Originally Posted by
darcie_InsideFlyer
We are going to review Asiana Airlines Asiana Club in the September issue of InsideFlyer magazine and would like your input.
If you would like to participate, please post your response in the thread with the pros and cons of membership in Fiesta Americana Fiesta Rewards and grade the program from A to F (A being the highest grade). You can include a plus or minus with the rating.
You can also respond directly to me at
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Thank you!
I don't know much about Fiesta Americana Fiesta Rewards but here are my $0.02 in regards to Asiana Club.
Awards, Earn/Burn Ratio- Asiana Club has quite a bad earn/burn ratio. Earning is pretty much in line with most other programs but lacks minimum miles guarantees for many *A carriers. However, you need significantly more miles for awards than with many other programs.
- There are blackout dates for awards.
Qualification Requirement- One of the easiest programs to achieves status. You only need to accrue 40,000 status miles in 2 years in order to get *G status.
Lounge Access- *G status (OZ Platinum, Diamond and Diamond+) will give you full lounge access even on US domestic routes.
- OZ Diamond+ and OZ Platinum will give you access also to First Class lounges which normal *G passengers can't access when not flying first class.
Status validity- Status is valid between 2-4 years depending on how quickly you qualify.
Partnerships- Outside *A, OZ only has a partnerhsip with Qatar Airways.
- There are only limited other partnerships for non airline partners if you live outside Korea.
Other- While the earn/burn ratio for awards is not good, OZ is very strong if you want to build itineraries with lots of stops. JFK-FRA-ZRH-CDG-FRA-JFK for example can easily be done on OZ.
- In addition OZ is the only *G program which gives you lifetime *G status based on flights taken on any *A carrier. So you don't need to every fly OZ but still get lifetime status.
- There is also a decent US credit card program which earn miles for OZ.
- Communication with OZ can be difficult as staff is not always fluent in English. The website doesn't offer much functionality also so you have to call for lots of transactions.
- Miles are only valid for 5 or 7 years depending on your status and nothing can stop those miles from expiring.