Royal Skies Terms & Conditions

The Royal Brunei Airlines Frequent Flyer Programme (“Royal Skies”) has been developed to reward the loyalty of Royal Brunei Airlines (“RB”) frequent travelers.  Participation in Royal Skies is subject to these Terms and Conditions, which are deemed to be accepted by the member upon enrolment to the programme.

1.1. In order to maintain its member’s Royal Skies membership, Royal Brunei will use its member’s personal data for the following purposes:

• To provide you with membership status updates and other Royal Skies account related information
• To facilitate transactions and services
• To market and communicate to the member information on promotions, contests, events and lucky draws including those conducted by Royal Skies partners
• To conduct on customer related surveys and market researches
• To process Royal Skies member participation with regards to provision of services or products which Royal Skies members are entitled under the Royal Skies programme.
• For any other purposes as provided in Royal Brunei Privacy Policy

1.2. Royal Skies members are advised to inform Royal Brunei pertaining to any changed to their personal data.

1.3. Royal Skies members may request for Royal Brunei to not use your personal data for the abovementioned purposes. Unless expressed otherwise, you hereby consent for your personal data to be transferred by Royal Brunei for these purposes.

1.4. Royal Brunei reserves the right to disclosed member’s personal data and information relating to its activities under the Royal Skies program where it is required by law or any official any governmental authorities.

1.5. A member who has given consent may subsequently instruct Royal Brunei not to use his/her personal data for such marketing purposes by submitting a request in writing via our online feedback form, or by logging into www.flyroyalbrunei.com to update their Communication Preferences. Information collected by us will be used in accordance with the Royal Brunei Airlines Privacy Policy.

2.1 Membership

2.1.1 Membership in Royal Skies is open to individuals of at least two (2) years of age. Membership applications submitted by minors (individuals aged under 12 years) must be signed by a parent or legal guardian.  Membership is not open to families, groups, companies, trusts, partnerships, government departments or agencies, or other entities.

2.1.2 Subject to local laws and restrictions, membership is open to residents of any country who submits a fully completed application form.  If an application form is not fully completed, RB may reject the application or request additional information from the applicant. RB reserves the right to decline membership to any applicant.

2.1.3 An application for membership will serve as an authorization for RB to process and store the information given and to use it for RB’s research, marketing, customer service and public relations purposes.  Only where required by law, will this information be shared with government agencies with or without the knowledge or consent of the members.

2.1.4 Members may change their personal details such as email address, mailing address and/or telephone number by logging into their Royal Skies account or via submission of the Profile Update form online.  Members are responsible for maintaining correct email, mailing, electronic address and phone number on file with Royal Skies.  Under no circumstances will RB accept responsibility for non-delivery of awards or membership materials due to incorrect address. Members may change name on the account, however name change requests require valid proof of identity.

2.1.5. Each member may maintain only one Royal Skies account.  Enrolment of several persons in a single account (joint account) and multiple enrolments by a single person are not allowed.  Members may terminate their membership by written notice at any time.  All accumulated mileage will then be cancelled. In the event that more than one account has been assigned to the same individual (duplicate accounts) RB reserves the sole right to close/cancel any of the extra accounts and advise member of the valid account.  Miles accumulated in the account that has been closed/cancelled shall be deemed cancelled and non-transferable to the remaining account.

2.1.6. Membership will remain valid if at least one flight or partner transaction (minimum 500 miles) is recorded in the account within a 36-month period.  If no activity is recorded within a 36-month period, RB reserves the right to terminate the account and cancel all unused mileage in the account.

2.1.7. RB reserves the right to terminate membership, and cancel all mileage accrued in the event of misconduct, fraud, failure to follow programme policies and procedures and other misrepresentation of information or misuse of the card or programme awards.  The member will be held liable for all damages, litigation and transaction costs.

2.1.8. In case of death of a Royal Skies member, the deceased member’s air miles may be transferred to another membership account or redeemed subject to the following conditions:-

• the request for transfer or redemption can only be made by the appointed executor(s) or administrator(s) of the deceased member’s estate.
• the request must be made within 12 months after the member’s death. If the executor(s) or administrator(s) do not make this request within the 12 months period, all unused air miles associated with the deceased member’s account will be forfeited and the membership account will be terminated.
• Such request must be made in writing and all relevant documents relating to the deceased member and the appointment as executor or administrator must be attached to the request.
• The executor or administrator cannot transfer or redeem any air miles which have already expired at the date of receipt of such request.

2.2 Family Plus Membership

2.2.1. Family Plus memberships allows up to eleven (11) family members. Family members include parents, parentts-in law, spouse and children aged between 2 years to 17 years old.

2.2.2. Each Family Plus membership must nominate only one (1) lead account holder.

2.2.3. The nominated lead account holder must be aged 18 and above.

2.2.4. Royal Skies members can only be part of one (1) family membership at a time.

2.2.5. Once family members have accepted the family membership request, all family members’ flight and partner activity and status miles will be automatically accrued and transferred to the lead account holder membership account.

2.2.6 Any status miles earned prior to the creation of family membership will not be transferred. Status miles will only be transferred for flight activities occuring after the family member accepts the family membership requests.

2.2.7. All family members must give their consent to be included in the Family Plus membership. Consent is deemed given upon “Acceptance” by family members into the family plus membership. In the event that consent is not given by the family members, the registration will not be processed. Acceptance can be through email acceptance or by confirming through the individual family member’s account.

2.2.8 To register as a family, the lead account holder must login to their Royal Skies account and add their family members under the Relationship menu. The request may take up to four (4) working weeks to be processed. If approved, an email will be sent to family members for their consent and acceptance. The registration will only be processed upon receipt of their consent and acceptance.  

2.2.9. Any incomplete or uncertain submission of family membership will not be further processed until such time that all required documentation or information has been received.

2.2.10. Once registered into a Family Plus membership, any changes or termination can only be made after one (1) year from the registration date.

2.2.11. Any changes to the lead account holder can only be made after one (1) year of the creation of the Family Plus membership. In the event that the current lead account holder exits the Family group, the lead account holder can only join the family again or any other family membership after a six (6) month period. In the event that no new lead account holder is nominated, the Family Plus membership will be terminated.

2.2.12. After one (1) year from the registration date, family members can withdraw their respective participation to the family membership via written notice to Royal Skies at [email protected]

2.2.13. Royal Skies may at any time and at its discretion, determine that a Family Pool is not compliant with the Terms and Conditions and cancel any part or all of the Family Pool.

3.1. As part of Royal Brunei Airlines sustainability initiative to reduce plastic and promote digitalisation, permanent membership cards will no longer be issued.

3.2 A digital membership card can be downloaded under My Card section once a member has logged in.

3.3. Royal Skies Silver and Royal Skies Gold membership cards carry expiration dates and entitle cardholders to additional benefits during the validity period of membership.

3.4. Members must present their Gold or Silver digital membership cards at the time of check-in to enjoy additional benefits.

4.1. Mileage for Air Travel

4.1.1. The basic unit of accounting in the Royal Skies Programme is the miles accumulated in the member’s account.

4.1.2. Members will earn a minimum of 150 miles or actual flight miles on all regular scheduled flights where an RB flight number is entered on the ticket. Mileage credit will not be awarded for flight cancellations, except that RB may, at its sole discretion, give credit for flights cancelled due to mechanical reasons or schedule reduction.  In the event of re-accommodation with another carrier due to RB’s reasons, mileage will be given for the original RB routing and Class of Service.

4.1.3. Members will earn Royal Skies miles on all purchased RB scheduled flights with exceptions to those listed in 4.1.6 below.

4.1.4 Tickets booked and purchased on RB Flexi and RB Value booking classes are eligible for award upgrade redemption.

4.1.5 Tickets booked and purchased under RB Saver and RB Super Saver booking classes are not eligible for award upgrade redemption.

4.1.6 The following fares are not eligible to earn Royal Skies miles: free or non-revenue tickets (E, P, I booking classes), reduced rate companion, prize, charter or non-scheduled flights, code-share flights marketed by RB,, infant tickets, code share flights, miles and money tickets or tickets issued subject to special provisions.

4.1.7. Some deeply discounted and special promotional fares may also be excluded from mileage accrual at RB’s sole discretion or where local government law prohibits accumulation of miles in the member’s account.

4.1.8. Purchased but unused tickets do not accrue mileage. Award tickets do not accrue mileage.  Members traveling on upgrade awards will accrue mileage in the purchased class of travel.  Mileage is awarded to the passenger using the ticket, regardless of who paid for the ticket.

4.1.9 Any claims for mileage and proof of accrual by a member must be received by Royal Skies within six (6) months from date of departure after the date such mileage was claimed to have earned, unless a shorter period is specified in the terms of partner participation, in which case the shorter period will apply.

4.1.10. Mileage is awarded based on the Great Circle distance – the shortest route between two points on the surface of the globe – not the distance flown.  On multiple-stop through flights, members will earn mileage for the non-stop distance travelled between origin and destination.  On connecting flights, which involve a change of flight number, or on trips involving a stopover, members will earn mileage for each segment of the trip.

4.1.11. Mileage is accrued based on Class of Service as follows:

The following table shows the amount of miles you will earn (refer clause 4.1(3) above):

4.1.12. The additional 50% and 25% miles for flying in Business and Discounted Business Class are referred to as Class of Service bonuses. Class of Service bonuses is calculated based on purchased, not flown. Royal Skies’ Class of Service bonuses are counted toward Status qualification programme.

4.1.13. Miles can be earned in only one programme for each flight. After the flight departs, members cannot change the programme in which credit will be earned.

4.1.14. In the event of a transferal onto an alternative flight due to unforeseen circumstances, a member will earn miles for the flight the member originally purchased, not for the route flown.

4.1.15. RB reserves the right to change or modify the mileage accrual rules, including accrual levels and eligible fare types.  RB will determine how many miles should be credited for each qualifying transaction.  RB reserves the right to deduct incorrectly posted mileage.

4.2. Mileage for Partner Transactions

4.2.1 Royal Skies members can earn mileage for purchase and use of the services of Royal Skies programme partners.  The rates and terms of mileage accrual for partner transactions are determined by individual agreements between Royal Skies and its partners and are subject to change.  It is the responsibility of members to ensure eligibility to earn miles at the time of booking or purchasing of our partner services.

4.2.2 Members are advised to check the RB website or contact Royal Skies Service Centre for the latest list of Royal Skies partners and terms of partner participation in the Royal Skies programme.

4.2.3 Members are only eligible for credit with one frequent flyer programme for each flight or transaction.  Where a member attempts to accrue miles, points or credits with more than one programme for the same flight or transaction, the miles, points or credits awarded for the flight or transaction will be forfeited.

4.3. Mileage Tracking

4.3.1 The crediting of mileage to member accounts relies upon an automated tracking system.  Members are required to provide their membership number at the time of reservation.

4.3.2 During the time of reservations please enter your names as per passport in accordance to International Standard requirements in the following format: Last or Family or Surname / First or Given Name followed by Title (s) e.g. Passenger Name: MS ANNE MARIE HOLLAND. Name to be inserted: HOLLAND / ANNE MARIE MS.

4.3.3 Members are required to produce their membership cards at the time of check-in, even if the number has already been provided during the reservation stage.

4.3.4 Members are advised to retain proof of travel, including copies of the passenger travel receipt and the original boarding passes, until the flight activity appears in the account.

4.3.5 For partner transactions, members are required to produce their membership cards at the time of purchase of partners’ goods or services.  Proof of purchase, such as hotel bills, car rental agreements, and cash receipts, should be retained as they may be required for missing credit verification.

4.3.6 It may take up to two (2) weeks after each flight is flown for RB flight activity or up to six (6) weeks for partner activity to be recorded in the Royal Skies system.

4.3.7 For partner transactions transferred from Royal Skies programme partners, partner transaction cannot be adjusted or updated once the partner activity is recorded in the Royal Skies system.

4.4. Account Statements

Members will receive a monthly mileage statement if at least one transaction has occurred since the previous statement.  The statement activity transaction date/month is printed on the top of the statement.

Monthly statement summary will be sent to the member via email. The statement activities can be viewed online by logging in to the Royal Skies website using the member’s password.

If the miles credited are found to be incorrect, members should notify Royal Skies Service Centre within three (3) months of receiving their statement.  RB reserves the right to determine whether the activity shown in the statement is correct or may choose to request for supporting documents from the member to proceed with correcting any activity error.  Any changed or corrected activity will appear in the next statement.

4.5. Missing Mileage

4.5.1 Every effort is made to ensure the accurate crediting of mileage.  Should a discrepancy be noticed, the member is required to claim Missing Miles from their Royal Skies account by submission of the Online Missing Mileage Claim form.  

4.5.2 Digital membership card or number must be properly quoted or presented at the time of reservation or check-in, or at the time of purchase or usage of services for partner transaction activities for requests of missing mileage credit to be considered.

4.5.3 All requests for missing mileage credit should be accompanied by proof of travel or, for partner transactions, proof of the partner service that has been purchased or provided.  The valid proof of travel includes the flight details such as travel dates, travel destination, electronic ticket number or reservation booking reference.  The valid proof of purchase for partner transactions is usually the original bill or receipt.  Members must refer to the most recent terms of partner participation on RB’s website or contact Royal Skies Service Centre to determine what constitutes proof of purchase for partner transactions.

4.5.4 Any claims for mileage and proof of accrual by a member must be received by Royal Skies within six (06) months after the date such mileage was claimed to have been earned, unless a shorter period is specified in the terms of partner participation, in which case the shorter period will apply.

4.5.5 Any claims for mileage for partner activities should be checked through the individual partners first where the activity was made.  These include any claims or enquiries regarding miles transferred from a partner’s programme to Royal Skies.  Royal Skies partners have the right to reject any claims for missing mileage if the claim does not fulfil their qualifying terms and conditions during purchase or use of partner services.

4.5.6 Unless expressly stated otherwise, mileage for partner services can only be credited to one programme each time.  Members are advised to check with the respective partner’s office where the original transaction was made regarding missing mileage enquiries.

4.5.7 RB will not be responsible for the delivery of incoming correspondence.  Verbal notification for mileage credit discrepancies will not be accepted.  If any of the required documentation to support missing mileage claims were found to be suspiciously altered or illegible, RB reserves the right to disregard such claims.  Any claims for missing mileage received with only boarding pass(es) and copy of passenger ticket receipt without a completed Missing Mileage form attached will not be accepted.

4.5.8 Members should allow six to eight (6-8) weeks for processing and crediting of missing mileage claims.  The credited miles will appear in the next statement.  Members are advised to check their statements online. RB will retain all documents submitted, and requires that members retain copies of such documents for their own records.  RB shall not notify members when their missing mileage claims are received or if the claims have been processed.

4.5.9 RB’s responsibility for missing or incorrectly posted mileage is limited to posting of correct mileage for qualified transactions.  RB reserves the right to make a final determination as to what constitutes a qualifying transaction or to determine the amount of miles to be credited.

4.6. Retroactive Mileage Credit

4.6.1 A 6-month retro-active mileage credit is allowed upon enrolment only on scheduled Royal Brunei Airlines flights.

4.6.2 Partner transactions prior to enrolment are not eligible for mileage accrual.

4.6.3 To claim for retroactive credits, members must login to their respective Royal Skies account and complete the Online Missing Mileage Claim form accompanied by supporting documentation (booking reference or ticket number). 

5.1. General

5.1.1. Members who have accumulated a sufficient number of miles are eligible to claim Royal Skies awards. Royal Skies offer free flights, free Class of Service upgrades and other redemption options as defined by RB from time to time and will be communicated through its website.

5.1.2. Children over two (2) years of age require the same mileage for awards as adults.  Infants under two (2) years of age, not occupying a seat travel free as long as they are accompanied by an adult award traveller.  There is a limit of one infant per adult award traveller.

5.1.3. For Economy Award Saver tickets purchased prior to 01 February 2018, all flights are entitled only to 23kg baggage allowance. With the exception of  London, Melbourne and Dubai, passengers travelling on Economy Award Saver will receive 30kg baggage allowance.

5.1.4. Effective on/after 01 February 2018, tickets purchased and booked on Economy Award Saver are entitled to 30kg baggage allowance.

5.1.5. Effective on/from 01 November 2019, tickets purchased and booked on Economy Award Saver are entitled to 20kg baggage allowance.

5.1.6. For Economy Award Standard, all flights are entitled only to 30kgs baggage allowance.

5.1.7. For Business Award Saver and Standard, all flights are entitled to 40kgs baggage allowance.

5.1.8. Member who is a child under 12 years of age is eligible to claim Royal Skies flight award ticket with same mileage to be deducted as in Adult.  However this is considered unaccompanied minor and the child’s parent/s or guardian will be required to complete (please specify or mention name of form) UNACCOMPANIED MINOR FORM at Customer Service Centre and/or Royal Skies Service Centre – Elite Lounge.  This is to safeguard the unaccompanied child’s travel journey on Royal Brunei Airlines.

5.1.9. All flight awards are for round trip travel or for one-way trip.  One-way trip will require 65% of the Royal Skies miles needed for round-trip award tickets in the same booking class.

5.1.10. All upgrade awards are for one-way travel, a round trip upgrade will require two one-way upgrade awards.  All Royal Skies awards are valid for travel on scheduled RB flights only.  Awards are not available on flights operated for RB by its codeshare partners.

5.1.11. Tickets booked in G, O, Q, S, A, R, V, M, W, U, X, P, E booking classes, reduced rate companion fares, industry discount, agency discount, and any itinerary which has a sector that is booked under one of these classes, are not entitled for an upgrade award redemption.  RB reserves the right to restrict any booking classes for upgrade awards from time to time.

5.1.12. For just 4,500 miles (adult) or 3,600 miles (child), Royal Skies members, including registered nominees may redeem Sky Lounge access using Royal Skies miles to enjoy the comfort of Sky Lounge at Brunei International Airport

5.1.13. A minimum of 3 working days prior to departure is required for booking of awards travel.  Members are required to contact the Royal Skies Service Centre, RB Call Centre, or visit the nearest RB Customer Services Centre. Members may also email or fax in a Flight Award Request or Flight Upgrade Request form downloadable from www.flyroyalbrunei.com/royalskies to Royal Skies Service Centre at [email protected], +673-2367833 or redeem online at www.flyroyalbrunei.com/royalskies.

5.1.14. Members will be advised when the award ticket will be ready for issuance through your valid email contact.  Payment for taxes and surcharges can be conducted at the Royal Skies Service Centre, RB Customer Service Centre or at the RB Airport Customer Services Centre prior to your ticketing deadline and flight departure. Award tickets are issued electronically.  Members must present their confirmed ticket at RB check-in prior to flight departure.  RB has the right to decline any member who fails to present a confirmed ticket.  A copy of your flight itinerary from Royal Skies Service Centre or RB Offices is not considered as valid travel documentation.

5.1.15. Members must have confirmed and ticketed reservations prior to requesting upgrade awards.

5.1.16. It is the responsibility of members to ensure that they have sufficient miles for the desired award.  Neither flight nor upgrade award reservation can be made unless the member has sufficient miles in his/her account.

5.1.17. All segments must be confirmed before travel.  No open-dated tickets, waitlisted, or standby travel will be accepted for check-in.

5.1.18. All Royal Skies award does not include the provision of STPC or day use. Members are responsible for their own hotel accommodation arrangements whilst on transit in Bandar Seri Begawan. Members are also responsible to ensure that they meet the visa requirements in the country where the stop occurs.

5.2. Introduction of Instant Flight Award and Upgrade Award Redemption

With the newly launch Royal Skies Elite Lounge and Customer Service Centre at RB Plaza in Brunei, Royal Skies Gold and Silver members can request for instant flight award redemption and upgrade award redemption at the Elite Lounge service counter.  The existing procedure of flight award redemption or upgrade redemption request through email, fax or online is still available for all members.

For Base (Blue) members, instant redemption can be requested at our Royal Skies counter at Customer Service Centre.

With effective from 02 June 2015, we will introduce new fare brands as follows:

• Economy Award Saver ( O )
• Economy Award Standard (P)
• Business Award Saver (D)
• Business Award Standard (I)

Members traveling on award tickets with confirmed reservations who fail to show up for the flight will be considered a no show and fees of USD50 for Economy Award Saver / Standard Fare Brand and USD100 for Business Award Saver / Standard Fare Brand will apply.  Please note that No-Show fee is applicable on all sectors if passenger does not cancel 4 hours prior to departure.  Hence the mileage of the totally unused award ticket only can be re-deposited into Member’s account upon payment of the no show fee and submission of the Re-Deposit Unused Award form.

Royal Skies award reservations can be made through any RB Customer Services Centre or by completing the Flight Award Request or Flight Upgrade Request downloadable from www.flyroyalbrunei.com/royalskies.  You may email or call to Royal Skies Service Centre at [email protected] or +673-236 7833.

If an unauthorized award claim from their Royal Skies account is suspected, the member must report within three (3) months of the unauthorized transaction activity to Royal Skies Service Centre.

Please note that travel agents are not authorised to book awards or issue awards tickets on behalf of RB.

RB may at any time without notice, alter or change the number of miles required to obtain a particular award, withdraw an award supplied, or impose a period in which no award will be available.  Awards may not be available on some flights at certain times.  RB may withdraw, replace or substitute award at any time without notice

The passengers collecting redemption tickets for themselves and on members’ behalf must produce a copy of proof of identification of the principal member.

For the collection of redemption tickets by third parties (non-passengers), a copy of proof of identification of principal member must be produced.

A copy of proof of identification of principal member must be produced at the nearest RB Customer Services Centre prior to ticket collection or at Royal Skies Service Centre (via email/fax/post) prior to issuance of e-tickets (upon request).

It is the responsibility of members to ensure that their email address is valid for Royal Skies Service Centre to advise your confirmed reservation.

If an award claim from their Royal Skies account is requested and/or processed but the member’s miles has not been adjusted, the member must report within three (3) months of the unadjusted transaction activity to Royal Skies Service Centre.

For all unreported transactions, Royal Skies Service Centre shall have the sole discretion to make adjustments to the member’s miles in accordance with the award claim request.  In the event that the member’s miles is insufficient to cover such adjustments, Royal Skies Service Centre shall have the right to suspend any award claim request for such account until such time the account accumulates sufficient miles for redemption.

5.3. Award Availability

There are no blackout dates for Royal Skies awards.  Awards seats will be available on all flights, however RB reserves the right to limit availability of seats for flight or upgrade awards on all flights and in all classes of service.  Seats may still be available for sale, but not available for Royal Skies redemption.  Members are advised to book well in advance for popular destinations and/or for peak season travel.

5.4. Award Travel Class of Service

In some instances, RB may substitute aircraft for commercial, operational, or other reasons. In the event of flight disruption, members traveling on award tickets will be rerouted as per rules for revenue passengers.  If you hold a confirmed award reservation in Business Class and have been downgraded to a lower Class of Service due to such substitution or for any other reason, RB’s responsibility in such cases will be limited to crediting your Royal Skies account for the difference in mileage required for the booked and the actual travel.

5.5. Award Travel Routing Restrictions

Award travel between some cities may not be possible. If a published routing does not exist between two cities, or RB does not offer a service via a published routing, travel must be within the Maximum Permitted Mileage (MPM) as specified by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

5.6. Taxes and Fee

All taxes, fuel surcharges and regulatory charges, including airport, security and other fees, are the sole responsibility of members. This includes personal income taxes in countries where frequent flyer awards may be taxable, or any other taxes, claims and liabilities of any nature arising from award use.

5.7. Transferability of Awards

Royal Skies awards can be issued to any individual designated by a Royal Skies member at the time of reservation registered under the Redemption Nominee Programme.  Once an award is issued, it is non-transferable and no name changes are permitted unless it is a typographical error of the name of the intended nominee and in such instances, changes are allowed with a fee of USD50.

Royal Skies awards cannot be sold, purchased, bartered, or exchanged for cash.  If RB has sufficient grounds to believe that a ticket or upgrade has been obtained as a result of such fraudulent activity, it can refuse transportation to the passenger holding such ticket or upgrade, confiscate the ticket, and terminate the Royal Skies account from which the Award was redeemed.  All unused mileage in the terminated account will be cancelled.

5.8. Complimentary Stopovers

One to two stopover is allowed on flight award itineraries involving multiple flights or sectors.  Please note that a transit is not considered as a stopover.  A stopover is where a member will be in the stopover city for 24 hours or longer before their next flight.  Please refer to the table below for the validity and number of complimentary stopovers available with each award ticket type for Redemption Booking

5.9. Open Jaw Tickets

Open jaw tickets are allowed (i.e. passenger may arrive in one city and return from another) as long as both cities are within the same award category.  In such cases, the award requirement will be calculated based on the higher award mileage requirement.

5.10. Validity of Award Tickets

Validity of award tickets are is subject to the terms and conditions of the tickets.  Validity of award tickets cannot be extended and mileage for expired tickets cannot be reinstated.

5.11. Changes to Date of Travel

Changes to date of travel not requiring ticket re-issue are allowed free of charge as long as seats are available in the designated award booking classes and ticket change request is made more than 72hours before departure.  Late change fee will be incurred for ticket change request less than 72 hours before departure:

• For Economy Award Saver and Standard  – Late change fee of USD50 will apply
• For Business Award Saver and Standard – Late change fee of USD50 will apply

Members must contact RB Customer Service Centre or Royal Skies Service Centre.
There is no refund for, or re-issuance of, partially used tickets.  However refund is applicable for totally unused tickets, please refer below L) Re-depositing of Unused Awards.

5.12. Redepositing of Unused Awards

If the ticket for your redemption booking has been issued, but it has not been used, please submit your Re-Deposit Unused Awards Form to Royal Skies Service Centre within three (3) months from the date of award issuance.  Miles will only be re-deposited into your Royal Skies account if the miles are still valid and have not expired.  A service fee will apply, please refer following details:

• For Economy Award Saver and Standard – Service fee of USD50 will apply.  YQ surcharge and  Government Airport Departure tax will be refunded.
• For Business Award Saver and Standard – Service fee of USD55 will apply.  YQ surcharge and  Government Airport Departure tax will be refunded.

If the cancellation of ticket is not requested prior to 4 hours of the scheduled flight departure, a no show fee will apply (refer 5.2 iv above), in a

5.13. Other Award Changes

Changes of routing, Class of Service, name, and all other changes require a re-depositing of the old award and issuance of a new award Members must allow at least seven (7) working days for Royal Skies Service Centre to process depositing of the old award as described in Clause 5.12 (Redepositing of Unused Awards) above.

6.1. RB offers additional benefits to its most frequent flyers through the Royal Skies Silver and Royal Skies Gold programmes, jointly referred to as Elite programmes.  Membership in the Elite programmes is based on the following qualification criteria:

• Royal Skies Silver – 25,000 flight miles in one calendar year or 20 mileage accrual sectors from RB Flexi flown in one calendar year
• Royal Skies Gold – 50,000 flight miles in one calendar year or 40 mileage accrual sectors from RB Flexi flown in one calendar year

6.2. A calendar year runs from 01 January to 31 December. Only flight miles and Class of Service bonuses are eligible for Elite qualification.  Any other bonus miles and partner miles will not be counted towards Elite qualification.

6.3. Elite programme memberships are valid from the day of qualification until the remainder of the qualification year plus twelve months.  But the expiry date on your membership card is One (01) month after the end of your membership period so that you will not be inconvenienced by holding an expired card before a new one is received.  For example, if a member accumulates 25,000 miles by 01 August 2015, his/her Royal Skies Silver membership card will carry expiry date of 31 January 2017.

6.4. If an Elite programme member continues to fly the required number of miles or sectors in each calendar year, he/she will maintain the corresponding Elite status and will continue to enjoy the associated Elite level benefits.  Royal Skies Gold members who do not re-qualify for the Gold membership, will automatically become Silver members and will be entitled to the Silver level benefits.  Royal Skies Silver members who do not requalify for the Silver membership, will automatically become base members and he/she will be entitled to base membership benefits.  The member shall use their base membership card (blue) to continue earning mile.

6.5. The Elite benefits are applicable on all Royal Brunei Airlines scheduled flights and are not applicable on charter or non-scheduled flights or code share flights.  Members or airline employees holding a ticket under the following fares: travel agency/industry reduced rate/subload or free staff tickets (E or I) are not entitle to any Elite benefits. For just 4,500 miles (Adult) and 3,600 miles (child), Gold and Silver Royal Skies members may purchase invitations for friends, business associates or family members (Redemption Group Nomination) to enjoy the comfort of Sky Lounge at Brunei International Airport.

6.6 In the event that an Elite Programme member is eligible for both an Elite benefit and a secondary benefit for extra baggage allowance, the Elite Programme member will only be entitled to the higher benefit of the two applicable benefits. RB reserves the discretion in determining which is considered as the higher benefit. For example, if a student is an Elite Silver member, the student will be entitled to the student benefit of a waiver of fifteen (15) kilograms, being the higher benefit between the Elite benefit and the secondary benefit. For the avoidance of doubt, no member shall be entitled to apply both an Elite benefit and a secondary benefit at the same time in any circumstances and in no circumstances shall a member be allowed to combine an Elite benefit with a secondary benefit.

7.1. Members may apply for a confidential Personal Identification Number (PIN) through www.flyroyalbrunei.com/royalskies. The PIN is needed to access into the member’s secured online account information.

7.2. Members must ensure that the PIN is safely kept from use of other persons under any circumstances whatsoever and shall not permit any unauthorized person to use their PIN.

7.3. Members shall be liable for all transactions made pursuant to the use of the PIN with or without the member’s knowledge or consent.  Royal Brunei Airlines is under no obligation or duty to verify the authenticity of any person who performs transactions through the use of a valid PIN.

7.4. Royal Brunei Airlines will not be held liable for any loss, damage or expense incurred by the member however caused, through any unauthorized disclosure or unauthorized use of their PIN.

8.1. As a Royal Skies member, you can nominate as many as ten (10) family members or friends for whom you can redeem your Royal Skies miles for flight awards, upgrade awards, Sky Lounge access and extra baggage allowance.

8.2. To nominate a nominee, a member must login to their Royal Skies account and Add Nominee under the Relationship menu.

8.3. You can nominate any individual to be your Redemption Nominee.  A child or infant (occupying a seat) nominee is treated as an adult and will require the same number of Royal Skies miles for awards. A corporation or other such legal entity cannot be a Redemption Nominee. The nominee is not required to be a member of Royal Skies before he/she has been nominated.

8.4. A service fee of USD30 will be applied should members change or delete the nominees in their Redemption Group within six (6) months of addition.

8.5  Any changes to nominees after a six (6) month period from the nominee addition date will be complimentary.

8.6 To change your Redemption Group Nominees, complete and submit a Redemption Group Nomination form online.

8.7. The new, additional or replacement nominees are eligible for free travel awards once their names are registered in a member’s Royal Skies account once per year.

8.8. The nominees you have registered are authorized to make bookings (online) and collect redemption tickets for themselves and on your behalf.  Royal Skies Service Centre will inform the principal member prior to the issuance of redemption tickets to the registered nominees.

8.9. Royal Skies members under 12 years of age are not eligible to redeem their miles for award tickets online, unless a Redemption Nominee above 18 years old is travelling with him/her on the same flight.

8.10. If you already have an existing list of redemption nominees, you can redeem flight awards for them by logging into your Royal Skies membership account at www.flyroyalbrunei.com/RoyalSkies.  After selecting the origin and destination cities, travel dates and the number of passengers in the travelling group, you will be asked to choose your preferred flight(s) and to indicate whether you are part of the travelling party.

8.11. If you are redeeming for your nominee(s), you will then be asked to select the specific nominees for whom you would like to redeem the award ticket for and their details before proceeding to make the relevant payment.  For bookings through Royal Skies Service Centre, please email your redemption request to Royal Skies Service Centre at [email protected].

9.1. Your Royal Skies miles are valid for three years.  A member’s Royal Skies miles will expire after three years at the end of the equivalent month in which they were earned.  For example, miles credited to a member’s Royal Skies account in July 2015 will expire on 31 July 2018.

9.2. Royal Skies miles that are due to expire for the first time may be extended for a service fee of USD30.  Extended miles have a validity of Six (06) months from date of expiry.

9.3.  Miles expiring can only be extended once. Miles that has been extended once cannot be further extended.

9.4 Members may login to their Royal Skies account to extend their upcoming miles expiry under Manage Miles > Extend Miles. Members may only apply for extension of miles once a calendar year.

9.5 Royal Skies miles that have already expired may be extended within one month of the expiry date.

9.6  Exclusively for Royal Skies Gold membership with effect 1st October 2014, miles do not expire as long as Gold member status is maintained. If a Gold member status is not maintained, then any miles due to expire will expire.

9.7 Members shall be solely responsible to keep track on the validity of miles in their individual accounts. Members can keep track of the accumulated miles online by logging in at www.flyroyalbrunei.com/royalskies.  Please plan ahead to use your miles before the expiry date.  Miles not utilised by the expiry date will be forfeited and subsequently cannot be extended or reinstated to the Members account.

10.1. If you have at least 70% of the Royal Skies miles required to redeem for an award ticket, you may purchase the additional miles required to top-up your Royal Skies account at USD30 (or the local currency equivalent) per block of 1,000 miles.  Top-Up miles can only be purchased after a flight award redemption request has been submitted. Member also can submit Flight Award Redemption request together with Top-Up miles request.

10.2. To top up offline, you will need to download and complete the Miles Top-up Request form.  Turnaround time for miles top-up request is at least 3 working days.

10.3. The miles top-up will be effective immediately after successful payment.  To purchase the top-up Royal Skies miles offline, you need to download and complete the Miles Top-up Request form.

10.4. Purchased miles must be redeemed immediately (within 72 hours) and are non-refundable.  In the case where miles from a completely unused award ticket are re-deposited into a member’s account, any purchased miles will not be refunded and will be deemed void.

10.5. The miles top-up will always be charged in USD (or the local currency equivalent) and the amount will be shown in US Dollars online.  You can pay in your local currency after the exchanged rates have been calculated.  Associated taxes and surcharges will be charged in your local currency.

10.6. If you have completely unused award tickets, Royal Skies miles can be re-deposited into your account for a nominal fee (refer service fee indicated at above Clause 5.12 Redepositing of Unused Awards), provided the miles are still valid at the time they are re-deposited.  However, partially used award tickets cannot be reissued and the Royal Skies miles redeemed for them cannot be re-deposited into your account.

10.7. Purchase of miles is currently not available for upgrades award redemption.

If your booking is not confirmed by the ticketing time given it will be cancelled.  Waitlist is allowed only for members redeeming Economy Award Standard and Business Award Standard.

The credit card holder need not be part of the travelling group for redemption awards.

13.1. The valuable services of request for changes, extension and others are available at nominal fees that can be paid in US dollars (or local currency equivalent).

13.2. Noshow Fee. Noshow fee is a charge made by reason of the failure of a passenger to use reserved flight, either through failure to arrive at the airport at the time fixed by airline, or through arriving improperly documented or otherwise not ready to travel on flight (excluding missed connection or any booking cancelled within 4 hours prior departure will be considered as Noshow).

14.1. RB reserves the right to terminate or change the Royal Skies programme at any time or replace it with another programme, with or without prior notice.  This includes the right to terminate or change these Terms and Conditions, the Membership Guide, awards structure, redemption procedure, eligibility of mileage accrual for each flight and any or all other components of the Royal Skies programme.  If the programme is terminated, all miles will be cancelled. RB will make reasonable effort to notify members if it decides to terminate the programme, however RB shall not be held liable for any loss or damage resulting from such changes in rules or termination of the programme.

14.2. Any breach of these Rules and Conditions by a member, whether intentional or otherwise, may result in termination of membership and cancellation of points, awards, or benefits at the sole discretion of RB.

14.3. RB shall not be liable in any way for any product and service offered, promised or otherwise from a Royal Skies partner.  Members agree to hold RB harmless for any action that may arise as a result of using a Royal Skies partner in any manner.

14.4. Should miles credited into the Member’s accounts be subsequently found to be ineligible, the said miles will be deducted automatically without prior notice.

14.5. Should there be award redemption issued without miles deduction, RB has the right to deduct the said miles from the Member’s account automatically at a later date without prior notice.

14.6. It is the responsibility of Members to keep themselves informed of the up-to-date terms and conditions of Royal Skies programme.  Continued use of the programme by a Member will be deemed as acceptance of the current terms and conditions. Current terms & conditions shall be updated and posted on the website (www.flyroyalbrunei.com/royalskies). Terms & conditions printed as collaterals shall not be deemed as current.

14.7. Should Royal Skies collaterals be available in other languages, the English version shall prevail in the event of any dispute. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of Brunei Darussalam.
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