Oct 20, 2014, 8:06 am
Last edit by: Snacky
This is the WIKI for the Aegean Airlines (A3) / Olympic Air (OA) Miles+Bonus frequent flier program. Please read all about it on their homepage: http://en.aegeanair.com/milesandbonus/
Please note that A3 is a Star Alliance (*A) member airline, OA is not.
If you have questions not answered in this WIKI or you can't find an answer on the A3 Miles+Bonus website, ask in the thread below.
Tiers (clicking on them takes you directly to the respective tier's Miles+Bonus benefits webpage)
BLUE
SILVER
GOLD
Miles
Miles are classified into two categories, tier miles and award miles.
Tier Miles determine the tier of the program to which the member belongs. These are miles that each member collects from qualifying flights with A3, OA and *A airlines in order to move through the membership levels to Silver and Gold, and then to retain those levels. They expire at the end of each membership year - any 'excess' miles beyond the Tier qualification do not carry forward into the following year.
Award Miles are miles that every member collects in order to redeem for redemption flights or other products and services. Award miles are accumulated from flights with A3, OA, *A member airlines and products and services of the program partners and do not expire provided the account remains active by crediting flights.
Tier advancement
Tier advancement is constantly evaluated and measured along a rolling 12 month period. This means your account will be upgraded as soon as you hit the requirements at any time, counting backwards within the last 12 months. A few days after a new tier threshold has been reached, there will be a "Card upgrade" transaction in your transactions overview.
SILVER
The BLUE member that accumulates 12K tier miles, including at least 2 flights with A3/OA, or a total of 24K tier miles regardless of *A airline, within 12 consecutive months, will be upgraded to the SILVER tier.
Upon the upgrade to the SILVER tier, the required 12K tier miles+2xA3/OA flights or 24K tier miles will be consumed instantly and the year start/end date will be reset. Any tier miles beyond the threshold will remain in your account for 12 months, and will therefore count towards any subsequent upgrade to Gold. All segments flown in qualifying for Silver will be reset to zero, so a further 4 segments will be required to qualify for Gold under the combined segment/miles option.
NOTE: In a scenario where you accumulate the required A3/OA flights some time after you already have accumulated more tier miles than what's required in the combined tier miles plus flights threshold (12K), but have not yet accumulated enough tier miles to reach the tier miles only threshold (24K), you will be instantly upgraded to the SILVER tier and your year start/end date for your subsequent GOLD upgrade will reset, but also be set to less than 1 year ahead in time (in effect the date of the first possible opportunity to reach the upgrade threshold for the GOLD tier), the date depending on when the last consumed tier miles for the SILVER upgrade were originally accumulated. A lesser amount of tier miles, equal to the difference between the remaining leftover tier miles and the qualification thresholds, will then be required for upgrade to the GOLD tier. BUT, be aware that tier miles expire after 12 months, and therefore expiration of older tier miles will continue all through your new membership year, meaning that in this scenario the "until"-date and qualification thresholds will change as time passes and more tier miles expire. Therefore, you'd be wise to check your account statement continuously and your transactions records rather accurately, to follow on which dates you previously accumulated your tier miles, AND when they expire, to plan your subsequent upgrade to the GOLD tier in the most effective way.
GOLD
The SILVER member that accumulates 24K tier miles, including at least 4 flights with A3/OA, or a total of 48K tier miles regardless of *A airline, within 12 consecutive months from the last tier upgrade/retention, will be upgraded to the GOLD tier.
Tier retention
Tier retention is only evaluated at the end of each membership year (on the "until"-date in your account statement).
SILVER
The SILVER member that accumulates 8K tier miles including 2 flights with A3/OA or a total of 16K tier miles regardless of *A airline, within a period of 12 consecutive months from the last tier upgrade/retention, his/her status will be automatically extended for 1 year. If the member does not manage to accumulate the above within the determined time, then he/she will be downgraded to the BLUE tier.
GOLD
The GOLD member that accumulates 12K tier miles including 4 flights with A3/OA or a total of 24K tier miles regardless of *A airline, within a period of 12 consecutive months from the last tier upgrade/retention, his/her status will be automatically extended for 1 year. If the member does not manage to accumulate the above within the determined time, then he/she will be downgraded to the SILVER tier.
On reaching the retention criteria, the member's year-end date will not change, and the member's retained status will extend for 1 year from the year-end date (e.g. if the year-end date was 24th November 2015, the member's status will extend to 24th November 2016). The extension will however not be shown in your online statement until your status has been renewed (at the year-end date or immediately after). Also note that for retentions, any leftover tier miles exceeding the retention thresholds will be expired by the next time retention is evaluated, so thereby there are effectively no rollover tier miles helping you retain your status more easily.
Qualifying flights
For the purposes of accumulating either two (for SILVER) or four (for GOLD) A3/OA flights, the metal travelled on counts. So if A3 marketed, but another *A airline (or non-*A partner airline) operated the flight(s), they do not count. If another *A airline (or non-*A partner airline) marketed, but A3/OA operated the flight(s), they should count (might be subject to the online retro-claim procedure). Also note that there are some non-earning fare buckets on OA flights; these are not believed to count (if this happens to be the case, someone is bound to learn this the hard way; we'd very much like to hear your reports).
Tier and Award miles purchase (new)
SILVER and GOLD members may top up their accounts by purchasing additional tier miles in order to upgrade to the next tier or to retain their current tier. The maximum amount of tier miles that can be bought, are 1000 for SILVER members and 2000 for GOLD members (in increments of 500) priced at 10 eurocents/mile (€50 per 500 tier miles).
Award miles are also available for purchase, even for BLUE members. The maximum amount of award miles that can be bought is 50000 (in increments of 1000), priced at 2.5 eurocents/mile (€25 per 1000 award miles).
NOTE:All miles purchases are credited to your account immediately and are non-refundable.
Together Account (new)
SILVER and GOLD members may activate a together account and add up to 5 members (family, friends etc.), regardless of their tier. All the award miles earned by each member will then be automatically transferred to the together account, letting the head member of the together account make full use of the collective award miles balance for redemptions. There is also a setting in "Manage my together account" where you can allow or disallow members to see the transactions in the together account and to redeem miles on their own. Please note that all the members of the together account will still continue to receive their tier miles to their own personal accounts, in order to be eligible for status tier upgrade or retention.
Happy Miles (new)
Happy Miles is a unique service that allows you to spend up to 30% fewer miles on specific flights throughout the Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air network. Simply login to Miles+Bonus, select “Request award ticket” from the navigation list of your account menu and pick a happy mile flight. Keep checking in to find out about new destinations to come as happy miles flights are updated every three months.
Please note that A3 is a Star Alliance (*A) member airline, OA is not.
If you have questions not answered in this WIKI or you can't find an answer on the A3 Miles+Bonus website, ask in the thread below.
Tiers (clicking on them takes you directly to the respective tier's Miles+Bonus benefits webpage)
BLUE
SILVER
GOLD
Miles
Miles are classified into two categories, tier miles and award miles.
Tier Miles determine the tier of the program to which the member belongs. These are miles that each member collects from qualifying flights with A3, OA and *A airlines in order to move through the membership levels to Silver and Gold, and then to retain those levels. They expire at the end of each membership year - any 'excess' miles beyond the Tier qualification do not carry forward into the following year.
Award Miles are miles that every member collects in order to redeem for redemption flights or other products and services. Award miles are accumulated from flights with A3, OA, *A member airlines and products and services of the program partners and do not expire provided the account remains active by crediting flights.
Tier advancement
Tier advancement is constantly evaluated and measured along a rolling 12 month period. This means your account will be upgraded as soon as you hit the requirements at any time, counting backwards within the last 12 months. A few days after a new tier threshold has been reached, there will be a "Card upgrade" transaction in your transactions overview.
SILVER
The BLUE member that accumulates 12K tier miles, including at least 2 flights with A3/OA, or a total of 24K tier miles regardless of *A airline, within 12 consecutive months, will be upgraded to the SILVER tier.
Upon the upgrade to the SILVER tier, the required 12K tier miles+2xA3/OA flights or 24K tier miles will be consumed instantly and the year start/end date will be reset. Any tier miles beyond the threshold will remain in your account for 12 months, and will therefore count towards any subsequent upgrade to Gold. All segments flown in qualifying for Silver will be reset to zero, so a further 4 segments will be required to qualify for Gold under the combined segment/miles option.
NOTE: In a scenario where you accumulate the required A3/OA flights some time after you already have accumulated more tier miles than what's required in the combined tier miles plus flights threshold (12K), but have not yet accumulated enough tier miles to reach the tier miles only threshold (24K), you will be instantly upgraded to the SILVER tier and your year start/end date for your subsequent GOLD upgrade will reset, but also be set to less than 1 year ahead in time (in effect the date of the first possible opportunity to reach the upgrade threshold for the GOLD tier), the date depending on when the last consumed tier miles for the SILVER upgrade were originally accumulated. A lesser amount of tier miles, equal to the difference between the remaining leftover tier miles and the qualification thresholds, will then be required for upgrade to the GOLD tier. BUT, be aware that tier miles expire after 12 months, and therefore expiration of older tier miles will continue all through your new membership year, meaning that in this scenario the "until"-date and qualification thresholds will change as time passes and more tier miles expire. Therefore, you'd be wise to check your account statement continuously and your transactions records rather accurately, to follow on which dates you previously accumulated your tier miles, AND when they expire, to plan your subsequent upgrade to the GOLD tier in the most effective way.
GOLD
The SILVER member that accumulates 24K tier miles, including at least 4 flights with A3/OA, or a total of 48K tier miles regardless of *A airline, within 12 consecutive months from the last tier upgrade/retention, will be upgraded to the GOLD tier.
Tier retention
Tier retention is only evaluated at the end of each membership year (on the "until"-date in your account statement).
SILVER
The SILVER member that accumulates 8K tier miles including 2 flights with A3/OA or a total of 16K tier miles regardless of *A airline, within a period of 12 consecutive months from the last tier upgrade/retention, his/her status will be automatically extended for 1 year. If the member does not manage to accumulate the above within the determined time, then he/she will be downgraded to the BLUE tier.
GOLD
The GOLD member that accumulates 12K tier miles including 4 flights with A3/OA or a total of 24K tier miles regardless of *A airline, within a period of 12 consecutive months from the last tier upgrade/retention, his/her status will be automatically extended for 1 year. If the member does not manage to accumulate the above within the determined time, then he/she will be downgraded to the SILVER tier.
On reaching the retention criteria, the member's year-end date will not change, and the member's retained status will extend for 1 year from the year-end date (e.g. if the year-end date was 24th November 2015, the member's status will extend to 24th November 2016). The extension will however not be shown in your online statement until your status has been renewed (at the year-end date or immediately after). Also note that for retentions, any leftover tier miles exceeding the retention thresholds will be expired by the next time retention is evaluated, so thereby there are effectively no rollover tier miles helping you retain your status more easily.
Qualifying flights
For the purposes of accumulating either two (for SILVER) or four (for GOLD) A3/OA flights, the metal travelled on counts. So if A3 marketed, but another *A airline (or non-*A partner airline) operated the flight(s), they do not count. If another *A airline (or non-*A partner airline) marketed, but A3/OA operated the flight(s), they should count (might be subject to the online retro-claim procedure). Also note that there are some non-earning fare buckets on OA flights; these are not believed to count (if this happens to be the case, someone is bound to learn this the hard way; we'd very much like to hear your reports).
Tier and Award miles purchase (new)
SILVER and GOLD members may top up their accounts by purchasing additional tier miles in order to upgrade to the next tier or to retain their current tier. The maximum amount of tier miles that can be bought, are 1000 for SILVER members and 2000 for GOLD members (in increments of 500) priced at 10 eurocents/mile (€50 per 500 tier miles).
Award miles are also available for purchase, even for BLUE members. The maximum amount of award miles that can be bought is 50000 (in increments of 1000), priced at 2.5 eurocents/mile (€25 per 1000 award miles).
NOTE:All miles purchases are credited to your account immediately and are non-refundable.
Together Account (new)
SILVER and GOLD members may activate a together account and add up to 5 members (family, friends etc.), regardless of their tier. All the award miles earned by each member will then be automatically transferred to the together account, letting the head member of the together account make full use of the collective award miles balance for redemptions. There is also a setting in "Manage my together account" where you can allow or disallow members to see the transactions in the together account and to redeem miles on their own. Please note that all the members of the together account will still continue to receive their tier miles to their own personal accounts, in order to be eligible for status tier upgrade or retention.
Happy Miles (new)
Happy Miles is a unique service that allows you to spend up to 30% fewer miles on specific flights throughout the Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air network. Simply login to Miles+Bonus, select “Request award ticket” from the navigation list of your account menu and pick a happy mile flight. Keep checking in to find out about new destinations to come as happy miles flights are updated every three months.
New Program Details for M&B
Aug 5, 2016, 7:35 am
#1096
Moderator: Aegean Miles+Bonus
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: AMS / ATH
Programs: AFKL Plat, A3 Gold
Posts: 7,342
Wow, that is extraordinary! Great for mileage running at 100% earnings. I would suspect some kind of error in their booking system to be the fault for this to be possible, but if one needs a whole lot of miles - why not 
Aug 5, 2016, 12:30 pm
#1097
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: OTP
Programs: AF/KL platinum, Turkish gold, QR gold
Posts: 1,572
Originally Posted by Xandrios
Wow, that is extraordinary! Great for mileage running at 100% earnings. I would suspect some kind of error in their booking system to be the fault for this to be possible, but if one needs a whole lot of miles - why not
(BA for one)
Aug 6, 2016, 1:23 am
#1098
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: PAS, Paros Greece
Programs: A3 *G
Posts: 1,375
I never booked Air China, but you should take a look at their own website - sometimes it's cheaper than all the OTA's AND they do have an option to up-book into higher fare buckets too. It actually seems to work quite well, although, as I said, I've never actually bought a ticket there.
Aug 10, 2016, 2:10 am
#1102
Community Director
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norwich, UK
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold, BD Gold (in memoriam), IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 8,479
So long as your account is active, they do not expire. That means flying on A3/OA/*A in a revenue earning fare, and crediting to M+B, within the relevant period depending on your membership tier.
The credit card use alone will not prevent account closure, unlike some other schemes such as Miles&More.
The credit card use alone will not prevent account closure, unlike some other schemes such as Miles&More.
Aug 10, 2016, 7:30 pm
#1103
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: YXY
Posts: 3,506
So long as your account is active, they do not expire. That means flying on A3/OA/*A in a revenue earning fare, and crediting to M+B, within the relevant period depending on your membership tier.
The credit card use alone will not prevent account closure, unlike some other schemes such as Miles&More.
The credit card use alone will not prevent account closure, unlike some other schemes such as Miles&More.
Aug 10, 2016, 8:33 pm
#1104
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: YYZ, HKG, MFM
Programs: AC35K, AS MVP, WS Gold, ITA EP, Marriott Plat, Hyatt-Explorist, IHG Diamond
Posts: 2,019
Last time when I spoke to the agent, she told me that you will need to credit your mile once every 36 months in order to have an active account. But the miles do not expire.
Last edited by Jma12; Aug 10, 2016 at 9:30 pm
Aug 16, 2016, 1:18 pm
#1105
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 244
Thanks for all your help so far.
I have the following scenario:
-I am BLUE member
-I reach 12000 Miles + 2 Aegean segments in January 2017, I am upgraded to SILVER
-I reach addtional 24000 Miles + 4 Aegean segments in April 2017, I am upgraded to GOLD
-I understand my GOLD benefit will be until April 2018
-I reach additional 12000 Miles + 4 Aegen segments in June 2017, how long will my GOLD status be extended?
If it's until April 2019 that would be lovely. If it's only one year from the date I reach the requalification threshold, it would be a better choice to earn as much miles as possible (but less than 24000) on other carriers than Aegean, and then fly the 4 Aegean segments shortly before the inital Gold status expires, right?
I have the following scenario:
-I am BLUE member
-I reach 12000 Miles + 2 Aegean segments in January 2017, I am upgraded to SILVER
-I reach addtional 24000 Miles + 4 Aegean segments in April 2017, I am upgraded to GOLD
-I understand my GOLD benefit will be until April 2018
-I reach additional 12000 Miles + 4 Aegen segments in June 2017, how long will my GOLD status be extended?
If it's until April 2019 that would be lovely. If it's only one year from the date I reach the requalification threshold, it would be a better choice to earn as much miles as possible (but less than 24000) on other carriers than Aegean, and then fly the 4 Aegean segments shortly before the inital Gold status expires, right?
Aug 16, 2016, 1:47 pm
#1106
Moderator: Aegean Miles+Bonus
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: AMS / ATH
Programs: AFKL Plat, A3 Gold
Posts: 7,342
Thanks for all your help so far.
I have the following scenario:
-I am BLUE member
-I reach 12000 Miles + 2 Aegean segments in January 2017, I am upgraded to SILVER
-I reach addtional 24000 Miles + 4 Aegean segments in April 2017, I am upgraded to GOLD
-I understand my GOLD benefit will be until April 2018
-I reach additional 12000 Miles + 4 Aegen segments in June 2017, how long will my GOLD status be extended?
If it's until April 2019 that would be lovely. If it's only one year from the date I reach the requalification threshold, it would be a better choice to earn as much miles as possible (but less than 24000) on other carriers than Aegean, and then fly the 4 Aegean segments shortly before the inital Gold status expires, right?
I have the following scenario:
-I am BLUE member
-I reach 12000 Miles + 2 Aegean segments in January 2017, I am upgraded to SILVER
-I reach addtional 24000 Miles + 4 Aegean segments in April 2017, I am upgraded to GOLD
-I understand my GOLD benefit will be until April 2018
-I reach additional 12000 Miles + 4 Aegen segments in June 2017, how long will my GOLD status be extended?
If it's until April 2019 that would be lovely. If it's only one year from the date I reach the requalification threshold, it would be a better choice to earn as much miles as possible (but less than 24000) on other carriers than Aegean, and then fly the 4 Aegean segments shortly before the inital Gold status expires, right?
Sep 19, 2016, 10:48 pm
#1107
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PDX
Programs: kayaker
Posts: 851
Alright, I apologize in advance for probably missing the information, but I'm tired and my eyes hurt after staring at so many pages on a computer screen.
In a nutshell, my question is whether a flight with a connection counts as two segments or one. In other words, if I fly SKG-ATH-CHQ-ATH-SKG, will that give me four segments?
As a further aside, does anyone know whether the November 24th program renewal date is the first or last day of the program year? I am thinking of going to Greece around then anyway, and I am trying to figure out how exactly I should book my flights to make sure I have a full four segments in the current year (to requalify for next).
(And yes, I understand that one should leave a buffer for potential issues, but that is part of my question. If I fly on the 22nd but my flight is canceled, do I need to reschedule for the 23rd at all costs, or can I wait until the 24th?)
Thanks in advance,
o mikros
In a nutshell, my question is whether a flight with a connection counts as two segments or one. In other words, if I fly SKG-ATH-CHQ-ATH-SKG, will that give me four segments?
As a further aside, does anyone know whether the November 24th program renewal date is the first or last day of the program year? I am thinking of going to Greece around then anyway, and I am trying to figure out how exactly I should book my flights to make sure I have a full four segments in the current year (to requalify for next).
(And yes, I understand that one should leave a buffer for potential issues, but that is part of my question. If I fly on the 22nd but my flight is canceled, do I need to reschedule for the 23rd at all costs, or can I wait until the 24th?)
Thanks in advance,
o mikros
Sep 19, 2016, 11:53 pm
#1108
Join Date: May 2012
Location: GVA
Posts: 188
Alright, I apologize in advance for probably missing the information, but I'm tired and my eyes hurt after staring at so many pages on a computer screen.
In a nutshell, my question is whether a flight with a connection counts as two segments or one. In other words, if I fly SKG-ATH-CHQ-ATH-SKG, will that give me four segments?
In a nutshell, my question is whether a flight with a connection counts as two segments or one. In other words, if I fly SKG-ATH-CHQ-ATH-SKG, will that give me four segments?
As a further aside, does anyone know whether the November 24th program renewal date is the first or last day of the program year? I am thinking of going to Greece around then anyway, and I am trying to figure out how exactly I should book my flights to make sure I have a full four segments in the current year (to requalify for next).
(And yes, I understand that one should leave a buffer for potential issues, but that is part of my question. If I fly on the 22nd but my flight is canceled, do I need to reschedule for the 23rd at all costs, or can I wait until the 24th?)
(And yes, I understand that one should leave a buffer for potential issues, but that is part of my question. If I fly on the 22nd but my flight is canceled, do I need to reschedule for the 23rd at all costs, or can I wait until the 24th?)
Sep 20, 2016, 2:44 am
#1109
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PDX
Programs: kayaker
Posts: 851
Yes, you should get four segments with a connection.
The 24th is the first day of the new program year for us "old timers" grandfathered into the new program, so you need to make sure you're catching a flight that leaves on the 23rd. As you say, it's a good idea to leave some space for safety where possible of course!
The 24th is the first day of the new program year for us "old timers" grandfathered into the new program, so you need to make sure you're catching a flight that leaves on the 23rd. As you say, it's a good idea to leave some space for safety where possible of course!
I'm hoping to do four segments immediately prior and four immediately after the turn of the new program calendar. That way, regardless of whether I can get back to Greece (this year was tricky with a 3000km move, a new job, and a new kid), I should be set until 11/18, if I read the program rules correctly. (I will still need to get the miles, but that is easy -- A3-operated segments are a bit tougher to come by when you live on the US west coast.)
Sep 20, 2016, 5:05 am
#1110
Moderator: Aegean Miles+Bonus
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: AMS / ATH
Programs: AFKL Plat, A3 Gold
Posts: 7,342
The only exception to the rule are flights that stop but continue with the same flight number. For example A3 540 flies ATH-SKG-DUS as one flightnumber, with a short stop in SKG. That would only count as one flight. When you actually get out of the aircraft and change to a flight with a different flight number, it would be two segments.