to the accumulated miles, will be able to check in at the business desk and choose a convenient seat on the plane for free.
2. Gold. +50% miles on flights, free seat selection and lounge access increased comfort.
3. Classical. The ability to exchange S7 status miles for awards and a gradual transition to a more elite status.
4. Platinum. Here, the client will be credited with +75% to the miles earned, they will be provided with a free choice of a seat on the plane and an upgrade. Also, the person will have the opportunity to visit the first class lounge.

Are there S7 Priority promo codes?

The S7 Priority program provides for the use of promotional codes. To take advantage of this opportunity, when booking a ticket, the client must enter a promotional code in the application on the phone or on the PC. Further, the discount will be calculated automatically, according to the tariff, or will remain fixed. It is also worth considering that it will not be combined with discounts for a child and other things.

The promo code itself consists of several characters. They are published by the organizers by any available means so that this information reaches the participants of the S7 Priority program as soon as possible. If the special offer is used in a timely manner, the ticket buyer is guaranteed to receive a discount.

Coupons with a discount code can be redeemed by customers in the following ways:

How to add passport, visa data in your personal account?

For the convenience of customers in the personal account, it is also possible to add passport and visa data. Consider “step by step” what you need to do to add data.

Conclusion

In order to take full advantage of all the benefits of the Priority program, it is recommended that you first familiarize yourself with all the subtleties and consider individual situations that may arise in the course of cooperation. This will help to avoid unnecessary conflicts and misunderstandings with the accrual of bonuses.

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 the number mobile phone. If the password is lost, it can be easily restored thanks to SMS activation.

Bonus miles s7 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 get free twice a year additional service 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. Available in personal account full list countries to fly, 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.

Frequently asked Questions

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 in a good way save money on flights. Accumulation, receipt and spending of bonus miles are available in several ways and everyone will find convenient way for yourself. 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's review from our reader Sergio, the material of which was being prepared for publication back in November, but it turned out to be published for technical reasons only now. The most recent December S7 program changes have been made to the text.

I have been in the S7 Priority program since 2011, this is my first mile program. Now I have a gold status in it, which I actively use. I also have two co-brands out of three possible. During these four years, I flew a lot, both for money and for miles.

S7 airline review

S7 Airlines(brand of Siberia Airlines) has a wide network of domestic routes. S7 Airlines also operates regular flights to the CIS countries, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

The S7 fleet consists of 58 aircraft, including 20 A319 (C8 Y126), 19 A320 (C8 Y150 / 156), 4 A321 (it seems that all C8 Y189, but I have not flown them, I heard that there is some kind of economy aircraft only), 13 B737-800 (C12 Y154/156) and two old B767-300 (C12 Y240/C18 Y222). The sides are generally unified, without "surprises". You can in detail.

Route network includes two large hubs in Moscow (Domodedovo) and Novosibirsk and covers about a hundred cities in Russia, the CIS and Europe, as well as several Asian destinations, including Dubai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Phuket, Hong Kong.

Service classes

With this, the S7 is very bad. Bad economy and bad business.

As a status person, I certainly don't complain, always flying for money in the third row in the A319/A320 and the fourth in the B737 and in the front row, flying for miles. But without status, the layout, of course, wants the best. There are generally dead spots, such as a non-folding row in front of an emergency or a second row (this is in business !!!) in the A319

Service in business is always lame (worse than economy in normal airlines), in economy, in principle, quite tolerable crap. Not the worst, of course, but still sucks.

I just want to say: “To hell with this S7, fly Aeroflot planes!”.

// I wrote this with a faint hope for the attention of the S7 management, hear me! I see how AK is changing, “Priority” is now the best program available to Russians, the site has become quite efficient. Train your workers, AK is lame in terms of service. Complete indifference to passengers!//

But, oddly enough, I can’t say anything bad about both sides of the B767, there are very good seats in the economy, and the seats in business, although covered with gray hair, are quite comfortable. But the service there consistently sucks, no surprises. For example, water in the bathrooms can easily run out towards the end of the flight, and caring flight attendants will put a pack of wet wipes. You won’t get extra tea, you have to beg for water.

In business, everything edible can easily run out, and you have to suffer with a brick that was mistakenly put in place of a steak. Any request is a personal favor.

Alliance and partners

//or rather, the only partner for today//

This is where the S7 excels. For five years, AK has been a member One World- the best of the existing three and a half global alliances. The status is fully supported by all participants. And the participants themselves Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Qantas, Qatar Airways are very strong partners. Well, a few other airlines.

Well, the only non-alliance partner - Emirates. What can I say - such a partnership is worth a lot. Although with status support in this case a small, but very offensive embarrassment.

Changes in the S7 Priority program

The program has undergone many changes over the past year. Mostly, of course, negative. But there are also pluses. Extensive changes introduced since December 2015.

First, the possibility of registration was canceled transfer transportation for miles. Then they partially returned, but it didn’t get any easier. The list of exceptions is ridiculously short.

Introduced horse fees in some areas. Try to take Beijing-Krasnoyarsk for miles, for example, you will be very surprised.

Introduced a new zone "Near Abroad Countries".

Set up with the introduction of a new zone "Russia 4".

Now you need to fly for money at least once every two years in order to be able to spend miles.

For co-brands, accruals were cut very much.

Promo tickets can no longer be upgraded with miles.

Now it is impossible to convert Svyaznoy Club benefits into miles.

Of the benefits - they introduced an accrual of 300% for business. In combination with a business pass, it was not bad at all. Then cut to 150% or 250%.

There was a discount on the award ticket for children.

Children can now also earn miles for their flights.

You can get an award on the Emirates (but the fees are killing).

It became possible to issue one-way tickets to a number of partners - a very strong step.

We stopped at Domodedovo in the upper hall, which used to be Transaero. This was my favorite lounge. It's a pity that the C7 ruined it. Food appeared, but space completely disappeared. It became some kind of "waiting room for superior comfort."

Various promotions are held, for example, “how many years, so much and a discount” - participants with experience very well added miles for flights on their own flights.

Or remember, they caught planes on iPhones? And now they give out 1000 miles on Facebook (I heard that with cheating, much more was possible).

Or the promotion has just ended - a 10% discount on the tariff for S7 Priority members.

Well, the main changes introduced from December 01, 2015. That rare case when the changes are positive, not negative. A new fare grid has been introduced, now most economy tickets are charged 100% of the distance, at least 500 miles, with the exception of baggage-free fares, which are 50%. Well, these bezbagzhnye tariffs are actually introduced. While the price has become cheaper. Although, of course, low price– only potential for further growth.

Registration in the program

After registering online on the site, you will receive 500 miles to your bonus account. The most interesting thing is that if you register after the flight, then within 6 months you can restore the flights made earlier. But flights by partners cannot be restored retroactively ( flew S7 to Moscow for Avangard miles - in December they were credited when registering with S7 Priority - approx. Shtirlitz).

After the first flight, you will receive a basic level card in the mail. Taking into account the binding of some shares of the company to the length of service in the program, I recommend everyone to register right now - it will not be superfluous.

Status Benefits

The program has four levels of participation - basic, silver, gold and platinum. Starting from the silver level, you can get extra baggage, access to lounges, the choice of any seat in the cabin for yourself and fellow travelers, you can get tickets for double payment in miles, even if there are no seats for miles. Well, I will not dwell on this, the status people already know everything.

Earn Miles & Banks

Accumulating miles on flights is easy. Fly and receive. On C7 and alliance partners. In some places and on other partners, you can get miles - when flying to Minsk, for example, on BelAvia.

Accumulation with partners - you can get 500 miles for renting a car, you can also get miles for booking hotels on ostrovok.ru. I'm piling up for renting a car elsewhere, so I can't comment on anything. But "monogamous" is probably convenient. As for Ostrovka, there is a transfer through their internal currency, I think if anyone uses it, it’s better to change their “dreams” at night, and not for C7 miles.

There are also several chains and hotels that I am not familiar with, so I cannot comment.

Another very strong partner is Tripadvisor. Leave reviews on the site and earn miles. The conditions are very good. You can earn money with flight reviews alone. Earn up to 1500 miles per month. There are a lot of restrictions.

There is also an opportunity to open a deposit in alpha and receive miles instead of money. But this is for those who are really bad at math. The conditions are not favorable, I don’t think that anyone uses it at all.

Well, and most importantly - the accumulation of co-brands.

Today there are three co-brands - Alfa-Bank, Bank of Moscow and Unicredit-Bank.

Let's consider each in detail.

Alfa Bank

They issue credit and debit cards. Debit only within service packages.

There is an interesting way to get an expensive credit card by issuing it as a supplement to a cheap credit card. But not everyone succeeds. Perhaps even no one will succeed now, but before such a trick passed.

Accruals: for a standard mile for 60 rubles, gold for 48 rubles, platinum for 40 rubles, black for 34 rubles (for credit, debit for 40 rubles). For all the most interesting they don’t pour, so any 4900, 4814, 4812 - without miles.

Also, for debits, regardless of the category of the card, when linking the card to accounts in euros and dollars, one mile is credited for spending 1 euro or 1 dollar. But no problems with conversion.

I myself have been using the debit golden alpha for many years, in principle, I am satisfied with everything. Everything is logical and understandable, the most convenient Internet banking, it is very convenient to link one card to different accounts - it is strange that all banks do not do this, it is very convenient to connect SMS informing on different cards to different phone numbers.

Miles are reflected in the S7 personal account on the first days of the month, as a total amount for expenses in rubles, a separate total amount for expenses in dollars and a separate total amount for expenses in euros. Despite the worst of the conditions among co-brands, I continue to use cards from alpha (I have two of them, one in my name, the second one in the name of my wife, with her S7 number), because in terms of service, neither the Bank of Moscow nor Unicredit with Alphas don't stand next to each other.

UniCredit Bank

They issue credit cards. It is possible to issue a credit card with a zero limit. Charges: standard - a mile for 60 rubles, gold for 48 rubles, platinum for 40 rubles (or 48, but with rather stupid "additional benefits").

Internet banking is very inconvenient. Perhaps even the worst of all. In terms of the number of ATMs / branches, everything is terrible. Especially with regard to ATMs with the function of depositing cash.

I can’t cover the topic of accruals in sufficient volume, since I don’t use the card actively and not willingly. But all the most delicious things pass by.

I have a standard credit card with a microscopic limit. Released for free under the action (I don’t even remember whether the action was carried out on Facebook or VKontakte). Given the terrible service and such a small accrual, I don’t think that this card will be of interest to anyone.

Sometimes there are interesting promotions for additional accrual of miles. It is for these shares that I keep the card. Miles in your personal account are reflected at the beginning of the month, as a separate amount for each transaction. Another significant disadvantage is the withdrawal of own funds from a credit card for a fee.

Bank of Moscow

In terms of accruals, the bank is the best. Issues debit and credit cards.

For the classics, a mile for 40 rubles, gold for 32 rubles, platinum - ~ 22.85 rubles. per mile (1 , 75 miles for every 40 rubles spent on the card).

I don’t use a card from BM, according to the reviews of the owners, nothing good can be expected in terms of accruals, all the goodies pass by. Well, since I was a client of the bank before, I can say for sure that the bank is absolutely not aimed at the client, the service is terrible.

Promotions are being held for the free issue of cards. But I was not attracted even by these actions. The only one interesting option- a card for 20 thousand per year, which can be used to upgrade two tickets to business, and tickets can be quite difficult route, with multiple stopovers. But there are a lot of restrictions on such an upgrade.

Buying miles

On the S7 website, you can buy the missing miles, up to 15,000 miles per year, at the price of 1 mile for 1 ruble, in blocks of 500 miles. To be able to buy miles, there is a condition for a paid flight in the current or previous year.

You can also gift your miles to other members, up to 15,000 miles per year, for a fee of 0.5 r/mile.

Spending miles

For own flights, an award ticket can be issued on the website, both the amount of fees and the availability of seats are immediately visible. It seems that these are the most ordinary things - but a year ago one could only dream of this. For own flights, you can issue a ticket both round-trip and one-way - for half the cost (which is very nice, in the same Aeroflot there is a surcharge for wanwei).

Here is the award table:

Russia 1: Astrakhan, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Moscow, Nizhnevartovsk, Nizhnekamsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Rostov, Samara, St. Petersburg, Stavropol, Surgut, Tyumen, Ufa, Chelyabinsk.

Russia 2: Abakan, Barnaul, Bratsk, Gorno-Altaisk, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Nadym, Novokuznetsk, Novosibirsk, Novy Urengoy, Omsk, Salekhard, Tomsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita.

Russia 3: Blagoveshchensk, Vladivostok, Magadan, Mirny, Norilsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Yakutsk.

Russia 4: Adler, Anapa, Vladikavkaz, Mineral water, Simferopol.

Near abroad countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine.

Europe: Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Montenegro, Czech Republic.

Near East: UAE.

Far East : China (excl. Hong Kong), South Korea(Seoul), Japan.

Southeast Asia: Hong Kong (excl. China), Thailand.

The price is for a round-trip ticket, one segment each way. If the ticket is with stops, then the cost is taken as for two separate tickets (with a number of minor exceptions). For example, GOJ-DME will cost 7,500 miles, and within the same zone, but with a stopover in Moscow, GOJ-DME-AED will cost 15,000 miles. But, according to the additional table, from the same Nizhny Novgorod, through Moscow, but already in a more expensive area, in Tivat, a ticket will cost 12,500 miles.

The most interesting expense (in my opinion) for own flights now is the business from Moscow to Spain (if you find seats available). The cost is 20,000 miles one way.

Another option to spend miles profitably is the OVB-DXB business, 22500 one way.

For triple the amount, you can take a ticket for miles, even if there are no seats in the corresponding classes. And for status members - only double the cost.

Also for tickets for children from 2 to 12 years old there is a 30% discount on the mileage fare.

It is also possible to upgrade for business miles. But there are a lot of restrictions, so it is unlikely that such a waste of miles is now reasonable. A ticket at Promo fares cannot be upgraded, the cost of an upgrade for the Economy fare group is almost equal to the cost of a full ticket for miles, and the cost of Standard group tickets is almost equal to the cost of tickets in Business.

Although situations, of course, are different, and sometimes an upgrade for miles will also not be the worst waste. An upgrade is made upon a written request through the website, an upgraded ticket must be couplet directly to S7, miles for a paid ticket are credited upon request. If you want to fly exclusively for business, then a mile upgrade is the best option for making the necessary paid flight.

A paid transfer of the date of departure is possible (subject to availability of seats in the corresponding fare). No returns, no change of destinations.

Spending miles on partners

Here is the award table.

Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan.

Europe: Austria, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Morocco, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Svalbard and Jan Maen, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Faroe islands, Finland, France, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Montenegro, Sweden, Switzerland.

Near East: Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iran, Oman, Iraq, Sudan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Yemen.

Far East: China (excl. Hong Kong), Japan, Korea.

Southeast Asia: Hong Kong, Sanya (China), Taiwan Island, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Guam, Palau, Brunei, Christmas Island, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos.

Australia and Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji (Nadi), New Caledonia (Noumea), Vanuatu (Port Vila), Papua New Guinea, Norfolk Islands, Nauru, French polynesia, Solomon islands, Tonga, Samoa, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, Northern Mariana Islands.

Africa: South Africa, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Uganda, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Guinea, Chad, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Togo, Mauritius, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cote d- Ivoire, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Comorras, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Reunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles.

North America: USA, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Central America: Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Aruba, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Grenada, Montserrat, Martinique, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Virgin Islands(UK), Virgin Islands (US), Santa Lucia, St. Kitt and Nevis, coconut islands, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles (Netherlands), Anguilla, Hawaii.

South America: Suriname, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Falkland Islands, Paraguay

India: India, Maldives, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan.

There are a lot of restrictions - no more than two segments in each direction, stopovers are not allowed, OJ is prohibited, return is prohibited, only date change is allowed from changes. A ticket can be issued only for one of the partners, one-way tickets can only be issued for Japan Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways and Qantas, for all others only RT. There are no discounts for children.

Fees can be both quite humane, for example, on American Airlines and Cathay Pacific (both do not fly to Russia), or simply extortionate, for example, on Emirates. But, flying with Emirates business to the Maldives (DME-DXB-MLE-DXB-DME will cost 75,000 miles in business), it’s not a sin to pay about 50K rubles in fees. Although on this route it is better to choose Qatar Airways, which is not inferior to Dubai, the fees will amount to “only” 24,000 rubles.

Of the economy, the most profitable routes are distant Europe - the Canary Islands, Iceland. From business - as I have already indicated - the Maldives. Residents of the Asian part of Russia may be interesting route PEK-HKG-CEB-HKG-PEK (Cathay Pacific, economy 30,000 miles + 2,000 rubles of fees, business 45,000 miles + 2,000 rubles of fees).

Comparison with other loyalty programs

Here I will write very briefly. In Russia, I see only two competitors for the S7 Priority program - Aeroflot Bonus and Miles&More. I have to accumulate miles in all these programs, as each has its own purpose. S7 miles cannot be used for first class. The S7 route network is much smaller than that of Aeroflot. S7 has far fewer earning partners than Miles&More. Therefore, a lot goes from S7 to competitors.

Well, I will repeat my idea, which I have already mentioned many times in the comments - to accumulate miles - to fly in business. The only way. Otherwise, why is all this necessary? And for economy flights, there are other tools - “pseudo-miles of ticket offices” - the best for today - World Map from VTB24, iGlobe from Gazprom and the Travel option from MTS Bank.

Today, commercial competition has reached high altitudes. 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 the Russian market, as well as the world market. 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 whole aviation alliances, which includes 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 a better service), expand the available list of services, pay for some services at the airport, and so on. It's just short review, then we will talk about each way to "earn" miles in more detail.

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, acquisition process and other parameters are developed individually 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 firms have become partners in this organization, usually covering tourism 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 used to buy passenger tickets on 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.

Categories

Usually miles are divided into two categories: qualifying (status) and non-qualifying (bonus). The first are issued for flights in the company's aircraft. How to spend S7 miles of this level? These bonuses make it possible to improve the level of the passenger up to the highest level, offering the largest amount of services.

Non-qualifying miles are issued for using the services of companies that are partners of the airline (these are various commercial service organizations). For example, a passenger makes various purchases with the help of an airline's partner bank. This will earn non-qualifying miles. Usually such bonuses have truncated rights, for example, they do not change the status of the owner, etc. Most importantly, without having non-qualifying miles, it is impossible to use qualifying ones.

At S7 Airlines, bonuses are also divided into two categories. At the same time, qualifying miles for S7 flights affect the increase in passenger status. So, you can earn more preferential silver, gold and platinum statuses of the airline client. When you get a new level, privileges expand. In particular, the functions of the service at airports are becoming more diverse, as well as an increased number of bonuses for flights. Such miles at the same time provide an opportunity to raise the status of preferential participation in the S7 Priority program to the most elite one. The higher the passenger class, the greater the amount of benefits allocated to the client.

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 member airlines Alliance OneWorld.

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

Validity of S7 miles of all existing elite statuses 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 submit to the appropriate site received e-tickets and originals of the remaining boarding passes 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 received bank card) 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 on special special promotions appearing on the airline's own website from time to time. 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. "Cost" in miles of the ticket 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 on long distance. At minimal cost, you can fly to the Far East or other places.
• How to pay with S7 miles when traveling with other aircraft airlines OneWorld? 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 earned can be transferred to a relief fund - they will be used to purchase air tickets for children who need to move to another locality or even the 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 issue. 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 the purchase of the ticket. How to find out how many miles S7? The specialist can suggest this.