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How to Order an Upgrade Award 

  • You may follow the following steps to apply for award upgrades when you reach the upgrade award requirement with valid Upgrade Certificate or Electronic Miles earned by the same account number:

    Step1:Make your reservations through an EVA Air reservation office and state your intention to use Electronic Miles or Upgrade Certificate for a upgrade award. Please also state the type of ticket that you are holding or will purchase. (Please see note 1)
    Note 1:  Members can also make award upgrade reservations by logging into Evergreen Club account online. It is available to ticketed passengers with confirmed reservations made by EVA Internet Booking System only. Please click here for details.
      Booking Designators for free upgrade: 
       N -   Super Business / 
                Premium Laurel
       O– Evergreen Deluxe /
               Elite

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    Step2:Choose to use your own miles, the miles transferred to you or Electronic Upgrade Certificate.

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    Step3:The system will automatically deduct miles or Upgrade Certificate from your electronic account once you book confirm seat.   
    The total mileage required for the upgrade must be valid till the departure date. 
  • When you cancel an upgraded reservation that was made by using Electronic Miles or Upgrade Certificate before the departure date, the system will automatically re-deposit the original valid Electronic Miles or Upgrade Certificate back to the account. The system takes 3-5 days to process the re-deposit action if the cancellation occurred after the departure date.
  • Please print the original ticketing class category of buying on the ticket when booking the N, O, for upgrade award.
  • Upgrade awards are applicable to EVA Air and UNI Air international routes with BR or B7 flight number except chartered flights (scheduled charter flights between Taiwan and Mainland China are excluded) and some code-shared routes with partner airlines. Eg. Taipei-Nagoya and Taipei-Tokyo routes code-shared with All Nippon which are operated by All Nippon.
  • Holders of the following tickets can not reserve an upgrade award in advance or upgrade upon airport check-in:
    1. Various free or special offer tickets, such as free tickets, tickets with  no face value, and free or discount travel/airline industry tickets,
    2. Barter tickets,
    3. Group tickets,
    4. Special promotion fare tickets,  (Eg. Holding R/H booking class tickets ) 
       
  • Upgrade awards are limited to the next higher class only. Successive class upgrade is not allowed.
  • EVA Air and UNI Air reserve the right to limit the number of passenger upgrades on each flight.
  • If the ticket presented at the airport check-in counter does not comply with the rules for upgrade, the member must abide by the airport staff's recommendation. You will be most likely asked to purchase another ticket, pay the difference between the two tickets, or check in according to the ticket class.
  • Infant tickets are required to pay fare difference for the upgrade.
  • Evergreen Club members who hold Y/M/Q/K ticket do not have enough miles to redeem for an upgrade in cabin service for same day EVA flight can purchase the required miles upon check-in at the airport for an en route upgrade.  But members cannot reserve a free upgrade in advance.  A member cannot purchase more than 5,000 miles at check-in to secure an en route upgrade, and the cost is US$40.00 for every 1,000 miles purchased. Miles purchased will be reflected as bonus miles in your Evergreen Club account.
  • The ticket holder is responsible for all taxes and surcharges for a upgrade award.
  • The mileage record with cabin class upgrade can be credited to Evergreen Club membership account only, it is not permitted to transfer into other partner airlines.
  • Upgrade Awards are allowed for member holding EVA Air or UNI Air ticket with booking class code Y/M/Q/K upon airport check-in and are subject to seat availability with sufficient Electronic miles or Electronic Upgrade Certificate. Members holding other booking class code tickets need to reserve Award Upgrades in advance. Booking class code R/H/G/W/I are not eligible for Award Upgrades with Electronic miles or Electronic Upgrade Certificate.

Requirement for one flight number upgrade award 

1. Effective from Jun. 21, 2008 (Travel Date) :
    Add-on Peak period and revised part of regular period redeem mileage table 

 

Evergreen Deluxe /
Elite

Economy

Super Business /
Premium Laurel

Economy
(Flights without Evergreen Deluxe/Elite cabin service)

Super Business /
Premium Laurel

Evergreen Deluxe / Elite
Regular period Peak
period
Regular period Peak
period
Regular period Peak
period
Between Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport & Kaohsiung International Airport Not available10,000 Miles Not available 
Between Taiwan &
Hong Kong / Macau
Not available

15,000 Miles

15,000
Miles 
Not available 
Between Taiwan &
Mainland China
Not available

15,000 Miles

20,000
Miles 
Not available 
Within Asia 10,000 Miles  15,000 Miles  15,000 Miles  20,000 Miles  15,000 Miles  20,000 Miles 
Within Asia & Europe/America  25,000 Miles 35,000 Miles 45,000 Miles 55,000 Miles 35,000 Miles 45,000 Miles
Within Taipei &
New York 
30,000 Miles 40,000 Miles  Not available 40,000 Miles 50,000 Miles
Within Taipei & Oceania  Not available   35,000 Miles 45,000 Miles  Not available 

Please note:

(1) The Upgrade Award requirement is based on one sector route.

2. Peak period :

Route 2009 2010
Between Taiwan &
Hong Kong/Macau/
Mainland China 
JAN21-JAN31
JUN25-JUL10
SEP25-OCT12
FEB09-FEB19
JUN25-JUL10
SEP25-OCT12

Within Asia

JAN01-JAN06
JAN21-JAN31
JUN21-AUG20
DEC15-DEC31

JAN01-JAN06
FEB09-FEB19
JUN21-AUG20
DEC15-DEC31

From Asia to America

JAN01-JAN10
JAN21-JAN31
JUN21-AUG20

JAN01-JAN10
FEB09-FEB19
JUN21-AUG20

From America to Asia

JAN21-JAN31
JUN01-JUL15
 DEC10-DEC26

FEB09-FEB19
JUN01-JUL15
 DEC10-DEC26

Within Asia & Europe

JAN01-JAN10
JAN21-JAN31
JUN25-JUL31
AUG20-SEP10
DEC11-DEC25

JAN01-JAN10
FEB09-FEB19
JUN25-JUL31
AUG20-SEP10
DEC11-DEC25

Within Asia & Oceania

JAN04-JAN31
JUN19-AUG15

JAN04-JAN25
FEB09-FEB19
JUN19-AUG15