Let's dig into how to redeem Korean Air SKYPASS miles.<\/p>\n
Page Contents<\/p>
- Redemption Options With Korean Air SKYPASS<\/a><\/li>
- How To Redeem SKYPASS Miles for Korean Air Awards<\/a>
- Peak season award pricing<\/a><\/li>
- A few notes on Korean Air awards<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- How To Redeem Korean Air SKYPASS Miles on SkyTeam Partners<\/a>
- Notes on Korean Air SkyTeam awards<\/a><\/li>
- SkyTeam Round the World award bookings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- Redeeming SKYPASS Miles on Non-SkyTeam Partners<\/a>
- Notes on non-SkyTeam awards<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- Other Restrictions on Korean Award Bookings<\/a><\/li>
- Increasing Your SKYPASS Miles Balance<\/a>
- Apply for a co-branded Korean Air credit card<\/a><\/li>
- Transfer hotel points to Korean Air<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n
Redemption Options With Korean Air SKYPASS<\/span><\/h2>\n
There are several ways you can redeem SKYPASS miles. You can redeem them for flights on Korean Air, flights on SkyTeam<\/a> and non-SkyTeam airline partners, or use them at the Mileage Mall.<\/p>\n
The Mileage Mall offers a variety of choices for redeeming miles: hotel stays with select partners, merchandise, in-flight duty-free items, and a handful of Korean cultural experiences. All of these options will net you less than 1 cent per mile, so we highly recommend that you avoid them.<\/p>\n
Really, you shouldn't redeem Korean Air SKYPASS miles for anything except flights. AwardWallet users get an average of 2.86\u00a2<\/a> each when redeeming Korean Air miles for flights, with particularly good value for premium cabin flights. This is by far the best way to use them.<\/p>\n
How To Redeem SKYPASS Miles for Korean Air Awards<\/span><\/h2>\n
Redeeming SKYPASS miles for Korean Air flights is a straightforward process. Head to koreanair.com<\/a> to start. If you don't have a SKYPASS loyalty account, you'll first need to create one, as you cannot search for award travel without being logged into your account.<\/p>\n
Make sure you remember to track your account with AwardWallet<\/a> to get notifications about account balance changes or warnings if your miles are about to expire<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Credit: Korean Air<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n To begin searching for award travel, toggle to “Book with Miles.” If you haven't logged in already, you'll be prompted to at this point. Once logged into your account, you can add all the parameters for your search, such as the origin, destination, travel date(s), and desired cabin class. To search for multiple tickets, you'll have to add family members to your award endorsement list. Unlike many loyalty programs, Korean Air SKYPASS is strict with who you can have on an award ticket using your miles.<\/p>\n
Note that you can toggle a “flexible dates” search option when selecting outbound and return dates. This is how I prefer to search. Also, for awards on Korean Air, you can specify whether you want round-trip, one-way, or multi-segment awards. Korean Air SKYPASS allows one stopover<\/a> on award tickets, so consider taking advantage of this program feature. You'll need to use the multi-segment search.<\/p>\n
Credit: Korean Air<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n Click “Search” once you've entered all the parameters. If you enabled the “Flexible Dates” option (highly recommended), you'll be presented with a calendar view. This makes it a cinch to find the dates with open seats on Korean Air flights.<\/p>\n
Credit: Korean Air<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n I use the calendar view to find dates where there is award space in the Prestige cabin. The premium cabin availability between San Francisco and Seoul can vary substantially much of the calendar year. Korean Air has historically had excellent availability in the business- and first-class cabins, but there have occasionally been dry periods. Currently, I've found that booking far in advance or very close in can both be good strategies.<\/p>\n
After settling on specific flight dates, you'll be taken to a page of flight options. This is also the page that will load if you don't toggle the “Flexible Dates” option. Award seat availability in each cabin on each flight will be displayed. Above the flight list, you'll also see a weekly view.<\/p>\n
Credit: Korean Air<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n If you are booking a round-trip or multi-segment trip, you'll select each segment one at a time. The initial search page will be slightly different, as well, and there is no flexible date option in this case. However, you'll still be able to see a week of availability at a time, which is super handy.<\/p>\n
As you select your preferred flight(s), the cost in both miles and cash will be totaled at the bottom right of the page. Korean Air charges moderately high surcharges on its own flights. You'll pay more in fees for premium cabins over economy bookings. The surcharges for economy flights are enough that I would be hesitant to redeem Korean Air SKYPASS miles for these flights.<\/p>\n
Credit: Korean Air<\/em><\/enter><\/figure>\n Complete your booking by providing all the required passenger information and clicking the “Pay Now” button.<\/p>\n
Peak season award pricing<\/span><\/h3>\n
One important thing to note is the peak season award pricing Korean Air charges on its own flights. You need to check the peak season calendar for each year, as the dates change. If you book award travel on any peak season dates, you'll pay additional miles. Head here<\/a> and click the “Peak Season by Route” button to see the current Peak Season dates.<\/p>\n
As an example, here are the award rates for peak versus off-peak trips originating in Korea:<\/p>\n
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- Transfer hotel points to Korean Air<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- Other Restrictions on Korean Award Bookings<\/a><\/li>
- SkyTeam Round the World award bookings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- A few notes on Korean Air awards<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- How To Redeem SKYPASS Miles for Korean Air Awards<\/a>
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