ITA Airways Flying Program, how to get elite statuses
Third installment devoted to ITA Airways' frequent flyer program. After talking about award tickets and accumulating qualifying points [...]
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Third installment devoted to ITA Airways' frequent flyer program. After talking about award tickets and accumulating qualifying and non-qualifying points, in this article we discuss how elite statuses are obtained.
The four levels
The names and benefits were already known, now we also know how many qualifying points will need to be accumulated to move up/renew the level.
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Club Plus
It is the first level above Club Smart, the one of free admission for all. It is obtained by accumulating 30 thousand qualifying points. And offers the following benefits:
- check-in airport ai Business Class desks
- return Of any baggage at the destination in priority mode compared to other passengers
- SkyPriority services
- priority boarding
- additional baggage allowance
Premium Club
It is the second elite level, what was called Winged Arrow in the Millemiglia program. It is obtained by accumulating a total of 60 thousand qualifying points in a calendar year. And offers the following benefits:
- access to priority security gates To avoid queues at security checkpoints and quickly access the departure area
- airport check-in at business class counters
- services SkyPriority Plus
- return Of any baggage at the destination in priority mode compared to other passengers
- priority boarding
- additional baggage allowance
- A companion for lounge entry
Executive Club
It is the highest level, to get there. you need to accumulate 90 thousand qualifying points January to December
- access to priority security gates to avoid queues at security checkpoints and gain quick access to the departure area.
- airport check-in at business class counters
- services SkyPriority Plus
- return Of any baggage at the destination in priority mode compared to other passengers
- priority boarding
- additional baggage allowance
- A companion for lounge entry
In conclusion
There is no minimum number of flights to become elite, which is the case in almost all loyalty programs. Also ,as is evident, there is no real difference between being Premium or Executive.
To get to 30,000 points as a minimum you have to spend 3,000 euros on ITA Airways tickets, but thanks to multipliers this figure can go down significantly. The same of course applies to the intermediate level, definitely the most interesting one.
Perhaps this is the only positive aspect of ITA Airways' new loyalty program.
- 6,000 Mile Registration Bonus
- Collect miles WITH EACH PURCHASE
- Your miles with no expiration*
- No fees for ATM withdrawals and foreign purchases
- Without having to change banks
- Autonomous card activation
- Multi-function mobile application
- Free travel insurance
- Free credit for up to 7 weeks
- Contactless Payment
- Mastercard® SecureCode
- 20€ discount directly in your statement by spending €60 in one or more transactions with Carta on Italotreno.it
- Free fee the 1st year. From the 2nd €5.50 per month
- You can choose to pay in full or in installments
- Premium level of the Italo Più program
- 4 Vouchers per year for access to Italo Club Lounges
- Preferential Access to Italo's Fast Track at the station
- For every 5 purchases of Italo ticketing and/or onboard services made with Italo American Express Credit Card you will receive 1 voucher for room upgrade
- Welcome bonus of 100,000 Volare points upon reaching 6 thousand in spending in the first 3 months after card issuance
- Accumulate 1.5 qualifying Volare points for every euro spent, accumulate an additional 3 non-qualifying Volare points ( for a total of 4.5 Volare points) for every euro spent on ticketing purchases and other services offered by ITA Airways
- Access to the Premium Club of ITA Airways' Volare program.
- ITA Airways Lounge Access
- Free excess baggage
- Points Back