Commercial competition has reached great heights these days. 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, a 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 entire aviation alliances, which include a number of carriers at once. This enables fastercollect miles, and then spend them more efficiently. A prime 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 better service), expand the available list of services, pay for some services at the airport, and so on. This is just a quick overview, we'll talk more about each way to "earn" miles later.
What is this?
A mile in this aspect is not a measurement of space, but serves as a bonus unit. 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, the process of obtaining and other parameters are developed separately 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?
S7 preferential policy
S7 Airlines (better known as Sibir in previous years) is one of the largest flights in Russia in terms of the number of flights. Nearly ten million people a year fly on its planes. The main production points of thisfirms - 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 for 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 companies became partners of this organization, usually covering the tourism sector, selling tickets, car rental, hotel booking services, and so on. This gives more options on how to use 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 spent on the purchase of passenger tickets for 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 credits S7 bonus miles for any air flight. With a regular customer status, about five hundred miles are recorded for any paid flight. Soeverything will depend on the passenger himself, his travel activity. The more the client uses the services of the company, fly more often and over long distances, the faster the bonus miles will accumulate.
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 provide an opportunity to upgrade the passenger level up to the highest level, offering the most 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 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 non-qualifying miles, it is impossible to use qualifying miles.
In 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 give the opportunity to raise the status of preferential participation inS7 Priority program to the most elite. The higher the passenger class, the greater the amount of benefits allocated to the client.
Collect 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 aviation companies - members of the OneWorld alliance.
The "noble" level contributes to the expansion of passengers' opportunities to accumulate bonuses and, accordingly, the growth of privileges:
- Silver - Increases the amount of qualified miles earned on air travel by 25%.
- Gold - 50% off.
- 100% Platinum.
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 for Silver status, 50,000 for Gold status, 75,000 for Platinum status.
Lifetime
S7 miles of all existing elite statuses are valid for a limited 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 see how to earn S7 miles? Immediately after registration in the existing program, five hundred bonuses are provided to all its next members. You can increase their number by severalways.
First of all, 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 earned miles, 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 an airline ticket or check 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 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 provide the received e-tickets and the originals of the remaining boarding passes to the appropriate website 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 still open a new account in 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 bank card received) for every 60 rubles withdrawn from the card and awards 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 in S7 Priority 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 your membership number in the S7 Priority program for the corresponding accrual of miles.
Miles will be transferred to the account of the S7 affiliate program member 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 through special special promotions that appear from time to time on the airline's own website. In particular, 1,500 miles are credited upon purchasing YotaPhone 2.
Renting a car is also a way to savemiles. 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 somewhat difficult, way is to create reviews on TripAdvisor. These listed and other mileage earning levels can be viewed 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 air tickets S7. 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. The "cost" in miles of a ticket of the 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 at a great distance. Atminimum expenses, you can fly to the Far East or other places.
- How do I pay with S7 miles when traveling with other OneWorld airlines? 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 a state for treatment.
Register
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 from the right financial institution;
- mark this fact on the company website.
Then the client needs to fly a lot and collect a lot 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 neededthe number of bonuses has been collected, you can proceed to purchase a ticket.
Purchase Online
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 normal 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 an employee of the company about your desire to buy a ticket using the available 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 purchasing the ticket. How to find out how many miles S7? A specialist can suggest this as well.
