ConnectMiles
Star Alliance · miles · Calendar year; status valid to the end of February two years on
Elite tiers
| Tier | miles required from zero |
|---|---|
| Silver | 20,000 |
| Gold Star Alliance Gold | 40,000 |
| Platinum | 70,000 |
| Presidential | 90,000 |
Gold confers Star Alliance Gold — the lowest tier in this programme with alliance-wide lounge access. Alliance mapping last verified 6 August 2026. Conditions beyond the threshold: Minimum 4 flown Copa Airlines segments per year at every tier.; Segment alternative: 35 Rating Segments. Basic fares earn half the miles and segments.. Compare lounge access across programmes →
Requirements beyond the threshold
- Silver — At least 4 flown Copa Airlines segments.
- Gold — At least 4 flown Copa Airlines segments.
- Platinum — At least 4 flown Copa Airlines segments.
- Presidential — At least 4 flown Copa Airlines segments.
These apply in addition to the miles figure, so reaching the number alone does not confer the tier.
Minimum 4 flown Copa Airlines segments per year required at every tier. Segment alternative: Silver 20, Gold 35, Platinum 65, Presidential 85 segments. Basic fares earn half the miles and segments. Partner earning comes from Copa’s own 25 published charts. One limit worth knowing: Avianca is the only partner Copa publishes in AWARD miles rather than in a single column serving both currencies, and it converts at 1 qualifying mile per 2 award miles — except on seven named routes (BOG–MAD, BOG–CDG, BOG–BCN, BOG–LHR, CLO–MAD, MAD–MDE and SAL–MAD), where it is 1:1 from 1 July 2026. The general 1:2 rate is modelled, so Avianca flights on those seven city pairs are understated here by exactly half. Copa's own-metal chart is fare-family keyed (Business Full 300% / Promo 175% / Economy Full 175% / Classic 100% / Basic 50% Qualifying Miles, minimum 500 miles; letters G/I/N/P/X/Z published as earning nothing) — pick a fare family for an own-metal figure. The reported separate ticket-stock table for Copa sectors sold by other airlines does NOT exist on Copa's current site (capture U, 31 Aug 2026 — all 24 ConnectMiles sitemap URLs enumerated): Copa publishes an operating-carrier rule only (‘Miles may be earned only on flights operated by ConnectMiles partner airlines’), and the reported 200/150/125/100/50 ladder is exactly Copa's superseded pre-2024 own-metal card, still printed beneath the current one — most plausibly a mis-scoped capture of that legacy card. Nothing is modelled from it. Qualification runs on the calendar year, the counters reset on 1 January, and status earned in a year is valid to the end of February two years on. The PreferMember accrual bonus (25 / 50 / 75 / 100% by tier) is award-side only and is excluded from qualification, so holding status never speeds up the next one. Qualifying Segments are disclosed, not computed.
Reaching this status
ConnectMiles publishes conditions that sit alongside the miles threshold, so reaching the number on its own does not confer the tier. They are shown here and never scored — the Lark Score measures miles earned and nothing else. Where the published wording says more than the summary line, the wording governs.
Own-flight minimum
- At least 4 sectors within 12 months on flights marketed and operated by Copa Airlines.
Applies both when qualifying and when keeping a tier.
Published wording and our capture notes
Minimum of four segments of flights paid for and flown on Copa Airlines during a calendar year. A flight segment is defined as a flight with a takeoff and a landing. (Except for flights with an intermediate stop in a city other than Panama).Source for Own-flight minimum (opens in a new tab) · Checked 28 August 2026
Earning reference
Booking classesEvery miles rate, by booking class
The full reference table for ConnectMiles: each operating carrier crossed with each booking class, the rate we hold, and the earning model behind it. Only classes with a rate we have captured from the programme are listed — nothing is filled in with a guess.
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