How to earn Dynasty Flyer miles on SkyTeam partner flights

What the programme publishes

The earning page divides eligible flying into scheduled international flights operated by China Airlines and Mandarin Airlines and applicable flights of SkyTeam partner airlines. [3] Both flight miles and status points can be earned on that flying: flight miles can be used for award tickets, cabin upgrades and other listed redemptions, while status points determine tier progression. [3]

This gap matters because the published fare-class tables sit on China Airlines and Mandarin Airlines pages, not on a partner-earning page. [3] [4] The economy fare-family page labels L as Discount, N/H/Q/R as Basic, T/V/K as Standard and M/B/Y as Flex, with mileage of 0%, 50%, 80% and 100% respectively. [4] The earning page gives the same economy banding by booking class: Y/B/M at 100%, K/V/T at 80%, R/Q/H/N at 50% and L at 0%. [3]

The page points members to a Mileage and Status Points Calculator and says China Airlines calculates and confirms miles and status points after departure. [3]

Fare classes and minimum credit conditions

For China Airlines and Mandarin Airlines flights, the flight-mile exclusion list names tickets sold at discounts of 50% or more, free tickets, award tickets in X/Z/O, infant tickets, group tickets in G, promotional tickets in S/L/X, labour tickets, barter tickets, charter tickets, excess-baggage tickets and airline or travel-industry discount tickets. [3] The status-point list is similar but names promotional S/X rather than S/L/X and does not separately name group G. [3] A separate remark says that O, Z, L, X, G or S class tickets earn no mileage. [3]

The page also sets a minimum credit basis when cabins differ: if the ticket class and boarding class are not the same, flight miles and status points use the lower of the two. [3] For upgrade segments booked in I or P class, the ticket class is the original ticket purchased. [3] These conditions are published for China Airlines and Mandarin Airlines flying; the source does not separately say whether each applies unchanged to partner flights. [3]

The economy fare-family page gives the same economy banding as the earning page: L 0%, N/H/Q/R 50%, T/V/K 80% and M/B/Y 100%. [3] [4] The page is a China Airlines fare-family page, not a SkyTeam partner earning chart. [4]

Operating carrier, crediting and claims

The own-carrier rule is express: the scheduled international flights must be operated by China Airlines or Mandarin Airlines. [3] The partner limb says only “applicable flights of SkyTeam partner airlines” and does not define applicability by operating carrier, marketing carrier or codeshare. [3] The page therefore does not state whether a China Airlines-marketed flight operated by another carrier earns; for partner flights it publishes no operating-carrier condition beyond “applicable flights”. [3]

A disruption rule points the same way: if force majeure cancels or delays a China Airlines or Mandarin Airlines flight and members are transferred to other airlines, the sector miles and status points are not credited. [3] That exception is written for China Airlines and Mandarin Airlines flights, not for partner-operated sectors. [3]

Crediting is single-programme. If a Dynasty Flyer member also belongs to other partner airline programmes, flight miles can be credited only to Dynasty Flyer or the other programme. [3] Once a programme is chosen, the member cannot ask to move the miles to another frequent flyer account, whether or not the accrual succeeded. [3]

Flight miles and status points can be accumulated only once per flight; extra tickets and seats do not add credit. [3] Actual miles use the IATA-regulated Ticketed-Point-Mileage between departure and destination, and if a transit changes the flight number the two flights are calculated separately. [3]

To have a flight considered, the page asks members to give both their membership card number and name when booking, directly or through a travel agent, and to present the membership card at airport check-in. [3] The page asks members to retain the ticket copy and boarding pass for at least 180 days. [3] Questions about flown miles or status points go to the local member-service hotline within 180 days of departure, with the boarding pass, electronic or paper ticket receipt and membership number; an itinerary or reservation reference is not accepted. [3] China Airlines says it verifies and corrects within four weeks, and online correction is available in the Dynasty Member Portal. [3] Same-day applications may not be accepted because boarding records take time to update. [3]

Exceptions and limits

• The flight-mile and status-point exclusion lists differ: group G and promotional L are named for flight miles but not separately for status points. [3]
• Operating-carrier conditions for partner flights are not defined beyond “applicable flights”; the published wording does not say that a partner flight number alone is sufficient. [3]
• A force-majeure transfer to another airline on a China Airlines or Mandarin Airlines disruption earns no sector miles or status points. [3]
• Only one programme can receive the flight miles, and the choice cannot be reversed after the fact. [3]
• Credit for a flight is once only, and cabin differences use the lower of ticket and boarding class. [3]
• Mileage is valid for 36 months from the flight date, based on Taipei Local Time, and expires at 00:00 on the first day of the relevant month; expired miles can be reinstated within six months for a fee and are then valid for 12 months. [3]

Related pages

Programme: Dynasty Flyer. Alliance context: SkyTeam guide. Redemption: booking Dynasty Flyer awards. Concept: partner earning. Definitions: glossary.

Sources

Sources accessed on 18 October 2026. Other SkyTeam carriers’ own programme rules, other frequent flyer programmes, Dynasty Flyer redemption, tier progression and status-point expiry are not covered here.

1. China Airlines Dynasty Flyer flight mileage and status points, checked 18 October 2026
2. China Airlines economy class fare family, checked 18 October 2026