Do LATAM Pass Miles Expire? Here's the Full Policy, Exceptions, and How to Keep Your Miles Alive Do LATAM Pass Miles Expire? Here's the Full Policy, Exceptions, and How to Keep Your Miles Alive

Do LATAM Pass Miles Expire? Here's the Full Policy, Exceptions, and How to Keep Your Miles Alive

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LATAM Airlines is one of the largest carriers in South America. Founded in Chile in 1929, the airline serves destinations across the globe from hubs in Santiago, Sao Paulo, and Lima. LATAM left the Oneworld Alliance in 2020, when it withdrew to pursue a strategic partnership with Delta Airlines.

If you’ve earned LATAM Pass miles, you’ll want to understand how long they last — and how to prevent them from expiring. LATAM Pass miles generally expire after 36 months, but the rules vary slightly depending on where you earned them and whether you hold elite status.

In this guide, we break down LATAM Pass expiration policies, how to extend your miles, and ways to maximize your balance so you don’t lose valuable rewards before you can use them.

Do LATAM Pass Miles Expire?

By all accounts, LATAM Pass Miles expire 36 months from the day they are earned. However, LATAM makes a small differential between the miles earned for LATAM flights and those earned from other partner activities. Per the LATAM FAQ page:

  • “Miles on LATAM flights: These miles have a validity of 36 months from the date of your last flight.”
  • “Miles on associated airlines: These miles have a validity of 36 months from the date of your last flight.”

However, there is a slight difference worth keeping an eye out for. In the Australian version of LATAM's website, there seems to be another expiration policy for miles earned from associated airlines, per the LATAM Australia page:

“If you accrued miles in associated airlines, associated stores or for the purchase of products or services in LATAM Airlines, these miles are valid for 3 calendar years, expiring on December 31 of the third year in which they were accrued.”

LATAM Boeing 787 in flight
LATAM Boeing 787 in flight. Credit: LATAM

Elite Status Mileage Expiration Reprieve

If you hold LATAM Pass elite status, your LATAM PASS miles will not expire as long as you maintain your status. Per the LATAM Pass terms and conditions, this perk applies to the following status holders:

  • Gold
  • Platinum
  • Black
  • Signature

If you lose status with LATAM Pass, your 36-month mileage validity clock will start from the day you lost status with the airline.

Extending the Validity Your LATAM Pass Miles

You can extend the validity of your miles by taking a flight with LATAM. Once you do so, the validity of all your miles is extended for a further 36 months. Per the LATAM Pass T&Cs:

“Each time a passenger flies on LATAM Airlines and accumulates 1 or more LATAM Pass Miles for the flight, all the current LATAM Pass Miles accumulated in this passenger's account up to the date of said flight are automatically renewed, becoming valid for 36 consecutive months from the date of the aforementioned flight, and will effectively expire on the last day of the thirty-sixth month.”

One thing to note is that only flights marketed by LATAM count towards the extension of your mileage validity.

Use AwardWallet to Track Your LATAM Pass Mileage Expiration

On the one hand, 36 months is a relatively long time. However, due to the slight variation in the rules effectively, LATAM Pass miles expire according to a complex policy. That is why it pays to use AwardWallet to keep track of your LATAM Pass miles. That way, you will receive a timely email reminder if you have any miles in danger of expiration.

Linking your LATAM Pass account is easy; log into your AwardWallet account and link your LATAM account to AwardWallet, and you are set.

Related: How to Track Your Rewards Using AwardWallet

Boosting Your LATAM Pass Miles

Unfortunately, your options are limited when it comes to transferring flexible credit card points to LATAM Pass. The airline does not partner with any of the major credit card issuers in the US. However, you still have a few transfer options.

From
To
Transfer Ratio
Min.Transfer
Average Time
LATAM (LATAM Pass)
3:1
3,000
20 hours
Accor Group (ALL - Accor Live Limitless)
LATAM (LATAM Pass)
Transfer option removed April 16, 2025
-
Unknown
Itau (Sempre Presente)
LATAM (LATAM Pass)
-
9 hours
Livelo (Clube Livelo)
LATAM (LATAM Pass)
1,000:1,000
15,000
Unknown

Final Thoughts

While LATAM Pass miles offer a relatively generous 36-month expiration window, keeping track of their validity is crucial — especially if you aren’t frequently flying with LATAM. Elite status holders enjoy a reprieve from expiration, but for everyone else, taking at least one LATAM flight every three years is the easiest way to keep your miles alive.

Since LATAM doesn’t partner with major U.S. credit card programs, earning and managing LATAM Pass miles requires strategic planning. Make sure to track your balance with AwardWallet and plan ahead to use or extend your miles before they expire. If you frequently travel to Latin America, LATAM remains a strong option for regional connectivity, making it worthwhile to maintain a healthy balance of LATAM Pass miles for future trips.

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  • Excellent information. But unfortunately LATAM left the Oneword alliance, which had very good connectivity.

  • Daniel Tacconi says:

    Since LATAM left Argentina, it is not easy to join the LATAMPASS, but a good option to get miles is using SHELL Card

  • Una pena que Latam se haya ido de la alianza con AA. Era una muy buena combinación de aerolíneas.

  • fernando pojaghi says:

    Lamentablemente Latam pass a dejado de tener una masiva integración en argentina, Gracias

  • It`s a pity how the LATAM Pass Program leaks beneficiaries here in Argentina. The local LATAM doesn`t exist anymore and now the program is on this way.

  • I´m very upset with the “divorce” between LATAM Pass and BBVA, here in Argentina. I hope, another bank take it the program, because will be very difficult keep the miles.

  • im from argentina and we can get miles using the BBVA credit card
    great deal

  • I’m LATAM Pass member in Argentina, the programm is really complex with some tricky policies, LATAM pass terms should be read carefully

  • Noelia Garone says:

    Thank you very much for this valuable information. I live in Argentina and I didn’t understand how to extend my LATAM pass miles. During the pandemic it has been more complicated to accumulate new miles and use them. Thank you very much!

  • In pandemic times, no loyalty points should have expiration date, how can someone travel nowadays?

  • Norberto Ezequiel De Luca says:

    Lamentablemente el programa dejó de ser tan atractivo al dejar One World. En Argentina el programa de acumulación con BBVA es excelente, es una pena que el Banco lo abandona desde Marzo de 2022. También se pueden sumar con Shell pero muy lentamente.

  • ALBERTO LOPEZ CARNABUCCI says:

    Great research about LATAM program! It was very helpful in getting aware that: i) LATAM points are different from miles and …..have a different expiration policy… Add to that they left the Onworld alliance and the complexity of their program structure, I hope that once this pandemic tends to end airlines go back to traditional programs, including reorganizing their alliance strategy. Simplicity is king in any loyalty program! LATAM is a key airline for interconnecting Soth American countries now that other airlines have dropped many destinations. Should think about customers who are actually loyal…

  • LatAm’s much less interesting now that they’ve left OneWorld. And their points/miles system seems unnecessarily complicated.

  • Are there any LATAM sweet spots?

  • Point expiration policies always seem unnecessarily more complicated than they should be. Usually because these companies want to limit their accrued liabilities for the miles.

  • Gustavo Retegui says:

    Good info. I did not know the difference between Latam Miles and Latam points

  • LATAM was much more interesting when it was in Oneworld, as it offered many options to South America. It is very disappointing that Oneworld haven’t yet found another partner airline to plug the gap left by LATAM, although I don’t suppose there are two many candidates.

  • This is confusing and just makes it so much harder for this program.

  • Hola doy d argentina
    Si sos socio de shell latam pass cargas combustible y sumas millas eso hace q se te renueven automáticamente

  • At least, in Argentina, we have other option to extend the expiration date thru the BBVA bank if you are part of the program… however they are ending their relationship by Feb 22
    So sad to see this 🙁

    • En Argentina:
      Hay que recordar igual que los que suman por BBVA y en este 2021 sumaron más de 6.250 millas entre lo sumado, sin bonus, entre los resúmenes vencidos en enero 2021 y diciembre 2021, tendrán todo renovado por 36 meses.

      • Lei en la web que:

        No renueva millas
        Canjear millas
        Comprar millas
        Volar con pasaje que no suma millas
        Comprar un pasaje (ver más abajo…)

      • Asi es, si gastas mas de 6250 hasta el ultimo resumen creo que de Noviembre te las renuevan por 3 anos. Es el ultimo esfuerzo del banco 😀