Etihad Airways Fare Classes: Etihad Guest Miles and Tier Miles
Type the booking class letter from your Etihad Airways ticket to see its cabin and what it earns in Etihad Guest, as published by Etihad Airways.
Etihad Airways fare classes
Etihad flights earn in Etihad Guest, Etihad's own program; Etihad is not in an airline alliance. On an Etihad ticket (number starting 607, 291 or 169) a flight earns by its fare brand: a share of a fixed base number for the route. On any other ticket, Etihad Guest credits Etihad flights by booking class, as below.
| Fare | Cabin | Miles earned on other tickets |
|---|---|---|
| First | ||
| F | First | 275% |
| A | First | 275% |
| Business | ||
| J | Business | 200% |
| C | Business | 175% |
| D | Business | 175% |
| W | Business | 130% |
| Z | Business | 130% |
| P | Business | 130% |
| Economy | ||
| B | Economy | 100% |
| Y | Economy | 100% |
| Q | Economy | 75% |
| M | Economy | 75% |
| K | Economy | 75% |
| H | Economy | 75% |
| E | Economy | 50% |
| U | Economy | 50% |
| V | Economy | 50% |
| L | Economy | 50% |
| G | Economy | 50% |
| T | Economy | 25% |
| Redemption (award) classes | ||
| N | RedemptionNo Guest Miles | 0 |
| I | RedemptionNo Guest Miles; also an upgrade award class | 0 |
| O | RedemptionNo Guest Miles; also an upgrade award class | 0 |
The class table is Etihad's own, from the Notes of its Etihad Guest miles calculator, for Etihad flights on tickets that do not start with 607, 291 or 169. Etihad does not say which distance the percentages apply to. On an Etihad ticket the fare brand sets the miles instead, and Etihad does not publish which booking classes belong to which fare brand. The redemption classes N, I and O earn no Guest Miles, and no Tier Miles except on Promo Comfort and Promo Deluxe seats (Etihad Guest terms 4.1.5 and 4.2.5). Some partner programs list P as The Residence; Etihad's own table puts P in Business.
Calculate what this flight earnsFare brands: Guest Miles and Tier Miles
On a ticket numbered 607, 291 or 169 (Etihad-marketed and operated flights), each flight earns this share of the route's base number, rounded to the nearest mile. Tier Miles (toward status) are the same share; the tier bonus adds Guest Miles only.
| Cabin | Basic | Value | Comfort | Deluxe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy | 5%15% if issued before 18 Jun 2026 | 35% | 75% | 125% |
| Business | - | 100% | 150%200% if issued before 21 Jul 2025 | 250% |
| First | - | - | 200%300% if issued before 21 Jul 2025 | 300% |
| Promo seat (award)Tier Miles only | - | 0 | 25% | 50% |
- Example: Abu Dhabi to New York JFK (base 7,000) earns 350, 2,450, 5,250 or 8,750 Guest Miles in Economy Basic, Value, Comfort or Deluxe; 7,000, 10,500 or 17,500 in Business; 14,000 or 21,000 in First.
- Tier bonus: Silver 25%, Gold 50%, Platinum and Emerald 100% of the base number, added to the Guest Miles on every brand. A Silver member in Economy Value from Abu Dhabi to New York earns 2,450 plus 1,750, that is 4,200 Guest Miles; the Tier Miles stay 2,450.
- Promo seats (Etihad's award seats, from 13 November 2025) earn no Guest Miles at any tier. Promo Comfort earns 25% and Promo Deluxe 50% of the base in Tier Miles; Promo Value earns none. In First, Promo seats are Comfort or Deluxe.
- Dated rates: Economy Basic earns 5% on tickets issued from 18 June 2026 and 15% before (Etihad marks the new rate "excluding GuestSeats"). Business Comfort earns 150% and First Comfort 200% on tickets issued or reissued from 21 July 2025; tickets issued before then keep 200% and 300%. Before 29 May 2025 First was one fare brand, earning 300%.
- The Residence is not a fare brand in Etihad's tables and is not in its miles calculator, so its earning is not shown.
- Not credited: complimentary upgrades and Upgrade Rewards earn on the fare paid; Cash + Miles bookings earn Guest Miles on the cash part only (Tier Miles in full); taxes and fees earn nothing.
Base numbers by route
Every Etihad flight goes through Abu Dhabi (AUH). Etihad gives each route from Abu Dhabi one of nine base numbers; it is not the distance flown, and either direction earns the same. A trip between two other cities is two flights, each earning on its own base number (London to Bangkok in Economy Value: 1,225 plus 1,225 Guest Miles). These are the numbers behind Etihad's own miles calculator.
| Base | Routes from Abu Dhabi to |
|---|---|
| 1,000 | Al Qassim, Bahrain, Dammam, Doha, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuwait, Medina, Muscat, Riyadh, Salalah |
| 1,250 | Addis Ababa, Ahmedabad, Amman, Asmara, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Delhi, Islamabad, Jaipur, Kabul, Lahore, Mumbai, Peshawar, Red Sea, Tashkent, Tel Aviv |
| 1,750 | Bengaluru, Chennai, El Alamein, Hyderabad, Istanbul, Kochi, Kozhikode, Male, Mykonos, Santorini, Sochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 2,250 | Athens, Bucharest, Colombo, Dhaka, Kazan, Kolkata, Moscow Sheremetyevo, Nairobi, Seychelles (Mahe), Zanzibar |
| 2,750 | Chiang Mai, Krakow, Milan Malpensa, Munich, Nice, Prague, Rome, St Petersburg, Tunis, Vienna, Warsaw, Zurich |
| 3,500 | Accra, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beijing Daxing, Brussels, Casablanca, Chengdu Tianfu, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Harare, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Krabi, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Lisbon, London Heathrow, Lubumbashi, Luxembourg, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Palma de Mallorca, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Shenzhen, Singapore |
| 4,500 | Bali (Denpasar), Hangzhou, Jakarta, Manila, Osaka Kansai, Seoul Incheon, Shanghai Pudong, Taipei |
| 5,500 | Tokyo Narita |
| 7,000 | Atlanta, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago O'Hare, Melbourne, New York JFK, Sydney, Toronto, Washington Dulles |
Etihad publishes no chart of these numbers; they are read from its miles calculator and change when Etihad changes its routes. Our calculator uses the same table.
Silver, Gold, Platinum and Emerald
| Tier | To qualify (from flying) | To keep (from flying) | Reduced, 18 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2027: qualify / keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 25,000 Tier Miles (10,000) | 20,000 (10,000) | 18,750 (7,500) / 15,000 (7,500) |
| Gold | 50,000 Tier Miles (20,000) | 40,000 (20,000) | 37,500 (15,000) / 30,000 (15,000) |
| Platinum | 125,000 Tier Miles (40,000) | 100,000 (40,000) | 93,750 (30,000) / 75,000 (30,000) |
| Emerald | USD 150,000 spent on Etihad flights (excluding taxes) | Not reduced | |
- Tier Miles are the only status currency (Tier Segments were discontinued). They count over a rolling 12 months including the current month to move up; to keep a tier, the 12 months ending with the tier's end date. A tier lasts 12 months from the month you qualify.
- The 25% reduction runs from 18 March 2026 to 31 March 2027 for members who held Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum on 17 March 2026; after 31 March 2027 the full thresholds apply again.
- Lounges: Business Comfort and Deluxe include the lounge; Business Value and Economy pay. Gold and above on Etihad-operated flights may use Etihad's lounges worldwide; Silver can choose Business Lounge access in Abu Dhabi as a tier benefit. See the Abu Dhabi lounges.
- Etihad is not in oneworld, SkyTeam or Star Alliance.
Good to know
- How many Etihad Guest Miles does an Etihad flight earn?
- On an Etihad ticket (number starting 607, 291 or 169), a share of a fixed base number for the route, set by the fare brand: Economy Basic 5%, Value 35%, Comfort 75%, Deluxe 125%; Business Value 100%, Comfort 150%, Deluxe 250%; First Comfort 200%, Deluxe 300%. The base number is Etihad's own figure for each route from Abu Dhabi, from 1,000 to 7,000 (New York JFK is 7,000), not the distance flown.
- What do Etihad booking classes earn?
- On tickets not numbered 607, 291 or 169, Etihad Guest credits Etihad flights by booking class: First F and A 275%; Business J 200%, C and D 175%, W, Z and P 130%; Economy B and Y 100%, Q, M, K and H 75%, E, U, V, L and G 50%, T 25%. Etihad does not say which distance these percentages apply to. Redemption classes N, I and O earn no Guest Miles.
- How does the Etihad Guest tier bonus work?
- Silver members get a bonus of 25%, Gold 50%, and Platinum and Emerald 100% of the route's base number, added to the Guest Miles on every fare brand. Tier Miles do not get the bonus, and Promo (award) seats earn no Guest Miles at any tier.
- What does Etihad Guest status need?
- In a rolling 12 months: Silver 25,000 Tier Miles (at least 10,000 from flying), Gold 50,000 (20,000), Platinum 125,000 (40,000); Emerald needs USD 150,000 spent on Etihad flights. From 18 March 2026 to 31 March 2027 the Tier Miles thresholds are 25% lower for members who held a tier on 17 March 2026.
- What does The Residence earn?
- Etihad does not publish a fare brand, booking class or earning rate for The Residence on its fares and miles calculator pages, so none is shown here.
Sources: Etihad Airways. Etihad Guest miles calculator | Fares FAQ: what is included | Tiers and benefits | Etihad Guest terms and conditions | Lounges
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