Asiana airlines

As one of two major airlines in South Korea, Asiana Airlines (IATA: OZ; ICAO: AAR) operates flights to four continents. The airline, which is based in Seoul, flies to destinations within Korea and across Asia, as well as Oceania, Europe and North America. Asiana has a domestic operations hub at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport (GMP) and an international hub at Incheon International Airport (ICN). It has five classes of passenger service—First Suite Class, First Class, Business Smartium Class, Business Class and Travel Class. Aircraft configuration varies from route to route. Asiana is part of the Star Alliance.

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As a digital nomad for nearly five years, JT proves through experience that credit card rewards can drastically reduce the cost of travel. After working as a tax accountant for a decade, JT turned his analytical skills to points, miles and credit cards. He published over 2,000 articles on The Points Guy before becoming a freelance writer. Asiana Airlines and Korean Air are the two largest international airlines based in South Korea. And these two airlines might soon become one. In November 2020, Korean Air announced that it would acquire Asiana Airlines. The combined airline would be named Korean Air and become the seventh-largest airline in the world. However, at the time of writing, regulators are still holding up the deal. Both Asiana and Korean Air offer spectacular redemption rates. However, neither is a transfer partner of any major U.S. bank program, which makes it hard to earn a lot of miles with either program. Asiana Airlines gets the slight edge as Korean Air's valuable partner award chart expires in March 2023. Asiana Club miles are some of the most valuable yet hardest miles to earn. The only major transferable points program that transfers to Asiana is Marriott Bonvoy . You'll get 1 Asiana Club mile per 3 Marriott Bonvoy points transferred. Plus, you can get a 5,000-mile bonus for transferring at least 60,000 Bonvoy points. On flights between South Korea and the United States, all passengers get two free checked bags of up to 23 kilograms (50 pounds) each. Bu...

is a former senior editor at The Points Guy covering loyalty programs. He's been a miles and points fanatic since 2014 and previously wrote for Upgraded Points and Credit Karma. Outside of the travel world, Andrew is a cyclist, craft coffee aficionado and — despite now living in NYC — a Chicagoan at heart. Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers excellent loyalty program with industry-leading redemption rates. Think 40,000-mile one-way flights to Europe in business class and 52,500-mile tickets from the U.S. to Korea. Sounds amazing, right? It is — but there are few program nuances to keep in mind. In this article, I’ll show you the ins-and-outs of the Asiana Club loyalty program. We’ll start by discussing By the end of the article, you’ll have a well-rounded look at Asiana Club and can decide if it's worth your time to earn miles with the program. Let’s dive in! New to The Points Guy? Sign up for our daily newsletter and check out our beginner’s guide . Asiana Club Program partners Asiana is partnered with a slew of different airlines — including Etihad Airways. (Photo by Nicky Kelvin/The Points Guy) Like most global airlines, Asiana has a handful of partner airlines that you can earn and redeem miles with. Many of these are in the Star Alliance, but some were made with non-alliance partnerships. Each of these opens interesting redemption options — let’s take a look. Aegean Airlines Air Astana I would like to subscribe to The P...