Xiamen Airlines Egret Miles: Earning by Category and Tier
Since 25 July 2026 Xiamen Airlines pays Egret Miles on the money you spend, not on distance. Find your booking class category and your tier to see the multiplier applied to the base fare plus fuel surcharge, as published by Xiamen Airlines.
- Tickets from the Xiamen Airlines Group: (base fare + fuel surcharge in yuan) x (category multiplier + tier multiplier), for ticket numbers starting 731, 836 or 989.
- Other tickets and partner flights: distance x a percentage by booking class, for MF, NS and RY flights on other ticket stock and for SkyTeam partner flights.
- Tiers: qualifying points earned in a calendar year.
Egret Miles multipliers
On flights marketed and operated by Xiamen Airlines (MF), Hebei Airlines (NS) and Jiangxi Airlines (RY) on tickets whose numbers start with 731, 836 or 989, Egret Miles = (base fare + fuel surcharge, in yuan) x (category multiplier + tier multiplier). Add the two multipliers first, then multiply.
| Category or tier | Multiplier | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Category multiplier | ||
| First and Business | 1.0 | Any booking class in those cabins |
| Economy Y and W | 1.0 | Economy booking classes Y and W |
| Economy H, China domestic | 1.0 | Economy booking class H on domestic routes in China |
| Economy H, international | 0.7 | Economy booking class H on international routes and on Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan routes |
| Other Economy | 0.7 | Every Economy booking class other than Y, H and W |
| Ancillary services | 0.7 | Paid extras |
| Tier multiplier (added to the category multiplier) | ||
| Egret Diamond | 0.5 | SkyTeam Elite Plus |
| Egret Platinum | 0.4 | SkyTeam Elite Plus |
| Egret Gold | 0.3 | SkyTeam Elite |
| Egret Silver | 0.2 | SkyTeam Elite |
- No tier: the guide gives no multiplier row for a member without a tier. The calculator counts it as 0.
- Example: an Egret Gold member who pays 2,600 yuan for an Economy Y fare earns 2,600 x (1.0 + 0.3) = 3,380 miles. A member without a tier in Economy K on a 10,000 yuan fare earns 10,000 x 0.7 = 7,000 miles.
Egret Miles earning rules
The new programme applies from 25 July 2026, per Xiamen Airlines' Egret Miles Membership Guide (October 2026 edition). The programme also covers Hebei Airlines (NS) and Jiangxi Airlines (RY).
- Which tickets: tickets sold by the Xiamen Airlines Group, with ticket numbers starting 731, 836 or 989, on flights of Xiamen Airlines, Hebei Airlines and Jiangxi Airlines.
- Money counted: the base fare plus the fuel surcharge. Other fees such as the airport construction fee do not count, and neither do refund and change fees. Amounts are in yuan; other currencies are converted at the IATA rate on the ticket issue date.
- Connecting tickets: miles and points are worked out segment by segment on each segment's fare. A bundled fare is split by distance.
- Not earning: award tickets, charter and complimentary tickets and infant tickets. Special fares, bundles and promotional fares follow their own fare rules. A rebooking fare difference earns; the change fee does not.
- Upgrades: a paid upgrade earns on the original fare or class, and the upgrade payment earns as ancillary spend.
- Rounding: miles are rounded up to a whole number. Qualifying points are kept to two decimals, with the third decimal rounded up.
- Validity: miles stay valid from the flight or purchase date until 31 December of the fourth consecutive calendar year; miles earned in 2024 last until 31 December 2027. A miles redemption in a year extends the miles that would expire that year by one year.
- Missing miles: claim them within six months.
- Co-branded cards: the ABC card earns up to 1 Egret Mile for every RMB 12 spent and the CMBC card up to 1 mile for every RMB 10.
- Not stated: the guide prints no minimum miles per flight for these tickets.
Other tickets and SkyTeam partner flights
For flights with an MF, NS or RY code operated by Xiamen, Hebei or Jiangxi Airlines but ticketed on stock that does not start with 731, 836 or 989, and for MF-coded flights operated by SkyTeam members or China Southern, award miles = the segment's standard mileage x the percentage for the booking class. Standard mileage is the IATA city-pair distance in kilometres. Each flight earns 0.5 qualifying points.
| Booking class | Cabin | Award miles |
|---|---|---|
| F | First | 300% |
| A | First | 250% |
| J | Business | 250% |
| C | Business | 200% |
| D | Business | 150% |
| I | Business | 130% |
| O | Business, international | 50% |
| W | Economy, flight code NS or RY | 200% |
| P | Economy, flight code NS or RY | 50% |
| Y | Economy | 200% |
| H, B | Economy, international | 100% |
| H | Economy, domestic and regional | 200% |
| B | Economy, domestic and regional | 125% |
| M, L | Economy | 100% |
| K, N, Q, V | Economy | 50% |
| P | Economy, flight code MF, international and regional | 50% |
| T | Economy | 25% |
| R, U, Z, G, S | Economy | 10% |
- SkyTeam partners: for a flight both marketed and operated by a partner, Xiamen publishes one table per airline in the guide (pages 8 to 10 read here). Delta: First F 150%; Business J, C, D, I 125% and Z 100%; Premium Select P, A 125% and G, S 100%; Economy Y, B, M 100%, H, Q, K, L 50% and U, T, X, V 25%. TAROM: Business J, C, D 130% and I, Z 100%; Economy Y, B, M, L 100%, U, K, Q, H, R, N, A 50% and F, T, V, S, E, P, G 20%, with a 500 km minimum. Each of these flights earns 0.5 qualifying points.
- Cap: qualifying points from codeshare flights other than the Xiamen Group, SkyTeam partners and China Southern are limited to 40 points a calendar year.
Egret Miles tiers
A tier comes from the qualifying points earned in a calendar year. Points above the standard of a tier you hold carry over to the next year. A tier stays valid until 31 December of the following year.
| Tier | Qualifying points in a calendar year | SkyTeam level |
|---|---|---|
| Egret Silver | 20 | Elite |
| Egret Gold | 40 | Elite |
| Egret Platinum | 70 | Elite Plus |
| Egret Diamond | 120 | Elite Plus |
- How points are earned: on Xiamen Group tickets the guide gives (base fare + fuel surcharge) / 1000 + 1, and 0.5 points per segment on connecting itineraries where every segment is marketed and operated by the Group. It does not say whether the +1 counts per ticket or per segment, so the calculator does not work out points. SkyTeam and other codeshare flights earn 0.5 points per segment.
- Other sources: points from Xiamen app purchases (hotels, online mart, Grange) are limited to 10 a year. You can redeem 2,000 miles for 1 point per 5,000 miles earned through a co-branded card, partner spend or points conversion, at most 10 points a year.
- Age discount: members aged 65 or older and children aged 2 to 12 get a 50 percent discount on the qualification requirement, including the year they turn 65 or 12.
- Benefits: extra baggage on top of the normal allowance of 40 kg for Diamond, 30 kg Platinum, 20 kg Gold and 10 kg Silver (weight basis), plus one piece; miles overdraft of 12,000 (Diamond), 6,000 (Platinum), 3,000 (Gold) and 1,000 (Silver); upgrade chances; VIP lounge access. Diamond members receive one Silver card gift.
- SkyTeam: Elite members get extra baggage, seat selection on international flights of 6 hours or more, priority boarding, waitlist, standby and check-in. Elite Plus adds priority baggage handling, a guaranteed reservation on flights of 6 hours or more and lounge access with one guest.
Xiamen Airlines lounges
- Where: Xiamen Group lounges are at Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN), Fuzhou Changle (FOC), Hangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH), Quanzhou Jinjiang (JJN), Tianjin Binhai (TSN), Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), Nanchang Changbei (KHN) and Shijiazhuang Zhengding (SJW). None of these airports is in the cwsi.net Lounge Finder.
- Who gets in: Egret Silver members use the Group's own lounges only; Gold, Platinum and Diamond members use the lounges too. Platinum members invite 1 guest on the same flight and Diamond members 2. It applies to flights with an MF, NS or RY code operated by Xiamen, Hebei or Jiangxi Airlines, on the day of an outbound flight.
- Condition: lounge service is only available at lounges that have an agreement with the Xiamen Airlines Group or that it operates.
- SkyTeam lounges: Elite Plus members (Platinum and Diamond) can use SkyTeam lounges on SkyTeam flights, with one guest.
Good to know
- How many Egret Miles do I earn on a Xiamen Airlines flight?
- On tickets issued by the Xiamen Airlines Group (ticket numbers starting 731, 836 or 989), Egret Miles = (base fare + fuel surcharge in yuan) x (category multiplier + tier multiplier), rounded up. The category multiplier is 1.0 for First, Business and Economy Y, H and W, and 0.7 for other Economy classes. The tier multiplier is 0.2 for Silver, 0.3 for Gold, 0.4 for Platinum and 0.5 for Diamond.
- Does the booking class matter for Egret Miles?
- Only through the category multiplier: Y, H and W and the premium cabins count 1.0, other Economy classes 0.7. Economy H counts 1.0 on China domestic routes and 0.7 on international routes and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan routes. On Xiamen, Hebei or Jiangxi flights ticketed on other stock, and on SkyTeam partner flights, miles come from the distance and a percentage for the booking class.
- What does it take to reach an Egret Miles tier?
- Qualifying points earned in a calendar year: Egret Silver 20, Egret Gold 40, Egret Platinum 70 and Egret Diamond 120. Silver and Gold are SkyTeam Elite, Platinum and Diamond are SkyTeam Elite Plus. A tier stays valid until 31 December of the following year.
- How long do Egret Miles last?
- Miles stay valid from the flight or purchase date until 31 December of the fourth consecutive calendar year, so miles earned in 2024 stay valid until 31 December 2027.
Source: Xiamen Airlines (Egret Miles). Egret Miles Membership Guide (PDF) | Egret Miles site | xiamenair.com
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