OREANDA-NEWS. December 24, 2008. S7, Russia’s largest air carrier by number of transported passengers on domestic routes, announces the launch of the S7 Priority program for frequent flyers, reported the press-centre of S7.

Passengers who fly regular S7 flights can now accumulate miles and obtain bonuses from the airline and its partners in the program.

The new program takes into account the individual needs of each passenger and allows them to conveniently and quickly earn additional privileges from S7.

How to join S7 Priority
To become a participant in the program, register on our website at www.S7.ru or call the customer service center on 8-800-100-77-11. If you register by the end of 2009, you will receive a welcome bonus of 1500 miles. Registration on the company’s website gives you an additional 500 miles.

After registering in the S7 Priority program, you will receive an electronic mail message with your personal number, which you must present when you book tickets and check in for flights. After your first flight as a participant in the program, you will be issued a permanent plastic card.
After registration, you will also be credited with miles for all the flights on regular S7 flights that you completed in the 3-month period before you registered in the program.

Miles
To facilitate calculations and cooperation with S7’s partners offering analogous international programs, we use miles as the unit of distance. The mile is the standard unit for counting bonuses for flights that is acknowledged throughout the world. Miles are credited for completed flights on regular S7 flights and those of its partner airlines and depend on the distance of the flight and the class of the ticket booking. The higher the fare, the more miles are credited to the participant’s account. Additional miles can also be obtained by using the services of S7’s partners in the program, which include banks, hotels, tour operators, car rental companies and others.

“What makes S7 Priority unique is that miles are credited automatically. This means the passenger doesn’t have to save up the airline boarding passes and send them to the airline. The program also allows passengers to check the status of their accounts, book premium flights, upgrade to a higher class and participate in various promotions in real time through the website,” says S7 Marketing Director Stanislav Cherkasov.