Asiana Airlines Asiana Club Award Booking Instructions

Editor’s Note: Korean Air completed its acquisition of Asiana Airlines and plans to phase out the Asiana brand and eventually merge Asiana Club into Korean Air’s SkyPass program by the end of 2026. The following information may change as that phase-out begins. 

Many U.S.-based travelers may not be familiar with Asiana Airlines. However, the South Korean airline operates several routes to U.S. cities and is a member of Star Alliance. Asiana Airlines also operates its own frequent flyer program, known as Asiana Club, which is worth familiarizing yourself with even if you don’t ever plan on visiting South Korea.

Since Asiana Airlines is a member of Star Alliance, you can earn Asiana miles by flying on any Star Alliance member airline, including Air Canada, United Airlines and many more. You can also earn Asiana miles by booking hotel stays, renting cars, shopping online through Asiana Mileage Mall and more. Once you earn enough miles, you can redeem them for award flights through the Asiana Club program. And, because the Asiana Club program prices all award flights according to fixed award charts, you can often get great value per mile through this program.

In this article, we’re going to give you a step-by-step guide on how to redeem miles for award flights through the Asiana Club program. We’ll also briefly discuss how to enroll in the program and how to quickly earn miles.

Joining Asiana Club

Before you can earn or redeem Asiana miles, you’ll have to be a member of the Asiana Club program. To sign up, visit the Asian Airlines website and click the “Log in” button near the top of the homepage.

On the next page, click the “Sign-Up” button to create a new account.

After that, you’ll need to select the global region you live in. Unless you live in South Korea, you’ll click the red “Select” button in the “Country/region overseas” box. Then, a new box will appear where you can select whether you live in the European Union or not. If you do not live in the European Union, select the “Others” button on the right.

After that, you’ll need to review the program’s terms and conditions and click the “Agree” button at the bottom of the page.

On the next page, you’ll need to enter some personal information, including your name, gender, date of birth and email address. You’ll then need to go to your email and open the verification email from Asiana Airlines.

How to Earn Asiana Club Miles

As a member of the Asiana Club frequent flyer program, you’re eligible to earn Asiana miles. The minimum price of an award flight through the Asiana Club program is 5,000 miles, which is enough for a one-way domestic flight (within South Korea) in Asiana Airlines economy class. So, before you can book an award flight through Asiana Club, you’ll need to have at least 5,000 miles in your account balance (and probably more).

There are many ways to earn miles through the Asiana Club program. However, some earning methods are far more effective than others. In the following sections, we’ll briefly examine a few of the most effective ways to earn miles in the Asiana Club program.

Flying with Asiana Airlines

Since U.S.-based travelers can’t earn Asiana miles by spending on co-branded credit cards or by transferring credit card points, the best way to earn miles with the Asiana Club program is to take paid flights on Asiana Airlines or one of its airline partners.

When flying with Asiana Airlines, you’ll earn miles based on the actual distance of your flight as well as your fare class and your membership status with the Asiana Club program. To calculate the number of miles you’ll earn on a specific paid Asiana Airlines flight, multiply the distance of your flight (in miles) by the percentage associated with its fare class using the following table:

For instance, if you were to take a 600-mile Asiana Airlines international flight in business class (fare class C), you would earn 750 miles (600 miles flown x 125% = 750 Asiana miles).

Asiana club members with Elite status earn bonus miles on all paid Asiana Airlines-operated flights. Gold members earn 5% bonus miles, Diamond members earn 10% bonus miles, Diamond Plus members earn 15% bonus miles and Platinum members earn 20% bonus miles.

So, if you were to take the flight from the example above and you had Diamond status, you’d earn an additional 10% bonus miles, which would add up to 75 bonus miles (or 825 miles total for that flight.).

Flying with Partner Airlines

In addition to earning miles for flights on Asiana airlines, you can also earn Asiana miles on flights with certain partner airlines. In order to do so, you’ll need to select Asiana Club as your frequent flyer program of choice and enter your membership number, either when booking your flight or when checking in.

Since Asiana Airlines is a member of Star Alliance, you can earn Asiana miles on any paid flight with a Star Alliance member airline. Here’s the current roster of Star Alliance airlines:

• Aegean Airlines
• Air Canada
• Air China
• Air India
• Air New Zealand
• All Nippon Airways (ANA)
• Asiana Airlines
• Austrian Airlines
• Avianca
• Brussels Airlines
• Copa Airlines
• Croatia Airlines
• EgyptAir
• Ethiopian Airlines
• EVA Air
• LOT Polish Airlines
• Lufthansa
• Shenzhen Airlines
• Singapore Airlines
• South African Airlines
• Swiss International Air Lines
• TAP Air Portugal
• Thai Airways
• Turkish Airlines
• United Airlines

Asiana Club members can earn miles with several non-Star Alliance partner airlines as well, including the following:

• Air Astana
• Air Busan
• Air Macau
• Air Seoul
• China Southern Airlines
• Etihad Airways
• HongKong Airlines
• Myanmar Airways
• Qatar Airways
• Shandong Airlines

To find out how many miles you could earn on flights with any of the airlines listed above (both Star Alliance and non-Star Alliance), visit the Star Alliance/Partner Airlines page of the Asiana Airlines website and click on the partner airline you plan on flying with.

Once you click on the airline you’ll be flying with, you’ll be able to view the earning table for that airline. These earning tables work the same way as the earning table for Asiana Airlines-operated flights. To calculate the miles you’ll learn, you simply need to multiply the distance of your flight (in miles) by the percentage associated with your fare class.

Other Ways to Earn

In addition to taking paid flights on Asiana Airlines and its airline partners, there are several other ways to earn miles through the Asiana Club program, including transferring points from hotel rewards programs, spending on co-branded credit cards (only available in South Korea and Japan), booking hotel stays with certain hotel chains and booking engines, renting cars, shopping online and more.

Unfortunately, none of these other earning methods are particularly effective. Nonetheless, if you use the Asiana Club program often, then it may be worth looking into these other earning methods so you can pick up some extra miles here and there.

How to Book Award Flights Through Asiana Airlines Asiana Club

Once you’ve saved up enough Asiana miles in your account balance, you’re ready to redeem those miles for award flights. It’s worth noting that there are other ways to redeem miles through the Asiana Club program. However, these other redemption methods tend to provide less value per point and redeeming for award flights.

One major drawback of the Asiana Club program is that only award flights operated by Asiana Airlines can be booked online. If you want to book an award flight operated by a Star Alliance airline or one of Asiana’s other airline partners, you’ll need to do so over the phone by calling the Asiana Club Reservation Center (which is open 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Korean Standard Time).

So, if you wish to book a partner award flight through the Asiana Club program, we recommend searching for award availability through another program. If you’re looking for an award flight on a Star Alliance airline, we recommend searching through the United MileagePlus website, which is very user-friendly.

Or, if you’re flying with one of Asiana’s non-Star Alliance partners, you can search for award availability through one of that airline’s other partner programs. For example, if you wanted to find award availability on Qatar Airways, you might search through the British Airways Executive Club program (because British Airways is a partner of Qatar Airways).

However, if you want to book award flights operated by Asiana Airlines, you can both search for award availability and complete bookings through the Asiana Airlines website. Start by visiting the Asiana Airlines website and logging into your Asiana Club account by clicking the “Log in” button in the top-right corner of the homepage.

Once you’ve signed in, you can return to the homepage and scroll down until you see the flight booking tool box. On the left-hand side of this tool box, there’s a toggle button labeled “Using Mileage.” To book an award flight, you’ll want to click this toggle button to “On.”

From there, the process of booking an Asiana Airlines-operated award flight is very similar to booking with cash. Enter the type of flight you want to book (round-trip or one-way), your departure airport, your arrival airport, your travel dates, your desired cabin class and the number of travelers.

It’s worth noting that you can also select the “Via Incheon” option for your flight type. As part of its K-Stopover, the Asiana Club program allows you to add a free stopover in Seoul Incheon Airport and enjoy special perks and discounts, including discounts on transportation between Incheon Airport and downtown Seoul, complimentary airport lounge access, a free transit tour in Seoul and the nearby areas of Incheon and more. This is a great way to experience the city of Seoul while en route to your final destination.

Once you’ve correctly entered all of your flight information, you can click the “Search” button. A chart will appear showing refund fees, no-show fees and reissue fees for all types of award flights available through the Asiana Club program. We recommend reading through these fees and considering your level of certainty about your travel dates. If you want to continue the process of booking an award flight, click the “Make Reservation” button below this chart.

Next, you’ll be redirected to a list of flight results that match your search query. You’ll also see a calendar view that displays award availability by cabin class for a wide range of dates. If you’re willing to adjust your travel dates, this calendar view could be very helpful.

Next to each flight listing, you’ll see important information about that flight, including departure and arrival times, flight duration, flight number, aircraft type and required mileage. You can also filter the results to exclude sold-out flights (which we recommend).

Once you find a flight that suits your needs, you can add that flight to your itinerary by clicking the bubble beneath the cabin class you want to book. Repeat this process for your return flight if you’re flying round-trip.

After you’ve selected all the flights for your itinerary, you’ll be able to see the total mileage required and total taxes and fees at the bottom of the page. If you want to proceed with booking your award flight itinerary, click the “Next” button at the bottom-right corner of the page.

Next, you’ll need to enter some personal information about any travelers on your itinerary, including name, date of birth, country of residence, home address, phone number, email address, preferred frequent flyer program and more.

On the same page, you can select your seat or purchase preferred seating for an additional fee as well as purchase baggage allowance. Pre-purchasing baggage allowance at this stage is cheaper than paying for extra baggage at the airport.

Finally, you’ll need to enter a payment method to cover any applicable taxes and fees for your award itinerary. Once you do that, you can confirm your award flight booking, and you should receive a confirmation number that you’ll need to check in for your flight. You should also receive a confirmation email containing this number. We recommend writing this number down somewhere you won’t lose it.

As mentioned above, there are cancellation fees, no-show fees and reissue fees for award flights booked through Asiana Club. The following table includes those fees:

As you can see, these fees can be costly, especially for international flights. So, make sure that you’ll actually be able to take your flight before you book an award through the Asiana Club program.

The Bottom Line

While the Asiana Club program offers favorable award rates for Asiana Airlines-operated flights as well as partner-operated flights, this is a frequent flyer program that has little relevance to most U.S.-based travelers. For one, U.S. citizens can’t earn Asiana miles by transferring points from major credit card rewards programs (such as Chase Ultimate Rewards and Citi ThankYou Rewards) or by spending on co-branded credit cards.

This means that the most effective way to earn Asiana miles will be to credit Star Alliance flights to the Asiana Club program. However, most U.S. travelers are better off crediting those flights to another Star Alliance program, such as Air Canada Aeroplan or United Airlines MileagePlus.

And the fact that the Asiana Club program doesn’t allow you to book Star Alliance or other partner award flights online is a major drawback. This makes finding award availability and booking award flights on partner airlines very difficult and time-consuming. In most cases, we’d recommend using a different program to book Star Alliance awards.

Nonetheless, if you tend to fly on Asiana Airlines often, then using the Asiana Club program might be a good move. And, if you ever need help redeeming your Asiana miles for award flights, you can refer to the instructions in this article.