Gulf Air Falconflyer

What Falconflyer covers

Gulf Air describes Falconflyer as "more than just miles" and calls it one of the most generous loyalty programmes in the world. [2] The programme page groups the offer into family membership, loyalty points, referrals, partner offers, miles, tiers, buying and transferring miles, and Falcon Gold lounges. [2] Gulf Air's main site also carries a "Join Falconflyer" link and a Falconflyer section in its navigation. [1]

The features Gulf Air lists on the programme page include family earning, tier bonuses, baggage allowance, lounge access, partner offers with hotels, cars and banks, and the ability to buy or transfer miles. [2] The page does not publish a full tier table, qualification thresholds, mileage expiry rules or an award chart in the copy checked. [2]

Loyalty points and tiers

Loyalty points are the points Gulf Air says members collect to move to a higher membership tier. [2] Members earn loyalty points on Gulf Air flights purchased at any fare, with the exception of travel-industry discounted fares, and the number of points varies by travel zone and class of travel. [2]

The tier benefits named are extra tier bonuses, a generous baggage allowance, lounge access and other dedicated benefits. [2] The miles section says members who "Fly Falcon Gold" can earn up to 250% on their miles, but no rate table or fare-class breakdown is given in the page checked. [2] Falcon Gold lounges are described as available at major destinations on the network for premium passengers. [2]

Family membership and partner activity

Under family membership, nominated family members can earn up to 70% of the member's blue tier mileage award on the member's behalf every time they fly Gulf Air, even if they are not travelling with the member. [2] They are not eligible to earn bonus tier miles. [2] Family members can earn miles only on Gulf Air flights, not on codeshare flights with partner airlines. [2]

Partner offers are described generally as special offers from partners worldwide, including hotels, cars and banks. [2] The page names a Bahrain Islamic Bank Visa credit card promotion in which members can "travel, spend and win up to 1,000,000 Falconflyer miles", and a new partner option to convert Falconflyer miles to ACCOR points. [2] Members can also refer a friend to join Falconflyer and earn miles. [2]

Exceptions and limits

• Buying and transferring miles is available only if the membership is at least one month old and has a balance of 200 loyalty points. [2]
• Miles purchases are capped at 50,000 miles. [2] The page checked does not publish the price, processing time or transfer limits for buying or transferring miles. [2]
• Loyalty points are not earned on travel-industry discounted fares. [2]
• Family members cannot earn bonus tier miles, and cannot earn miles on codeshare flights with partner airlines. [2]

Related pages

Compare with Etihad Guest and Emirates Skywards. For wider reading, see best airline programmes for Asia and the glossary entries on partner earning, elite qualification thresholds and the frequent flyer glossary. For partner travel, the partner award booking checklist sets out the questions to check before booking.

Sources

Sources accessed on 18 October 2026. It covers Gulf Air Falconflyer only; Emirates Skywards, Etihad Guest and other programmes are not covered here.

1. Gulf Air homepage, checked 18 October 2026
2. Gulf Air Falconflyer programme page, checked 18 October 2026