Fortune Wings Club is a mileage program shared by a collection of Chinese airlines including Hainan Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, and others.

For this post, I’m not going to get into the details of the elite status aspect of the program and instead focus on the redemption side of the program.

Airlines using the Fortune Wings Club mileage program

The Fortune Wings Club mileage program is used by the following 12 airlines:

Of these airlines, Hainan Airlines has the largest fleet, but sits in fourth place behind China Southern (largest), China Eastern (second largest), and Air China (third largest). However, note that many are considered subsidiaries or affiliates of Hainan Airlines Group.

Only one bank program transfers to Fortune Wings Club miles

None of the major players transfer over to Fortune Wings Club miles, but there is one smaller player that does: Rove. (Mesa used to allow transfers until it went under late 2025.)

Points transfer fairly quickly at a 1:1 ratio, though it might require a few minutes to complete and logging out of and back into your account.

Award flights booked with Fortune Wings Club miles can be booked 362 days in advance

As a planner, I love being able to book awards well far in advance. I feel like I can lock down my preferred dates of travel before the majority of other award seekers. And so the earlier the schedule is released, the better it is.

But perhaps what matters more is being able to book awards before those with a large balance of miles with U.S. programs are able to book. Those programs generally open schedules and award bookings 11 months in advance. So if you can find a program that allows awards weeks before the comparable U.S. airline, you can generally book what you want.

Award flights booked with Fortune Wings Club miles can be booked 362 days in advance, giving plenty of time to redeem those flights. That’s great! Getting something before others can access it is always helpful for a scarce resource like award space.

Award change and cancel fees aren’t good

Need to change or cancel an award flight? The Fortune Wings Club mileage program charges some tough penalties for any award changes and cancels.

• Canceling an award flight
  • Fortune Classic Awards
    • Miles are nonrefundable
    • Refunds are possible on taxes/fees if canceled when the ticket is still valid
  • Fortune Flex Awards
    • Unfortunately, cancelations on these awards are not defined on their website
• Changing an award flight
  • Hong Kong Airlines
    • Rebooking fee of 240 HKD applies
  • Hainan Airlines Group
    • 100 RMB per domestic ticket
    • 200 RMB per regional/international ticket
  • Free for Platinum, Gold, and Silver members on Fortune Classic Awards
  • Both Fortune Flex Awards and awards on Alaska, Etihad, or Virgin Australia are not well-defined for change fees

Award booked with Fortune Wings Club miles are based on carrier, region, and distance

Flights on Hainan Airlines Group

If you’re looking for a flight on any Hainan Airlines Group airline (basically any airline that uses Fortune Wings Club except for Hong Kong Airlines), you’ll pay one of two rates. If you’re flying domestically (within China), you’ll pay a cheaper rate. Also, there is a slightly cheaper rate you’ll pay for roundtrip itineraries.

One thing to note is that all distances are based on kilometers (km). However, the airline industry normally bases distance in miles (mi). For the sake of convenience, we’ve converted all distance bands into an equivalent band based on miles.

Domestic awards

Regional/International awards

Also, note that Hainan Airlines in particular shrank in size, no longer flying quite as many routes from China to the rest of the world. That places a limit on how many routes actually fall into these buckets.

Flights on Hong Kong Airlines

When not flying on Hainan Airlines Group, there is no longer any benefit to booking roundtrip flights. Additionally, there is no longer any breakout between domestic or international flights–they’re all priced the same way.

As with Hainan, Hong Kong Airlines shrank in size and no longer flies to as many destinations. As an example, they now only fly to North America via Vancouver, British Columbia.

Flights on Alaska Airlines

While Alaska Airlines now has started flying international routes, those routes are not yet available to book per their points calculator.

Flights on Etihad

While first class flights are technically possible on Etihad, don’t expect to find much availability.

Flights on Virgin Australia

As with many other airlines on this list, Virgin Australia also shrank in recent years and its routes no longer touch North America or anything further than Doha, Qatar.

What are the sweet spots?

Unfortunately, there’s only one route we would consider to be a sweet spot with the Fortune Wings Club program.

Great pricing for short Alaska flights

British Airways keeps devaluing short-distance awards on Alaska, but Hainan’s Fortune Wings Club award rates continue to persist. Flights shorter than 310 miles (500 km) are only 5,000 miles in economy or 9,000 in first class. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a better deal than that, even within Alaska’s own MileagePlan program.

However, that said, the number of routes are rather limiting. Even the LAX-SFO route clocks in as more than 500 km, making it only available on very short hops. Still, getting that rate even on some of the US-Canada hops is great given cash rates can be high.

Infant awards cost the same as any other award

Back when we flew internationally with an infant, we ended up sometimes paying a pretty penny to allow our child to sit in our lap. Without getting into the debate on the safety of the lap child, I can say it sometimes got expensive.

With most airlines, you would be forced to pay 10% of the cash price of the ticket. Say you found a flight for 75,000 miles in business class one-way. But if you want to bring your lap infant, you’d have to pay 10% of the cash fare, which could be thousands of dollars. A one-way flight is painfully priced high, and you might pay less if doing a roundtrip, but it’s still quite a dent. I’d say the rough average of what we paid for an infant was around $600 for the ticket.

Unfortunately, infant awards will cost you the same as an award for an adult. Flying with an infant-in-arms? Expect to pay double for that seat you’re occupying. We’d steer clear of this program if you’re bringing an infant along.

How to best search for availability?

Want to book online or see award availability before you transfer points? Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem possible. There is a spot on their website to apply for online booking, but we just get an error message. Perhaps it’s coming soon, but for now they direct you to call their offices at (+86-898)95339-8.

Since we only recommend you use their miles to book Alaska, we’d suggest first checking with another site you feel comfortable with to look for Alaska awards (but importantly not the Alaska website as they show awards that partners cannot book).

Do Fortune Wings Club miles expire?

Yes, Fortune Wings Club miles will expire 24 months after earning them. Miles can be extended with any activity.

Suggested reading:

• Destinations we’ve visited
• How to Travel with Kids
• How to Book Award Travel Like a Pro