Today, commercial competition has reached great heights. In almost all areas of life, one can successfully find an alternative to a product and service at a price, quality and characteristics. The Soviet principle of ātake what they giveā has long been in the past. Goods and services (from airline tickets (S7) to tape recorders), domestic and imported, have flooded the Russian market, as well as the world one, too. Products these days need not only to be released at a high level, but also skillfully delivered to consumers, and then also skillfully sold.
Miles (bonuses)
The new situation, difficult enough for manufacturers and distributors, forces them to actively seek more effective ways to attract consumers. In the field of air travel, the mile is becoming a reflection of the latest techniques. Many airline companies have similar bonus rewards. 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 quickly collect miles, 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, services in partner firms. You can spend miles on increasing your passenger status (this gives additional privileges in the form of a better service), expanding the available list of services, paying for some services at the airport, and so on. This is only a brief overview, then we will talk about each method of "earning" 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 gives you the opportunity to use certain services for free - from buying a flight ticket to various benefits. The mile price, characteristics of benefits, the process of obtaining and other parameters in each airline are developed separately, so passengers should learn from the employees about the features of the benefits program in this organization. This allows you to work very diverse. Next, we'll look at how to spend S7 miles.
S7 preferential policy
S7 Airlines (in previous years, better known as Siberia) is one of the largest in terms of traffic in Russia. Almost ten million people fly on her planes a year. The main production points of this company are Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport and Moscow Domodedovo. From these places, there are flight routes to 83 destinations, including the regions of Russia and 26 countries outside of our country.
S7 has a solid technical base that allows for an energetic flight policy. To date, the company has fifty-eight aircraft, of which the oldest is over twenty years old, and the new one is not yet five.
S7 Airlines is currently a direct member of the Oneworld alliance, which, in addition to S7, includes fifteen other major airlines. In addition, other companies, usually covering the tourism sector, selling tickets, car rental, hotel reservation services and so on, became partners of this organization. This gives great opportunities for how to use S7 miles.
S7 Bonuses
S7 Airlines, like a significant number of major 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 move almost for free. The process of earning miles and buying tickets is quite primitive and transparent, however there are some features.
The airline accrues S7 bonus miles for any flight. Under normal customer status, about five hundred miles are recorded for any paid flight. And then everything will depend on the passenger himself, his activity in travels. The more the client will use the services of the company, the more often he will fly over long distances, the faster the bonus miles will accumulate.
Categories
Usually miles are divided into two categories: qualification (status) and non-qualification (bonus). The first are issued for flights on company planes. How to spend S7 miles at this level? These bonuses provide an opportunity to improve the passenger level up to the highest possible, offering the largest amount of services.
Non-qualifying miles are awarded 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 a partner bank of the airline. Non-qualifying miles are awarded for this. Usually such bonuses have truncated rights, for example, they do not change the status of the owner, etc. Most importantly, without non-qualifying miles, it is impossible to use qualifying ones.
At S7, bonuses are also divided into two categories. At the same time, qualification miles for S7 flights affect the increase in passenger status. So, you can earn more preferential silver, gold and platinum status of an airline client. Upon receipt of a new level, privileges are expanded. In particular, the service functions at airports are becoming more diverse, and an increased number of bonuses for flights is being accrued. 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.
Earning miles
How to earn S7 miles? You can only increase the amount of available bonuses in this category in the only way: constantly fly with passenger flights of your aviation companies - members of the OneWorld alliance.
The ānobleā level contributes to the expansion of passengers' ability to accumulate bonuses and, accordingly, the growth of privileges:
- Silver - increases the amount of qualified miles accrued for flights by 25%.
- Gold - 50%.
- Platinum - 100%.
To acquire one of the privileged statuses, you need to accumulate the established number of qualifying miles for a chronological period of one year: 20 thousand for silver status, 50 000 for gold, 75 000 for platinum.
Lifetime
Validity of S7 miles of all existing elite statuses is limited in time. All of them have a realization period of one year following the year of the flight, after which the assignment of this level was made. But if a passenger is not twelve years old, his bonuses do not burn until adulthood.
How to get miles
Let's see how to earn S7 miles? Immediately after registering with the existing program, five hundred bonuses are provided to all its regular members. You can increase their number in several ways.
Firstly, miles are awarded for participating in flights on S7 airlines and all friendly partner organizations. The miles accrued are affected by the flight distance, fare used and flight class. For example, a promotional rate gives 0.25% of the miles earned, economy class allows you to increase the number of real miles by 50%; the standard doubles the volume of such bonuses, and the business class increases this indicator at the rate of two bonus miles for each real flight mile.
When do S7 miles burn? When purchasing an air ticket or when checking in for a flight, you must mark your benefits program identifiers. This is a significant point, because otherwise you can be left without miles. If a passenger, due to some circumstances, has not noted his identification, the benefits should be renewed within three months after the flight. For this, it is necessary to submit the received electronic tickets and the originals of the remaining boarding passes to the appropriate site or send documents through your personal account on the airlineās website. By the way, you can restore bonuses for flights that were completed half a year before registration and are fixed in the program.
You can still get a new account with Russian financial institutions: Alfa-Bank, UniCredit Bank or Bank of Moscow. Bonuses are also put for this. How much are S7 miles?
- For example, Alfa-Bank gives from 1 to 1.75 miles (the amount of bonuses depends on the type of credit 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, Bank of Moscow, gives miles for every 40 rubles (from 1 to 1.75) and gives between 1,000 and 3,000 welcome miles when issuing a card. Such bonuses are automatically transferred to your current account once at the end of each past month. In this case, you do not need to constantly indicate the participation number in S7 Priority when making a card payment.
How to earn S7 miles through household services? Bonuses are accrued in case of staying in partner hotels, among which there are real "pearls". A significant part of these hotels translates to guests 500 miles for 1 night stay. When booking a hotel, as well as at the next check-in, you should indicate the participation number in the S7 Priority program for the corresponding accrual of miles.
Miles will be transferred to the account of an S7 partner program participant when purchasing 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 accrued for special special promotions that occasionally appear on the airlineās own website. In particular, the accrual of 1,500 miles occurs with the acquisition of YotaPhone 2.
Car rental is also a way to earn miles. It must be pointed out that in this area there are several serious popular car rental companies. 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 levels of earning miles can be found directly on the personal page on the airlineās website.
Implementation
The passenger must remember that the bonuses received cannot be cashed. However, do not forget that they can be spent depending on personal tastes and needs for various purposes:
- Purchase of air tickets S7. A discount or even a free flight to some destinations may be provided. How many miles is needed for a free S7 flight? With the cheapest award-winning tickets at S7, you can make round-trip flights around the country and take advantage of selected close flights abroad. The only caveat: at airports, all payments are always made by "live" cash, so such cheapness can be deceiving at times. The ācostā in miles of a ticket of the Russian airline S7 can be seen on the organizationās own website.
- Change passenger status. By constantly flying, a passenger can increase the level of services for a certain number of miles. However, if the ticket was already bought for bonuses, then such changes are not possible.
- Travel long distances in business class. When you have already gained many miles, it is useful to apply them in the regions of Russia and the world at a great distance. With minimal costs, you can fly to the Far East or to other places.
- How to pay with S7 miles when traveling with other OneWorld airlines? The accumulated bonuses allow you to pay for a flight on one of the one hundred and fifty aviation flights operated by fifteen member airlines of the OneWorld international alliance. This helps to save money both in Russia and abroad, in places where S7 does not work.
- How to spend S7 miles in charity? Non-profit Tomsk fund "Ordinary Miracle" solves the problems of children. He helps Russian families with a seriously ill child. The obtained miles can be transferred to the assistance fund - they will be spent on purchasing 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 at the right financial institution;
- note this fact on the company's website.
Then the client needs to fly a lot and gain a large amount of benefits. The more you fly, the more miles you earn. How to find out how many miles have already been accumulated? You can control their volume on the website or find out by contacting a center employee. He will provide detailed information regarding this issue. When the required number of bonuses is accumulated, you can proceed to purchase a ticket.
Online purchase
To do this, go to the airlineās website, then in the section on the āOrder Awardā section of the website, a ticket booking request should be sent through your account. After that you need to fill in the data about the future flight: destination, time, fare level, airline, passenger information and more. If at the selected time there will be free passenger seats, it will be necessary to certify the reservation. You can pay for the ticket and all related fees through the site. When the transfer takes place as usual, an e-mail marked at registration will receive a confirmation of purchase, as well as the necessary electronic ticket.
Specialized Centers
Another way is to buy the right product (ticket) through the service center of the S7 Priority member program. Through communication, you can notify an employee of the company of your desire to buy a ticket at the expense of existing S7 benefits. Then you need to act according to the operatorās instructions, which will help you find a ticket for the required dates, and also independently performs the operation to eliminate the accumulated miles on account of acquiring a ticket. How to find out how many S7 miles? The specialist can suggest this as well.