ANA Mileage Club and Super Flyers: Status Tiers and Loyalty Benefits
ANA's loyalty programme has two distinct features that make it interesting for UK collectors: a clean three-tier elite status structure earned through Premium Points, and the famous Super Flyers Card which converts earned status into a lifetime Star Alliance Gold equivalent.
The status tiers
| Tier | Premium Points (annual) | Star Alliance equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 30,000 | Silver |
| Platinum | 50,000 | Gold |
| Diamond | 100,000 | Gold (with extras) |
What each tier unlocks
Bronze grants priority check-in, priority boarding and 40% Premium Points bonus.
Platinum opens Star Alliance Gold benefits worldwide (lounge access on Lufthansa, Swiss, Singapore), ANA Lounge access on ANA flights, free seat selection and increased baggage.
Diamond grants ANA Suite Lounge access (the First Class lounge at Tokyo Haneda and Narita), priority awards waitlist treatment, and the highest tier of customer service.
Super Flyers Card
Earn Platinum (50,000 Premium Points) in a single calendar year, sign up for the Super Flyers Card within the eligibility window, and you keep Star Alliance Gold benefits for life. Annual card fee applies (modest), but the lifetime Star Alliance Gold is a genuinely permanent benefit, one of only two airline programmes in the world that offers it (JGC being the OneWorld counterpart).
Lounge access at Tokyo
Both Haneda and Narita have ANA Suite Lounges (Diamond/ First) and ANA Lounges (Business/Platinum). The Haneda Suite Lounge is particularly well-regarded.
Family and household
ANA does not offer a Household Account equivalent. Family miles transfers are possible but capped.
The quirky benefit
Super Flyers Card status is genuinely lifetime. Most loyalty programmes have downgraded or eliminated lifetime status over the years; ANA retains it on terms that have remained broadly stable for decades.
The honest take
Earning ANA Platinum from the UK requires roughly a year of intensive ANA flying or a sustained Star Alliance credit-to-ANA strategy. For most UK collectors that's impractical. Super Flyers Card is the goal for the small minority of Britons who do business in Japan and can engineer a Platinum year; for everyone else, ANA is a redemption currency and not a status target.