China Airlines’ Dynasty Flyer program has sent out an email to its members, informing them that all miles that were previously extended on the basis of pandemic relief will now expire as of June 30, 2023.
Dynasty Flyer has extended miles and status generously throughout the past three years but all good things come to an end, and members who have miles expiring should now find a purpose for them.
When Covid hit, most airlines, hotels, and their loyalty programs implemented a relief program that would pause the expiration of both points and status on the account, but since we’re now in year three post-Covid and pretty much a year since we left it behind us, these policies are now running out.
We tried to cover pretty much all of the announcements these companies and programs made that would be relevant to their members and our readers, including those of China Airlines Dynasty Flyer.
Today I received an email from them as a member, informing me that the miles extended until June 2023 would no longer be valid after June 30th, and they’d expire unless redeemed by that date:
I think it’s a reasonable policy that these miles are now finally subject to the usual expiration policy, though I sort of question WHY miles and points have to expire in the first place. Many programs have done away with expiration dates and keep balances active either forever or as long as there is some activity every xx months.
Members who do have a balance on their Dynasty account subject to expiration might want to look into using their miles before they go bust. For example, by taking a trip to Hong Kong, Japan, Korea or Thailand.
The program announced in March that status members would benefit from at least one more round of extended / reduced qualification which we covered below:
It’s surprising China Airlines is going into yet another round of extensions after almost all airlines and their programs returned to the regular requirements.
Conclusion
China Airlines Dynasty Flyer has announced the expiration of previously extended miles balances on June 30th and previously another period of status extensions for their tier members whose status expires either by the end of this year or thereafter. This will give them up to two years extra. Members will also be able to requalify at 40% less flight activity.
Taiwan has been open for travel without restrictions for the full year now, and if someone can’t reach a certain tier level, then at some point, there must be a cut made to return to pre-pandemic rules.