As part of the update, Norwegian introduced five clearly defined membership levels, starting with Member, making it easier to track your progress toward new benefits.<\/p>\n
And it's that simple. For every eight qualifying flights you take with Norwegian Air, you'll earn a higher level of elite status with its loyalty program, Norwegian Reward<\/a>. Eligible flights on Wideroe, Norwegian's sister airline, also count, although government-subsidized routes (PSO routes) are excluded.<\/p>\n Here's how many qualifying flights you'll need within 12 months to reach each status level:<\/p>\n Before we get into the benefits, a quick note about Norwegian's rewards currencies. Members residing in the Nordics earn Spenn<\/a>\u00a0on flights, while those outside the region earn CashPoints. Nordic members can still earn CashPoints with select partners. One CashPoint is worth 1 Norwegian krone (NOK).<\/p>\n Once you reach Bronze, you can choose one benefit from the following list. When you hit Silver, you can pick a second. Once activated, your selected benefits are locked in for 12 months.<\/p>\n If you don't choose a benefit, Norwegian automatically assigns free checked baggage at Bronze and free standard seat reservation at Silver.<\/p>\n Gold status, which requires 32 flights, is where the program gets really interesting. Once you've completed 32 qualifying flights within 12 months, you'll unlock all the benefits listed above, including those you didn't choose at Bronze and Silver. Plus, you'll get a handful of exclusive Gold perks:<\/p>\n Layovers count! That means a round-trip Norwegian Air itinerary with one connection each way would count as four qualifying flights toward elite status. Do this eight times in a year, and you'll have Gold status.<\/p>\n For reference, a one-way, late-October trip between Oslo and Stockholm with a layover in Copenhagen was priced at a little over $150:<\/p>\n Keeping your Norwegian status appears to be equally easy, too. Norwegian notes that “as long as you have enough flights, you'll retain your level for one year from your last qualifying flight.”<\/p>\n “We want to give our customers even more back for choosing us, and it will now be clearer and more motivating to climb the tiers,” Norwegian CEO Geir Karlsen said in a prepared statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n A low-cost carrier with an enticing loyalty program is not something to overlook, especially in a region of the world as captivating as Scandinavia.<\/p>\n With Norwegian, you don't have to navigate the complex math involved with earning airline status \u2014 every eight flights with the airline moves you up a tier. Period.<\/p>\n Have you flown Norwegian Air before?<\/em><\/p>\n Page Contents<\/p> Norwegian Air has revamped its Norwegian Reward loyalty program, introducing five membership levels and a refreshingly simple path to elite status. You’ll unlock your first perks after just eight qualifying flights, with additional benefits every eight flights and Gold status after 32. Here’s how the new tiers work, what benefits you can choose, and why this program deserves a closer look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":20059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12068],"tags":[12622,12711],"coauthors":[36525],"class_list":["post-277757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-award-programs","tag-elite-status","tag-norwegian-reward"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277757"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282312,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277757\/revisions\/282312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277757"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=277757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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