Aug 9, 2016, 6:53 am
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Sky Team
- AF/KL: Lifetime Platinum (ST E+) after 10 consecutive years of membership at the Platinum level
- DL: Lifetime Gold (ST E+), then Platinum (ST E+), then Diamond (ST E+) and finally DL 360 (ST E+) after 1M, 2M, 3M and 5MM respectively of Butt in Seat miles, i.e. from any ST flights. Any existing MM balance will be honored at 1:1 ratio
- KE: Morning Calm Premium (ST E+) @ 500,000 miles on any ST flights; Lifetime Million Miler (ST E+) after 1M miles on any ST flights; the SKYPASS program changes on 1 February 2024, so lifetime tiers are only achievable until then
- SK : Lifetime Gold (ST E+) after 10 consecutive years of membership at Gold or higher level
- VN: ST E+ after 1 million qualifying miles accumulated from taking VN-coded flights, operated by Vietnam Airlines since enrollment
- VS: Lifetime Gold after (1) earning 7500 tier points AND 10 years consecutive Gold status, or (2) fly 1 million revenue miles
- AC: on AC metal flights only (incl. AC Jazz and AC Rouge) -- lifetime 50K (Elite) (*G) after 1M miles; lifetime 75K after 2M miles; lifetime 100K (SuperElite) after 3M miles; Class of Service bonus counts towards lifetime status
- AV: Member must earn 1MM (Lifetime Gold, *G) via AV and affiliate metal, be 60 years of age AND be a LifeMiles or previous program member for 15 years. 2MM gives Lifetime Diamond. Program is called CENIT
- CA: Lifetime Platinum (*G) after 1M km on CA-coded and CA-operated flights only, or 1M km on ZH-coded and ZH-operated flights only, or 2M km across CA group of airlines (CA, ZH, SC, KY, NX)
- LH: Lifetime FTL (*S) after 30,000 QP (qualifying points). Lifetime Senator (*G) after 40,000 QP.
- MS: Lifetime Platinum (*G) after 1M miles on MS flights and all *A flights (but this is now grandfathered as of 20/01/2020, it is no longer possible to achieve LT Platinum after that date)
- NH: 500k (NH Metal) - , 1MM (NH Metal) - (1)No mileage expiration, (2)Superflyers Card, 2MM/3MM (NH Metal) - (3)F Suite lounge access on NH Metal and (1) and (2)
- OZ: Lifetime Diamond Plus (*G) after 500,000 miles on *A flights/ 500 OZ flights. Lifetime Platinum after 1M *A flights/ 1k OZ flights
- SA: Lifetime Platinum (*G) after 6 consecutive years of membership at the Platinum level or alternatively: 720 000 SAA Tier Miles** during a minimum of 4 consecutive years and to a maximum of 6 consecutive years on Platinum status by earning at least 120 000 SAA Tier Miles in each year
- TP: Lifetime Gold (*G) and Lifetime Navigator (*G) status at 2M and 3M miles earned from TAP flights counted from 1998.
- UA: Lifetime Gold (*G), Platinum (*G), 1K (*G), GS (*G) after 1M, 2M, 3M, 4M respectively of Butt in Seat miles, but only flown on UA/UAX metal (no longer CM). 1MM regardless if holding higher status may only share Premier Gold with a companion. 2MMs and up may share their higher status (if earned) with one companion as of 2027. "Daisy chaining" is no longer permitted, previously any Million Miler who also earned a higher status was able to share it with another MM who then could pass it on to an additional person. If a MM chooses to share their status with someone, the MM cannot inherit status from another.
- AA: Lifetime Gold (OW Ruby), Platinum (OW Sapphire) after 1M, 2M miles. Lifetime Platinum Pro (OW Emerald) at 4M and Executive Platinum (OW Emerald) at 5M. (BiS only; used to be all miles earned before Dec 2011)
- AS: 1MM earns lifetime MVP Gold (OW Sapphire) and Gold 75K (OW Emerald) at 2MM. AS metal only. MM's receive complimentary meals in Main Cabin as well as an annual boost of 20 000 Elite Qualifying miles. MMs may share their current status (if higher than their MM tier) with one companion.
- AY: Lifetime Gold (OW Sapphire) 2M tier points; Lifetime Platinum (OW Emerald) after 3.3M tier points
- BA: Lifetime Gold (OW Emerald) at 550,000 tier points; Lifetime GGL at 1 500,000 tier points as of April 1st 2025. Before, 35,000 tier points for GfL and 100,000 for GGLfL. Current LT tier points balance will be converted based on your percentage from reaching a lifetime tier. E.g. 17 500 is 50% of GfL which will be converted to 275,000 under the new system.
- IB: Lifetime Infinita (OW Emerald) 400,000 Elite Points since you signed up to the Iberia Plus programme; Infinita Prime (OW Emerald) 640,000 Elite Points as of as of April 1st 2025. Before, 125,000 tier points for Infinita and 200,000 for Infinita Prime. Historical LT tier points balance will be converted based on your percentage from reaching a lifetime tier. E.g. 160 000 is 80% of Infinita Prime which will be converted to 512 000 under the new system.
- QF: Lifetime Silver (OW Ruby) after 7,000 status credits: Lifetime Gold (OW Sapphire) after 14,000 status credits; Lifetime Platinum (OW Emerald) after 75,000 status credits
- JL: Lifetime OW Sapphire with JAL Global Club Three Star or higher (1500 Life Status Points)
- LA: 15 years or more of Black or Black Signature status since the year 2000 grants Lifetime Black (2nd highest tier in program) and 20 years or more of Platinum or higher membership since 2000 will get you Lifetime Platinum (mid tier status)
- LY: The Matmid Frequent Flyer Club awards lifelong Gold membership to members aged 67 and over, they held Gold, Platinum or Top Platinum membership through consecutive 10 years.
- PR: Mabuhay Miles Million Miler membership is earned by those who collect 1,000,000 tier miles
- VA: To qualify for Forever Gold, your balance (calculated from 1 February 2013 onwards) must reach a total of 12,000 Status Credits, with a minimum of 9,000 Status Credits earned on eligible Virgin Australia marketed flights, flown by you
Lifetime status by airline -- attempted summary
Jul 9, 2025 | 8:33 pm
#151
Join Date: May 2015
Location: ATL/MCO
Programs: Costco Gold Star, RaceTrac Sultan of Soda, Chick-fil-A Red
Posts: 5,986
Apparently LATAM announced in 2024 that Lifetime status is on its way. I don’t follow that program too closely so I missed it:
15 years or more of Black or Black Signature status since the year 2000 grants Lifetime Black*
20 years or more of Platinum or higher membership since 2000 will get you Lifetime Platinum*
*Platinum is mid-tier status (think OWS or *G) and Black is the second highest tier.
The status years do not need to be consecutive. The LATAM Pass site also gives you a table showing what status from LAN and TAM’s respective programs before the merger would map over to LATAM Pass tiers.
Interestingly, the English version of the site fails to mention Plat status counting towards the 20yr requirement while the Spanish version does.
https://latampass.latam.com/en_us/lifetime-category
https://latampass.latam.com/es_cl/categorias-lifetime
https://aviacionaldia.com/en/2024/03...in-brazil.html
15 years or more of Black or Black Signature status since the year 2000 grants Lifetime Black*
20 years or more of Platinum or higher membership since 2000 will get you Lifetime Platinum*
*Platinum is mid-tier status (think OWS or *G) and Black is the second highest tier.
The status years do not need to be consecutive. The LATAM Pass site also gives you a table showing what status from LAN and TAM’s respective programs before the merger would map over to LATAM Pass tiers.
Interestingly, the English version of the site fails to mention Plat status counting towards the 20yr requirement while the Spanish version does.
https://latampass.latam.com/en_us/lifetime-category
https://latampass.latam.com/es_cl/categorias-lifetime
https://aviacionaldia.com/en/2024/03...in-brazil.html
Jul 14, 2025 | 8:01 am
#152
Join Date: Jul 2022
Location: Inside the (ITA) Matrix
Programs: A plethora of Platinum
Posts: 1,160
Mar 1, 2026 | 9:54 am
#154
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,658
May 7, 2026 | 5:19 am
#156
Join Date: Jul 2022
Location: Inside the (ITA) Matrix
Programs: A plethora of Platinum
Posts: 1,160
I would've expected the spend threshold to be higher than 3M JPY..
May 7, 2026 | 6:44 am
#157
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,658
May 7, 2026 | 7:56 am
#158
Join Date: Jan 2020
Programs: SQ Gold, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Caesars Diamond, Hilton Diamond, Atmos Silver, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,229
My understanding is that it applies to all customers
https://www.ana.co.jp/ja/jp/amc/premium/sfc/update2026/
If you hit Platinum or Diamond status and are a Japan resident you can apply for the Super Flyers Card (credit card with annual membership fee)
Then, you have to spend 3M JPY per year to keep SFC Plus (*A Gold with lounge), otherwise you drop to SFC Lite (*A Silver without lounge)
However, if you have 1M ANA lifetime miles, you are eligible for SFC Plus without a minimum spend on the credit card.
https://www.ana.co.jp/ja/jp/amc/premium/sfc/update2026/
If you hit Platinum or Diamond status and are a Japan resident you can apply for the Super Flyers Card (credit card with annual membership fee)
Then, you have to spend 3M JPY per year to keep SFC Plus (*A Gold with lounge), otherwise you drop to SFC Lite (*A Silver without lounge)
However, if you have 1M ANA lifetime miles, you are eligible for SFC Plus without a minimum spend on the credit card.
May 9, 2026 | 3:18 am
#159
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,658
My understanding is that it applies to all customers
https://www.ana.co.jp/ja/jp/amc/premium/sfc/update2026/
If you hit Platinum or Diamond status and are a Japan resident you can apply for the Super Flyers Card (credit card with annual membership fee)
Then, you have to spend 3M JPY per year to keep SFC Plus (*A Gold with lounge), otherwise you drop to SFC Lite (*A Silver without lounge)
However, if you have 1M ANA lifetime miles, you are eligible for SFC Plus without a minimum spend on the credit card.
https://www.ana.co.jp/ja/jp/amc/premium/sfc/update2026/
If you hit Platinum or Diamond status and are a Japan resident you can apply for the Super Flyers Card (credit card with annual membership fee)
Then, you have to spend 3M JPY per year to keep SFC Plus (*A Gold with lounge), otherwise you drop to SFC Lite (*A Silver without lounge)
However, if you have 1M ANA lifetime miles, you are eligible for SFC Plus without a minimum spend on the credit card.
May 9, 2026 | 9:40 am
#160
Join Date: Jan 2020
Programs: SQ Gold, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Caesars Diamond, Hilton Diamond, Atmos Silver, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,229
No, there isn't really. If you are going to go for *A, you might as well go for United as they have the most available seat miles and you can also give a companion lifetime *A Gold
May 12, 2026 | 3:27 pm
#161
Join Date: Feb 2026
Programs: A3, MF
Posts: 96
There are even some Japanese ANA fliers changed to pursing CA *V due to the sudden change in the requirements.