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Malev Hungarian Airlines


Important Program Updates

View details on minimum mileage accrual changes – effective January 16, 2009.




Malev Earning AAdvantage Miles

Earn applicable base miles each time you purchase and fly on an eligible fare ticket on Malév Hungarian Airlines. AAdvantage Executive Platinum®, AAdvantage Platinum®, or AAdvantage Gold® members will earn a minimum of 500 miles on eligible fare tickets.

Effective April 1, 2007, Malév became a member of the oneworld® Alliance. Qualifying miles, points and segments count toward AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold status. To attain AAdvantage elite status, you must fly at least four American Airlines or American Eagle® flights within the qualifying year. Mileage accrual may not be eligible on routes operated by other carriers.

Malév is a member of the oneworld Alliance, an alliance formed among ten of the world's leading airlines - American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines (including Japan Asia Airways, JALways, Japan Transocean Air, JAL Express, and J-Air), LAN (including LAN Airlines, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador, LAN Express, and LAN Peru), Malév Hungarian Airlines, Qantas, and Royal Jordanian. The oneworld network offers service to nearly 700 destinations in almost 150 countries. For more information, visit www.aa.com/oneworld.

Eligible Malév Fare Classes*
Class of Service Purchased Fares Booked In: Mileage Accrual Percentage Elite Qualifying Points Per Mile Earned*
Business Class J,C,D,I 100% + 25% bonus 1.50
Economy Class Y,B,H 100% 1.50
Discount Economy Class K, L, M, P, S, V 100% 1.00
Discount Economy Class G, N, O, Q, T, W, Z 100% .50
American Airlines and/or Malév reserve the right to change the eligible fare classes at any time without notice.

* Elite qualifying points effective for travel on/after April 1, 2007.

Purchased fares booked in Classes not shown in the chart above are ineligible to earn AAdvantage mileage credit. Certain additional rules apply to earning AAdvantage miles. View the AAdvantage Terms and Conditions for complete details.

Using AAdvantage Miles

Effective April 1, 2007, members can redeem miles for travel on Malév.

Our award structure offers one list of awards valid on any AAdvantage participant airline, view the award chart and a list of participating airlines.

Using AAdvantage miles for airline award travel is subject to capacity controls. View a list of airlines and travel embargo dates.

Contact Information

For more information about Malév Hungarian Airlines, call 1-800-223-6884 in the U.S. and Canada or visit www.malev.com*.

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Missing Mileage Credit
Please allow up to thirty (30) days for AAdvantage mileage to automatically post to your account.

Request Mileage Credit Online
To request missing mileage credit for flights flown on Malév, complete an online mileage request form. When completing this form, choose Malév from the "Select Airline Flown" drop-down menu.

To request missing mileage by telephone, call AAdvantage Customer Service:
U.S. / Canada 1-800-882-8880 and ask for 'AAdvantage Services' then 'Request Mileage Credit.'
Outside the U.S. and Canada, call 1-817-799-2500

Please have the following information at the time of your call:
  • Name as it appears on your AAdvantage account
  • Ticket receipt(s)
  • Boarding Pass(es)
  • AAdvantage account number
After providing the above required information, please allow up to thirty (30) days for your mileage to be manually credited to your account.