Battle of the banks: which card is the fastest to accumulate S7 miles? How to register for the S7 Priority program

Airline services are quite expensive, so most passengers are happy to use premium programs. How profitable is it to use bonuses from airline companies? In this article you will read what the S7 Priority program from the popular carrier provides.

What is S7 Priority?

The mileage counting system, which allows you to travel with privileges from the major airline company S7, is called S7 Priority or “S7 Priority”. In this system, bonuses are awarded to travelers for flights, pre-booking hotels, renting a car and purchasing in some online stores.

Miles are accumulated for using the services of S7 and partner airlines. You can calculate bonuses for a flight on the “Priority” program tab (www.s7.ru). To do this, you need to fill in the fields with the cities of departure and arrival, select the airline, and the type of card.

How to get involved?

You can join the program in one of the following ways:

Fill out the participant form on the website www.S7.ru.
Priority can be obtained by issuing a card through one of three partner banks.
Contact the company's call center and become a client of this system.

Types of cards

The airline offers its customers several types of "S7 Priority" cards:

classical;
silver;
gold;
platinum.

Cards provide various benefits. So, we list the main privileges provided by the cards:

The ability to carry additional baggage free of charge up to twenty-three, and in some cases up to thirty-two kilograms.
Priority when checking in for a flight, confirming the waiting list, and boarding the plane.
Registration of a premium tariff.

A card of a certain type is issued to customers who have accumulated the required number of miles per year. To obtain a silver card you need twenty thousand status miles, a gold card - fifty thousand, a platinum card - seventy-five thousand.

With a classic card, for using the services of S7 or its partners, bonuses are awarded that can be exchanged for bonuses. Status miles give you the right to receive a higher level in the S7 Priority program.

Silver card owners have the opportunity to:

Bonuses can be gifted to another program participant or spent on charity.

To transfer miles, you must be a member of the S7 Priority program and have at least five hundred points. You can transfer no more than ten thousand miles during the year. The cost of translation is three hundred seventy-five rubles minimum.

Project S7 and Tinkoff

Owners of branded bank cards issued jointly by S7 Airlines and Tinkoff Bank receive privileges from the company. The cards allow passengers to:

Earn miles for purchases on s7.ru. Customer priority will then allow you to pay with these miles when purchasing air tickets.
Take part in specially organized sales.
Place orders for delivery in real time.

With the constant use of a branded card, the passenger is assigned a silver status or upgraded to a free class of service.

Credit cards come in World Mastercard and WorldMastercard Black Edition. World Mastercard has a limit of seven hundred thousand rubles, twelve thousand welcome miles on the balance and an annual one-time upgrade. WorldMastercard Black Edition has a limit of up to one and a half million rubles, twenty thousand welcome miles, and an annual two-time upgrade.

When paying with debit cards, miles are awarded for purchases on s7.ru or on special offers from the Black Edition card has additional advantages of currency exchange at a special rate, and the opportunity to visit business lounges.

Can I buy miles?

If a passenger does not have enough bonuses, he can buy miles when purchasing an air ticket, provided that the desired fare is included in the miles calculation program. This can be done in the “S7 Priority” personal account on the company’s website if the passenger is a participant in the program. If the client is not a member of the award program, he can still buy miles if he has flown with S7 at least once before.

One mile costs one ruble. The minimum purchase package for miles is five hundred. During the year, a passenger can buy no more than ten thousand miles.

Authorization on S7.ru

To enter your personal account you must:

Go to www.priority.s7.ru.
Click on the personal account link.
Log in using your login, phone number or card number.
Enter your password.
If the client has not registered, then you must become a member by following a special link. Write your details. Indicate permanent departure cities. Enter your passport details, e-mail and create a password. Activate profile.

In your personal account, a passenger can:

Manage your miles.
Save the information you need. For example, about passengers for whom tickets are often purchased.
Receive information about upcoming routes.
Issue tickets using saved personal data.

According to reviews from regular customers of www.priority.s7.ru, using your personal account is very convenient.

Temporary card

If the passenger is not an S7 Priority member, he can accumulate miles using a temporary card. It is not a personalized card. Using it you can find out the passenger's account number, which is indicated on the main side of the card. The passenger must dictate or write a code when purchasing airline tickets, and then his miles will be added to the passenger's account.

You need to activate the card in the S7 Priority program. You can order a personalized card containing personal information and client status after your first flight with S Seven Airlines.

Is it possible to restore miles?

The S7 Priority program provides the opportunity to restore miles that were accidentally not taken into account. To restore, the following conditions must be met:

More than three days must have passed since the flight.
The profile data in your personal account must match the data on the air ticket.
If the flight is made through S Seven Airlines, then no more than six months should pass. If the passenger flew through a company that is a partner of S Seven Airlines, then the recovery period is no more than a year.

To restore miles you need to:

Log in to your personal account.
Fill out the form developed for such cases.

Program partners

The entire list of companies that are key partners of the company can be viewed on the official website s7.ru. In the aviation sector, these are the most famous companies, such as American Airlines or Japan Airlines; in the hotel business, these are world-famous hotels, such as Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts and others.

According to reviews from regular passengers of S Seven Airlines, participating in the S7 Priority program is very profitable. The program is free, but provides many benefits to customers. For example, purchasing air tickets during the holidays. SS Seven Airlines employees are always ready to answer all passenger questions related to the S7 Priority program via a free 24-hour hotline. The passenger can leave a message on the company's official website and receive a response in writing.

Company `s logo

S7 Airlines (Siberia Airlines OJSC) is now one of the leading and dynamically developing Russian air carriers with the base city of Novosibirsk. It is part of the S7 Group and the world's third largest aviation alliance, Oneworld. The company has two hub international airports in the city and in "" (Moscow).

Main directions

The company operates regular flights both on domestic routes and to Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region:

Domestic flights:

Astrakhan, Anapa, Bratsk, Barnaul, Ulan-Ude, Vladivostok, Vladikavkaz, Kazan, Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Magnitogorsk, Kemerovo, Magadan, Krasnodar, Kurgan, Mineralnye Vody, Makhachkala, Moscow, Nizhnevartovsk, Norilsk, Nadym, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Sochi, Novy Urengoy, Perm, Chita, Ufa, Tomsk, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Chelyabinsk, St. Petersburg, Omsk, Rostov-on-Don;

International flights:

Antalya, Ashgabat, Bangkok, Baku, Burgas, Varna, Dubai, Hong Kong, Gyumri, Hanover, Dusseldorf, Dushanbe, Dublin, Yerevan, Kiev, Munich, Chisinau, Innsbruck, Osh, Semipalatinsk, Podgorica, Pavlodar, Sanya, Beijing, Tashkent, Urgench, Tel Aviv, Khujand, Istanbul, Tenerife, Tokyo, Tbilisi, Shenyang, Urumqi, Frankfurt am Main, Utapao, Tivat, Seoul.

Air Park

The S7 Airlines company has one of the most advanced fleets of aircraft in Russia and has about 60 aircraft, including Airbus A319-100, Airbus A320-100, Airbus A321-100, Boeng 737-400, Boeng 737-800 ,Boeng 767-300ER.

C7 partners

The company is a party to a special commercial agreement with 25 airlines around the world. This allows it to conduct joint commercial operation of flights and provides passengers with significant advantages and convenience when using complex flights with several landings on flights of partner companies.
"S7 Airlines" has a subsidiary company "", to which the majority of charter flights are transferred.

Services sector

The air carrier is committed to providing modern and varied services to serve passengers, based on international standards. “S7 Airlines” was the first in Russia to introduce online ordering and purchase of air tickets. The company's special services include:
— Internet service:

This is a modern, fast and convenient service, also available from mobile phones. The company's website allows you to search for the necessary tickets, both for the required date and for the time period closest to it, evaluate the price range of the offered options, book or buy the desired ticket. You can complete pre-flight registration on the website;

— passenger transfer services at the point of arrival:

This service allows you to order a transfer to the desired location in an unfamiliar city at the destination airport. The service has a fixed price;

— “flying packages”;

service for the delivery of envelopes (packages) to the desired city or country, without the participation of the customer when concluding an agreement;

— “S7-priority” programs;

For passengers who frequently use the company's services, there is a program for recording “flown” miles. As a result, the passenger accumulates bonuses for discounts that apply to future purchases of air tickets.

Awards and safety

Since 2001, S7 Airlines has won various diplomas at airline exhibitions and competitions. The last, very significant award was the victory in the category “Service on the ground and in the sky (Russian airline)” awarded in 2014.
For more than 10 years, the company has been a member of the International Air Transport Association, and since 2007, after passing an audit, it has officially complied with international flight safety standards.

Online services

Purchasing a ticket on the website

You can purchase a ticket on the official website of Siberia Airlines on the page travelwith.s7.ru. You will need minimal information about the flight:

place of departure and arrival
desired date
number of passengers

Optionally, you can choose a direct flight or make a composite route (with transfers at certain airports).

The Economy Basic fare does not include luggage. Hand luggage only, weighing no more than 10 kg. The ticket cannot be returned either.

On the next page, the service will offer all flights that meet your request. Select a class (economy, business) and move on.

In the next step, the service will offer you to book a hotel and rent a car. If this is not necessary, proceed to the next step.

Enter the personal data of passengers: full name, date of birth, identity document (passport, international passport). Enter your contact information to get in touch. On the same page you must pay the final amount using Visa and MasterCard cards.