Korean Air and Asiana will operate their mileage programmes together from 17 December 2026. Travellers holding Asiana Club miles can keep using them separately for a period or convert them to SKYPASS. The conversion is not one for one for every mile.
Flight miles and partner miles have different conversion rates
The official integration guide converts 100 Asiana miles earned by flying into 100 SKYPASS miles. For 100 miles earned through partner activities, the conversion gives 82 SKYPASS miles. Check how your balance was earned in your Asiana account before considering conversion.
Ten years of separate operation does not extend every mile’s expiry
Asiana miles can be managed and used separately for ten years after integration. You can also convert them during that period, which ends separate holding. After the ten-year period, conversion follows the specified rates.
This does not mean every mile becomes valid for another ten years. The integration guide states that existing validity is maintained when miles are converted. Keep checking the expiry dates of your individual miles.
Asiana elite status will match to Korean Air status
Existing Asiana elite tiers will be matched to Korean Air tiers at integration, preserving the existing status period. The new Morning Calm Select tier forms part of the arrangement. The official status guide explains the match for each tier.
For travellers in the Netherlands, the origin and expiry dates of a mileage balance matter most. This programme change does not guarantee an available award seat or better value from every conversion.
Credits
Information checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: Korean Air’s official integration guide, including mileage conversion and elite matching; official announcement dated 15 September 2026.
Archive photograph: Korean Air Boeing 777 HL8010, 1 September 2021. Photographer: Simon Butler, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Original photograph unchanged; display crop may vary. The photograph does not show the current integration.
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