Let’s Visit Asia

Here’s an important note for members of Korean Air’s Skypass Mileage Program: Mileage earned from July 1, 2008 onwards will now have a validity of just five years (previously, earned miles never expired).
Come to think of it, 5 years is still a long time to accumulate miles. In majority of other frequent flyer programs, accumulated miles are only valid up to 3 years.
The Korean Air management says that they will increase the number of seats allocated for bonus awards, so as soon as you accumulate enough mileage, try and claim your rewards before your accumulated miles expire!

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If you find yourself flying over the Indian subcontinent frequently, you might want to take participate in SriLankan Airlines’ newly launched frequent flyer programme, the FlySmiLes. In addition to the usual miles collection, FlySmiles members also get to enjoy additional baggage privileges:
FlySmiLes Members who reach the Silver Tier Level can opt to join the Baggage Plus or Baggage Premier programme. If you travel frequently for trade, this is just the thing for you. In addition to most of the benefits highlighted in ‘benefits all the way with FlySmiLes”, the Baggage Plus members will get an additional 25kgs and Baggage Premier …read more

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Do you travel a lot within India? Then you might want to take advantage of Jet Airways India’s Fly Free International offer to its JetPrivilege Members.
Exclusively, for our JetPrivilege members, fly Jet Airways between February 1 and April 30, 2008 on the select domestic sectors mentioned below and get a FREE ticket to exciting destinations on our international network.
Complete 20 one-way domestic flights in Premiere or Economy on eligible fares and get a free return ticket in Premiere or Economy to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok*, Dhaka, Colombo, Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat. The international tickets will be issued for travel …read more

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If you’re a SkyTeam frequent flyer member, you now have additional opportunities to accumulate more miles as China Southern Airlines becomes the 11th full member of SkyTeam, making the alliance the first to welcome a carrier from mainland China.
China Southern, with the most extensive airline route network in China, operates the largest and most advanced airline fleet in th country. So if you do a lot of traveling in the area, here’s your chance to pick up lots of mileage as you fly into, within, or out of China! Major business and vacation destinations in China served by China Southern …read more

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Aside from the Yokoso Visit Japan Pass, oneworld frequent flyer members also get to enjoy Circle Asia Explorer: special fares for travel starting and ending in any of 14 countries served by oneworld’s member airlines across Asia and the South West Pacific.
Travellers must pass through each of the alliance’s three defined regions across these continents:

North East Asia, including China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
South East Asia, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
South West Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand.

For airfares and other details, see oneworld’s press release.

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Are you a member of the one world frequent flyer program?
Starting April 1, 2007, Japan Airlines (JAL) will join oneworld alongside its affiliates -JALways, Japan Asia Airways, JAL Express, J-AIR and Japan Transocean Air.
And to encourage you to go visit and get to know Japan, oneworld launched a special alliance fare for travellers to the country: the Yokoso! Visit Japan pass, allowing a traveller to fly up to 5 domestic flights within a two-month period from the departure date of the first Japanese domestic sector. Each sector flown will be charged at a standard JPY10,000 (approximately US$80).
Go rack …read more

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Members of the oneworld frequent flyer program will be pleased to know that Dragonair has joined the network, providing its customers great connection to the main cities in mainland China, as well as other destinations in Asia.
The 12 China Mainland cities Dragonair adds to the oneworld network are Changsha, Chongqing, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Sanya, Shenyang and Wuhan. The other three new destinations are Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, Phnom Penh in Cambodia and Phuket in Thailand. Dragonair will provide oneworld customers with connections to Cambodia for the first time.
Naturally, for flights flown with Dragonair, oneworld members can …read more

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Since September 2006, Dragonair has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Airways. Thus, starting January 1, 2007, those who fly Dragon Air will also now enjoy the priviledges of Cathay’s Marco Polo Club.
Just what perks are included? The usual: club miles, priority boarding, airport lounges, extra baggages and priority baggage handling, etc… You can download a detailed list of The Marco Polo Club new benefits here (pdf file).
Incidentally, Dragonair’s Economy Class has been voted ‘Best China Airline‘ and ‘Best Airline Economy Class’ in the 2006 Business Traveller China Travel Awards for a second consecutive year.

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Assuming you have enough mileage on your Mileage Plus® frequent flyer account, you can now avail of an upgrade on United Airlines on your next trip to Asia.
Upgrades are permitted for one class of travel, either from Economy Class to Business Class or from Business Class to First Class*. Additionally, on United flights offering First and Economy Class only, upgrades from Economy to First are possible.
Other Asian Airlines offering such upgrades are:

Asiana Airlines (Asiana Club)
Singapore Airlines (KrisFlyer)
and Thai Airlines(Royal Orchid Club)

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