An upgrade award can be issued through our website or one of our local branch offices.

Conditions of Upgrade Award

Tickets purchased in the following booking classes may be available for award upgrade.

• M*Reference 1  class can be applied only to the transit exclusive domestic flight.
• Upgrade award is not applicable to 50% or more discounted tickets and certain special fare tickets.
• Upgrade award is only available for the next grade cabin class.
  (e.g. Upgrade available from Economy to Prestige class, not available from Economy to First class) 

Upgrade Award Information

• Use mileage for award upgrade through homepage (My Trips)  Open a new window
• Redeem Awards in Branch office

Service User Guide

• One-way award requires 50% of round-trip redemption mileage.
• Child award requires the same redemption mileage as an adult.
• Infant award requires 10% of adult redemption mileage.
• Ticket Award and Upgrade Award are not applicable to the segment between Americas and Guam via Korea.
• In case of a travel itinerary that includes both international and Korea domestic flights, mileage is deducted for both the international and domestic flights according to the mileage redemption chart.
• As different tax rules are applied in some countries for different boarding classes, there can be a difference in the tax rate when you upgrade your seat.
  E.g., Air Passenger Duty in the U.K., Solidarity Tax in France, etc.

Peak season Details

• Peak season travel requires the redemption of more accrued miles than other seasons.
• If seasonality is different for each one-way direction, seasonality will be applied separately.
• For travel to and from Korea, seasonality is determined by each one-way flight segment based on date of boarding.
• For travel via Korea, the first boarding date of the journey per each sector will determine the season.

Validity of an Upgrade award

• An upgrade award is valid for as long as the ticket is valid.

Change and Refund

• If a part of an upgrade award is not used, miles for the unused portion can be reinstated after the used miles and refund fees are deducted.

  * Charge for Refund

  Charge for Refund Details

  After January 21, 2019 (Based on the refund date)
  Category	91 days before departure	Within 91 days before departure	After ticket expiration date
  Korea Domestic	500 Miles		3,000 Miles
  International	Free of charge	3,000 Miles	10,000 Miles

• The refund fees for upgrade awards will be charged separately from purchased tickets.

Upgrade Award Redemption