The world of miles
Two key elements are crucial to the success of a customer loyalty programme: a common currency, and an attractive network of global and local programme partners that allows members to collect miles or points through many day-to-day activities and redeem these for attractive programme awards.
Collecting miles
The Qualiflyer programme offered two kinds of miles: Club Miles and Bonus Miles.
Any miles earned on the Qualiflyer airlines counted as Club Miles. As well as earning awards, these miles were used to determine whether the member qualified for a higher membership level on the basis of their air travel activity.
All miles earned on Qualiflyer partner airlines or through any other partner (such as hotels and credit card companies) counted as Bonus Miles, which could be redeemed for awards.
Spending miles

Flight awards - in the form of Free Tickets, Companion Tickets or upgrades - were available for as little as 5 000 miles. In addition to these, the programme offered a host of further attractive awards, ranging from pralines to hotel stays, for various mileage amounts.

Key programme partners in the air and on the ground (as of mid-2001)
The Qualiflyer Group airlines
Swissair Sabena TAP Air Portugal Turkish Airlines Air Liberté
Crossair Air Littoral Air Europe LOT Polish Airlines PGA-Portugália Airlines
Volare Airlines Balair LTU    


The Qualiflyer partner airlines

American Airlines (including American Eagle) Cathay Pacific Finnair Japan Airlines (including Japan Asia Airways) Malaysia Airlines
Qantas South African Airways Ukraine International Airlines Us Airways  

More global programme partners


Collecting miles asleep
Swissotel Sabena Hotels Raffles Hotels and Swissőtel Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts ANA Hotels
Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts Express by Holiday Inn Hilton Hotels Golden Tulip Hotels / Tulip Inn Hotels Golden Tulip Hotels / Tulip Inn Hotels
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts Inter-Continental Hotels & Resorts Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Marriott Hotles, Resorts & Suites
Renaissance Hotels Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts Traders Hotels Pestana Hotles & Resorts Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique Pousadas de Portugal Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts
Orient-Express Hotels
Orbis Hotels including Sofitel, Novotel and Mercure in Poland
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Tivoli Hotels Portugal
 

Collecting miles on the road
Avis Europcar hertz sixt  
More local programme partners
Belgium        
Citibank Qualiflyer MasterCard Gold Diners Club/Sabena Card Mobile communications with Proximus Mobistar  
Poland        
Bank Pekao SA Stokrotka Shell petrol stations    
Portugal        
TAP Visa Card GALP petrol stations Marconi T.M.N.  
Switzerland        
Qualiflyer VISA Gold Qualiflyer EUROCARD/MasterCard Standard CREDIT SUISSE pointup bonus programme youtrade.com Webmiles
Sunrise www.lesen.ch QualiINSURE    


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last updated March 2008