How to earn and retain China Airlines Dynasty Flyer status

Status points versus flight miles

China Airlines separates the metric that decides tier progress from the balance a member spends. Status points are defined on the airline's earning page as the points earned by taking scheduled international flights operated by China Airlines and Mandarin Airlines and the applicable flights of SkyTeam partner airlines, and they are used to determine tier progression. [3] Flight miles are earned on the same flights and are the balance that can be redeemed for award tickets, cabin upgrades, payment of part of the ticket fare, airport and onboard services, miles donation programmes and selected merchandise. [3] The accrual table on that page is presented as a flight mileage ratio, and no separate status-point ratio appears beside it. [3]

Earning is calculated per flight. China Airlines says the two metrics can only be accumulated once per flight, so additional tickets or seats do not add a second credit. [3] Where the ticket class and the boarding class differ, both flight miles and status points are calculated on the lower of the two, and China Airlines says it calculates and confirms the amounts after departure. [3] Actual miles are measured between departure and destination on the IATA regulated ticketed-point-mileage basis, and where a flight number changes because of a transit the two flights are calculated separately. [3]

The two exclusion lists are not identical. Excluded from status points accumulation are tickets sold at discounts of 50% or more, free tickets, award tickets in X, Z or O booking class, infant tickets, promotional tickets in S or X booking class, labour tickets, barter tickets, charter tickets, excess baggage tickets and airline and travel industry discount tickets. [3] The flight-mile list repeats those categories and also names group tickets in G booking class and promotional tickets in L booking class. [3]

Earning rates by cabin and booking class

The published flight mileage ratios rise with the booking class inside each cabin. In business class the page lists 175% for J, 150% for C and 125% for D; in premium economy 125% for W and U, 115% for A and 100% for E; and in economy 100% for Y, B and M, 80% for K, V and T, and 50% for R, Q, H and N, with discount L at 0%. [3] A Taipei–Los Angeles example on the same table runs from 11,867 miles at the 175% ratio down to 3,391 miles at 50%, with the discount class shown at zero. [3] The page adds that tickets in O, Z, L, X, G or S class earn no mileage, and that where an upgrade segment is booked in I or P class the ticket class refers to the original ticket the member purchased. [3]

The economy fare-family page expresses the same scale in fare-family terms: Discount (L) at 0%, Basic (N, H, Q or R) at 50%, Standard (T, V or K) at 80% and Flex (M, B or Y) at 100%. [4] That page also groups routes into short-haul flights within Asia, long-haul flights covering North America, Europe and Oceania, and routes between Australia and New Zealand. [4] Ratios are applied on a segment basis and on a single flight number basis. [3]

Partner flying, crediting and missing miles

SkyTeam flying counts, but the earning page describes it only as the applicable flights of SkyTeam partner airlines and does not list partner earning tables on that page. [3] Credit can go to one programme only: if a DFP member also belongs to another partner airline's programme, the flight miles can be credited either to DFP or to that other programme, and once a programme has been chosen the member cannot ask for the miles to be moved to another frequent flyer account, whether or not the accrual succeeded. [3]

To have activity credited, members are asked to give their membership number and name when booking themselves or through a travel agent, and to present the membership card at airport check-in. [3] Where credit is missing, the airline asks members to call the local member service hotline within 180 days of departure with the boarding pass, the electronic or paper ticket receipt and the membership card number; an itinerary or reservation reference is not accepted. [3] China Airlines says it verifies and corrects miles within four weeks, and that same-day applications may not be accepted while boarding records are still being updated. [3] If the booking name differs from the name on the member profile, a passport copy showing the alias name is required, and members are told to keep the ticket receipt and boarding pass until the miles are credited. [3]

Mileage validity and reinstatement

Accumulated mileage is valid for 36 months, counted in Taipei local time from the date the China Airlines, Mandarin Airlines or partner flight was taken, or from the date of actual spending for cross-industry partners. [3] Expired mileage is invalidated at 00:00 on the first day of each month: the page's examples put mileage from May 2016 at expiry on 1 June 2019, and mileage from August 2019 at expiry on 1 September 2022. [3] Miles must be redeemed within the validity period against a valid card number. [3]

Expired miles can be reinstated within six months for a fee, and reinstated miles are then valid for 12 months only. [3] One member's miles cannot be combined with another member's, and each mileage transfer must start at 10,000 miles in increments of 1,000 miles. [3] Members can review balances and notification settings in the Dynasty Member Portal. [3]

Exceptions and limits

• The earning page says status points determine tier progression but gives no tier names, no number of status points required, no qualification period and no renewal rule for any tier, so none can be stated here. [3]
• Other programmes' numbers are not transferable.
• Disruption outside the member's control. If a China Airlines or Mandarin Airlines flight is cancelled or delayed by force majeure and members are transferred to other airlines, the sector miles and status points are not credited. [3]
• One flight, one credit. Flight miles and status points can be accumulated only once per flight, and no additional credit is given for extra tickets or seats. [3]
• Excluded fare types. Award tickets in X, Z or O booking class and the other excluded ticket types earn no status points, and the flight-mile exclusions add group tickets in G class and promotional tickets in L class. [3]
• Redemption uses a different scale. The published fare-family table allows mileage upgrades only for its Standard and Flex economy fare families, which is a spending rule rather than a status rule. [4]

Related pages

Programme profile: China Airlines Dynasty Flyer. Terms: status points, elite status. Comparison: status thresholds in major programmes. Starting point: the glossary.

Sources

Sources accessed on 18 October 2026.

1. China Airlines — flight miles and status points, earning rules, checked 18 October 2026
2. China Airlines — economy class fare families and mileage by fare family, checked 18 October 2026