Korea Fair Trade Commission Approves Korean Air and Asiana Airlines Mileage Integration Plan

en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Korea Fair Trade Commission has officially approved the mileage integration plan between Korean Air and Asiana Airlines. Korean Air recently announced this news, stating that the plan was formulated around maximizing consumer rights protection, aiming to provide passengers with more convenient mileage usage methods and more mileage usage opportunities.

Since the plan was submitted on June 12, 2025, it has undergone approximately 15 months of evaluation. According to the plan, after Asiana Airlines is officially merged into Korean Air, newly accrued mileage by passengers will be uniformly credited to their Korean Air SKYPASS accounts; existing Asiana Airlines mileage transferred to Korean Air will be retained and independently managed for 10 years.

Passengers can choose, based on their own needs, to continue retaining and using Asiana Airlines mileage, or to convert it all at once to Korean Air SKYPASS mileage. Passengers holding Asiana Airlines mileage can redeem award tickets or process upgrades according to the current Asiana Airlines mileage redemption standards.

Asiana Airlines' existing elite membership tiers will be automatically matched to the corresponding Korean Air elite membership tiers, and the validity period of membership qualifications will remain unchanged. In addition to its existing three membership tiers—"Million Miler," "Morning Calm Premium," and "Morning Calm"—Korean Air has newly established the "Morning Calm Select" tier, which enjoys SkyTeam Elite Plus membership benefits.

The mileage conversion ratios between the two companies are set separately according to the mileage accrual method. For flight-accrued mileage, because the accrual standards of the two companies are relatively similar, the conversion ratio is determined to be 1:1; for mileage accrued through partnerships, taking comprehensive account of the actual costs invested by passengers, the conversion ratio is determined to be 1:0.82.

After in-depth consultations with the Korea Fair Trade Commission, Korean Air has further optimized the supply of mileage redemption seats. The supply of mileage redemption seats after integration will be higher than the actual redemption volume of the two companies before integration, among which the supply of mileage redemption seats on major long-haul routes such as the Americas, Europe, and Oceania will exceed the highest redemption volume over the past 10 years.

After integration, mileage usage will be maintained at more than 120% of the sum of the total annual mileage usage of Korean Air and Asiana Airlines members before integration, that is, an increase of more than 20%, in order to further improve the mileage usage rate and maintain a stable level of usage.

Passengers can also use Asiana Airlines mileage to purchase Korean Air tickets. In addition to Asiana Airlines' existing operated routes and routes operated by both companies, the scope of mileage redemption will also cover routes operated exclusively by Korean Air, further enriching passengers' flight options.

Korean Air launched the "Mileage Integration Information Website" on September 15, providing detailed introductions to Korean Air's mileage-related policies and service information after integration. Korean Air stated that, in accordance with the mileage integration plan already submitted to the Korea Fair Trade Commission, it will continue to optimize mileage usage-related services and provide passengers with more convenient and diverse mileage usage options.