You automatically become a PhoenixMiles Elite Member if your Status Mileage or Status Flight Segment reaches the required level within 12 months (in any time span).

Becoming an Elite Member for the first time

●As soon as you have accrued 40,000 kilometers or 30 flight segments, you will be automatically upgraded to Silver.

●As soon as you have accrued 80,000 kilometers or 50 flight segments, you will be automatically upgraded to Gold.

●As soon as you have accrued 160,000 kilometers or 90 flight segments, you will be automatically upgraded to Platinum.

Maintaining your Elite Member status

●As a Silver Member, you have accrued 35,000 kilometers or 27 flight segments.

●As a Gold Member, you have accrued 70,000 kilometers or 45 flight segments.

●As a Platinum Member, you have accrued 145,000 kilometers or 80 flight segments.

●A Platinum Member who has flown 1 million kilometers on a cumulative basis on Air China-operated and CA-coded flights since joining Air China PhoenixMiles Program is a lifetime Platinum Member entitled to relevant benefits.

The above rules are tabulated below (The rules apply only when you accrue your mileage or flight segments for 12 months running).

Matching with Star Alliance

From the day Air China is admitted to the Star Alliance, an Air China PhoenixMiles Elite Member automatically becomes a Star Alliance Elite Member. Specifically, Air China Silver equates to Star Alliance, and Air China Gold and Platinum equates to Star Alliance Gold. Every time you fly with any of the Star Alliance member carriers, the mileage or flight segments you accrue count towards your Elite Member status.