1.The upgrade criteria and assessment period for tiers of Silver, Gold and Platinum

Level	Silver Card	Gold Card	Platinum Card
Upgrade assessment cycle	The previous 12 consecutive months, including the month when assessment starts.
General Upgrade Standards	40,000 qualifying mileage/ 25 qualifying segments	80,000 qualifying mileage/ 40 qualifying segments	160,000 qualifying mileage/ 90 qualifying segments
Validity term after upgrade	From the month of the upgrade to the end of the 24th month thereafter.

2.The upgrade criteria and assessment period for tiers of Lifetime Platinum and Annual Premium Lifetime Platinum

Level	Lifetime Platinum Card	Annual Premium Lifetime Platinum Card②
Upgrade Standards	1 million Lifetime Platinum mileage③/ 2 million Lifetime Platinum mileage④	Annual 300,000 Lifetime Platinum mileage
Upgrade assessment cycle①	From the date when the membership takes effect	From January 1 to December 31 of the previous year
Validity term after upgrade	Lifetime	From the date when the Annual Premium Lifetime Platinum Card takes effect to December 31 of the same year.

① During assessment, only the existing flight record in your account is checked, and the flight dates must be within the assessment cycle.

② Assessment takes place on January 1 every year, and you must be a Lifetime Platinum Card member before the date of assessment.

③ Since the date each carrier joined PhoenixMiles, members take flights operated by each of Air China Family carriers with its own code. Or, taking Tibet Airlines with TV code during the days from January 8th, 2013 to August 31st, 2019. (Shenzhen Airlines and Shandong Airlines joined PhoenixMiles on January 8, 2013. Air Macau joined PhoenixMiles on January 1, 2015.)

④ Since the date each carrier joined PhoenixMiles, members take flights operated by each of Air China Family carriers with any carrier’s code. Taking Tibet Airlines with CA, ZH, SC, NX and TV codes during the days from January 8th, 2013 to August 31st, 2019. Or, taking Air China, Shenzhen Airlines, Shandong Airlines and Air Macau with TV code to accumulate mileages. (Shenzhen Airlines and Shandong Airlines joined PhoenixMiles on January 8, 2013. Air Macau joined PhoenixMiles on January 1, 2015.)

3.Special upgrade thresholds

The Special Upgrade Standards take effect from April 1, 2014. If you are qualified for the same membership level for four full years in a row, and meet 70% of the upgrade2 threshold from January to December in the fifth year, you are eligible for a membership upgrade in March of the sixth year.

Example: A member who retains the Silver status from January 2016 to December 2020 and accrues 70% of the mileage or segments required for a Gold upgrade from January to December 2020 will be upgraded to Gold member in March 2021.

1.The retain criteria and assessment period for tiers of Silver, Gold and Platinum

Level	Silver Card	Gold Card	Platinum Card
Renewal Standards	35,000 qualifying mileage/ 23 qualifying segments	70,000 qualifying mileage/ 36 qualifying segments	145,000 qualifying mileage/ 80 qualifying segments
Renewal assessment cycle①	12 consecutive months from the month prior to the one when the existing membership expires.
Validity term after renewal②	From the month following the one when the existing membership expires to the end of the 12th month thereafter.

① During assessment, only the existing flight record in your account is checked, and the flight dates must be within the assessment cycle.

② If Elite Membership still remains after downgrade, its validity period is the same as that of Elite Membership after renewal.

2.The retain criteria and assessment period for tiers of Lifetime Platinum

It will be no longer expired once members reach to the Lifetime Platinum tier.

PhoenixMiles status	Corresponding Star Alliance status
PhoenixMiles Annual Premium Lifetime Platinum Card	Star Alliance Gold
PhoenixMiles Lifetime Platinum	Star Alliance Gold
PhoenixMiles Platinum	Star Alliance Gold
PhoenixMiles Gold	Star Alliance Gold
PhoenixMiles Silver	Star Alliance Silver