The Russian Railways Bonus loyalty program is a free program that allows you to buy tickets for Russian Railways trains at a discount or all for free. You become a member of the program and buy tickets on the official website, and points are accumulated with each purchase. With these points you can pay up to 100% of the ticket price. What do I need to do? How to take part in this program and what the rules are.

Russian Railways Bonus - what is it and how to use it?

Russian Railways Bonus is a loyalty program that allows you to accumulate points when purchasing tickets and use them to pay for travel tickets.

This program is available to all registered users who have provided all information about themselves and received a unique individual number.

How to get involved?

Anyone can become a participant in this program, be it an individual or a charitable organization, for this you need to: register on the official website of the Russian Railways Bonus program and receive a personal number.

After registration, you will immediately be awarded 500 bonus points.

There are 2 types of Russian Railways Bonus: personal and corporate. Each of them has its own rules.

Program Rules

1. Accumulated bonuses cannot be transferred to other persons.
2. The program participant must not transfer information about his Russian Railways Bonus account - login and password - to unauthorized persons.
3. If your account has been subject to hacker attacks and you cannot log into it, immediately call the hotline and notify the operator.
4. If during the year you did not purchase train tickets and, accordingly, did not receive bonuses, then your account is blocked. To unlock, you must contact support and act according to their instructions.
5. Program participant card - basic or gold, issued upon application and sent by Russian Post. You can get a basic card by earning points from 3 or more trips.
6. If the same person issues several cards, each of them will have a separate account.

Opportunities of Russian Railways Bonus

The program makes it easy to accumulate points by paying with bank cards from partner companies. This way you can quickly accumulate bonuses and exchange them for travel tickets or get a discount. Partners of the Russian Railways Bonus program are: Gazprom, Alfa-Bank, Otkritie, Raiffeisen, Rosbank, Azimut hotels and many others.

Holders of a gold card for program participants have some advantages: you receive 50% of the purchase price in FPK carriages as bonuses, as well as unlimited ticketing even during the busiest hours.

How to get travel bonuses?

To receive bonuses for a trip, you must adhere to certain conditions:

The trip must be made no earlier than 1 month ago and no more than 3 months ago.

You can only take into account those tickets that were purchased in your personal account on the Russian Railways website, i.e. you must be registered.

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Program membership levels and points accrual

The loyalty program provides two levels of participants:

1. Basic - it is assigned automatically to all newly registered program participants.
2. Gold - awarded as soon as you collect 35,000 qualifying points or if you have made 50 or more trips in a year in carriages of at least a “Coupe” class.

Bonus types:

1. Qualifying - calculated from paid trips.
2. Premiums are awarded when purchasing products from partners.

When completing the paperwork when purchasing a ticket, present your cards or provide your personal number and points will be automatically credited to you within 30 days.

What can you spend your points on?

The accumulated bonuses can be spent on a new ticket!

Travel distance, km	up to 500	from 501 up to 1,250	from 1 251 up to 2,500	from 2 501 up to 5,000	from 5 001
Trains of JSC FPC
"Coupe"	4 000	7 000	12 000	20 000	35 000
"SV"	7 000	12 000	20 000	35 000	55 000
"Lux"**	24 000	40 000	70 000	110 000	150 000
Swift trains
Seating	4 000
"SV"	7 000
Lastochka trains Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod
Seating	4 000
"Nevsky Express"
Seating		7 000
Sapsan trains
Base	4 000	7 000
Economy class	4 000	7 000
Economy+	4 500	7 500
Bistro	4 000	7 000
Business Class	7 000	10 000
1st class	15 000	25 000

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A 10% discount is provided by JSC FPC during the promotion period from 07/01 to 08/31/2017. The organizer of the promotion is JSC FPC. Detailed information about the rules of the promotion can be found here.

For clients who have purchased the “Classic” service package with a Russian Railways Student Card before December 31, 2017, if the free conditions are not met, the cost of service is 50 rubles. for the entire validity period of the package, when registering a package after 01/01/2018, the cost of service is 150 rubles.

For clients who have purchased the “Travel Card” service package with a Russian Railways Premium Card before December 31, 2017, if the free conditions are not met, the cost of service is 250 rubles. for the entire validity period of the package, when registering a package after 01/01/2018, the cost of service is 500 rubles.

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Which Russian Railways card is more profitable?

Maintenance cost per year
Miles accrual
		405 thousand rubles.	675 thousand rubles.

What did we think?

Battle of Russian Railways cards: Alfa Bank vs Otkritie vs Rosbank

Trains are one of the most popular modes of transport in Russia. In 2016, Russian Railways transported more than 1 billion passengers. Banks help you save on travel by accumulating bonus points. Sravni.ru determined which card is the most profitable.

The Russian Railways Bonus program helps you accumulate points. To participate in it, you need to register on the website and indicate the assigned number each time you purchase train tickets. You can accumulate points faster when you issue co-branded cards - they are awarded for each payment using a bank card.

Currently, Russian Railways cards are offered by three banks: Otkritie, Alfa-Bank and Rosbank (formerly VTB24). We compared service rates and the points system for cards with a minimum service cost.

Which Russian Railways card is more profitable?

	Alfa Bank - Mastercard Standard "RZD-Bonus"	Rosbank - Mastercard World "RZD Classic"	Opening - Mastercard World "Russian Railways" (Basic)
Maintenance cost per year	2679 rub. (service - 490 rubles and 2189 rubles for service within the “Optimum” package (free if you keep more than 100 thousand rubles in your account or spend more than 20 thousand rubles per month))	1800 rub. (free with a balance of at least 50 thousand rubles, when spending at least 10 thousand rubles per month or transferring salaries in the amount of 20 thousand rubles or more)	1188 rub. (free with a balance of at least 30 thousand rubles and purchases in the amount of 10 thousand rubles per month)
Miles accrual
		500 points as a gift, 4-5% per annum on account balance	500 points after your first purchase
How much do you need to spend on the card to save up for a ticket in the Moscow-Petersburg-Moscow compartment (14 thousand points)	405 thousand rubles. (330 thousand rubles, if you use 3000 points when opening a card before August 31)	405 thousand rubles.	675 thousand rubles.

The Rosbank card turned out to be the most profitable. With a service cost of 1800 rubles. per year, you need to spend 405 thousand rubles on a bonus ticket from Moscow to St. Petersburg and back using the card. The first place could be taken by the Alfa Bank card, provided that the card is opened before the end of summer (3,000 points are awarded as a gift), but the cost of servicing it will cost 2,679 rubles. and at the end of the promotion you will have to spend the same amount as with the Rosbank card.

In third place is the Otkritie FC bank card. Its cost of service is the lowest, but the points rate is inferior to the other two offers. To receive a bonus ticket to the Northern capital, you need to spend at least 675 thousand rubles on the card.

What did we think?

For comparison, we selected debit cards from Alfa Bank, FC Otkritie and Rosbank with a minimum cost of service for the year, which are available to all categories of bank clients. The determination of the most profitable card was based on the principle of the minimum costs necessary to accumulate a sufficient number of points to exchange them for a ticket in a compartment on the route: Moscow-St. Petersburg-Moscow (14 thousand points). The calculations took into account bonus points awarded when opening cards or making the first purchase with them. Points awarded during time-limited promotions for purchasing tickets on the Russian Railways website and gift points on the client’s birthday were not taken into account. It was also assumed that the cardholder would not be able to meet the requirements necessary for free card services. The source of information about tariffs was the websites of banks and the Russian Railways website. When writing this article, Sravni.ru did not collaborate with any banks.

Loyalty programs, discounts, promotions, and bonuses surround the modern consumer everywhere. The Federal Passenger Company "Russian Railways", as a modern company, has developed and offered its customers the best ideal loyalty program. Its trick is to travel more, while paying less.

What is Russian Railways Bonus?

The unique Russian Railways Bonus program allows passengers of Russian Railways to receive gifts and bonuses for using the services of Russian Railways trains.

The section of interest is on the main page.

Russian Railways Bonus section

Passengers are awarded points for traveling on some Russian Railways trains. Such compositions include:

• luxury and SV class carriages;
• business class carriages of Sapsan trains;
• Allegro trains;
• trains of JSC FPC Russian Railways.

The number of points varies and is calculated based on the ratio of 1 point for 3.34 rubles spent on tickets and services of Russian Railways. You can find out how much you will be charged for the trip by searching for seats and ticket prices in the “Passengers” section of the official Russian Railways website. The data is displayed immediately below the car type.

The prize for Russian Railways Bonus participants is a premium ticket for a free trip in any direction within Russia (without crossing the border). To do this, you must score a certain number of points. How many points you need for a prize ticket depends on what train you are planning to travel on (JSC FPK or Sapsan), what class and distance. The detailed table can be easily viewed on the Russian Railways Bonus “Premium Ticket” page of the website. Here you can buy an award ticket using the corresponding button in the center of the page and read other conditions of the promotion.

Members have the opportunity to receive a Gold Card and join the Elite Members Club. Such passengers accumulate points faster, as they earn half as much for each trip. After joining, they get 500 points added to their account as a gift.

“RZD Bonus” is available not only to individual passengers, but also to corporate clients. They can save on business travel, buy award tickets and receive personalized service from an advisor. To become a participant, you need to fill out an application on the “Organizations” page of the website and send it by email [email protected] consent to participate. Here you can read how to profitably accumulate and spend points.

The Russian Railways holding has prepared special conditions for the bonus program for students. They have access to not only award travel, but also a 25% discount on domestic flights of JSC FPC. In this case, bonus bonuses will be awarded in full for each trip. The program is available to full-time undergraduate and graduate students of all Russian universities that have joined the program. You can register and find out detailed conditions of participation in the “Students” section of the Russian Railways Bonus website.

How to register for the program?

It’s easy to become a member of the Russian Railways program and receive a bonus. You can join on the main page of the rzd-bonus.ru website by clicking the “Become a member” button in the center of the page or the “Register” link in the right side block of your personal account.

Registration or joining the program

In addition, this can be done from the “About the program” page of the same website (the “Registration” button or the “Joining the program” link). On the same page, under the main menu of the site, there are a number of links that redirect the visitor to receive a program card, as well as information on how to accumulate points and what the Elite Club is.

After registration, all data on accumulated points and purchases for them will be displayed in your personal account. Program participants also receive news about current promotions and changes in the terms of service to their email.

How to use the Russian Railways Bonus program website?

Russian Railways Bonus program

The functionality of the Russian Railways program website with bonuses is very simple and intuitive. All pages have a cross-cutting menu with sections:

• About the program;
• award ticket;
• stock;
• partners;
• help;
• organizations;
• students.

Program information

How to order an award ticket?

Order an award ticket

All information about the award ticket is located in the section of the same name on the website. By going to the Russian Railways Bonus page, program participants can find out how many points are needed to issue a ticket (see - “Table of cost of award trip”). Read more about the conditions for issuing a ticket, and also buy it. To perform an action, you need to click on the corresponding button in the center of the page. The link redirects to the “Passengers” section of the Russian Railways website, where you need to enter your number in the bonus program, password, and also select the route, time and date of the trip.

A pleasant aspect of participating in the Russian Railways Bonus program is that you do not have to issue an award ticket in your name. You can buy it for a relative, friend or other person.

Rules

How can I find out about current promotions?

From time to time, the Russian Railways holding organizes promotions for children and adults, timed to coincide with certain times of the year, holidays and memorable dates. All current promotions available to loyalty program participants can be viewed in the menu of the same name on the Russian Railways Bonus website.

Stock

The prizes in promotions are usually:

• Gift certificates;
• valuable prizes;
• surprises;
• extra points;
• discounts and gifts from Russian Railways partners.

On the same page, under the main menu, there is a link to the archive, where you can see all the promotions that have already ended.

Where else will participation in the program be useful?

Cards

By participating in the Russian Railways loyalty program, you can receive bonuses not only for trips. Having issued a card from a partner bank, reward points will also be accumulated for purchases made with it.

The program’s partners are other firms and companies: hotels, shops, cafes, restaurants, theaters and museums, travel agencies, recreation centers, sports teams, pharmacies, salons, etc. A complete list of companies can be found in the “Partners” section of the website. The companies with which Russian Railways cooperates provide:

• discounts on your services;
• gift certificates or affiliate bonuses;
• additional points are awarded according to the program.

Therefore, Russian Railways passengers who are registered in the bonus program should report this when working with partner companies.

Answers to popular questions

The Russian Railways Bonus program is designed in such a way that the conditions are as simple, understandable and transparent as possible. However, users periodically still have questions about the program, registration, points accumulation, partners, award tickets and elite status. Can citizens of other countries participate in the Russian Railways Bonus? What should I do if I entered the information incorrectly during registration? How to get (restore) a membership card? What is the validity period for points? Can I return an award ticket? What does elite status give and how to get it? All these and other questions can be answered using the “Help” section of the site. In addition, all participants can use the feedback button in their personal account or at the bottom of any page on the site and ask the administration a question of interest.

If you travel by train even occasionally and have not yet registered in the non-binding RZD Bonus loyalty program, then you are simply losing your money and missing out on the opportunity to purchase train tickets for free. What kind of program this is and why you should join it, especially since they don’t take money for it, we will tell you in our review.

Loyalty program "RZD Bonus". What is this?

The loyalty program "RZD Bonus" of the Russian Railways holding is a bonus program for encouraging passengers on railway transport of the Russian Railways holding, the main goal of which is to motivate citizens of the Russian Federation (and other countries) to use the company's services. Participants in the program, when traveling on trains/cars owned by the company and its partners, acquire the right to receive premium services, in particular, free issuance of train tickets.

Despite the fact that, according to company representatives, passenger transportation is unprofitable, plus the prices for air tickets of low-cost airlines are beginning to directly compete with the prices of Russian Railways in many directions both within Russia and abroad, the holding cannot afford the outflow of passengers. Therefore, he is forced to increase the quality of service and in every possible way encourage potential clients to use his services, thanks to which the Russian Railways Bonus program (hereinafter referred to as the program) began operating in 2012.

The following people can register and become a participant in the program for free (without paying membership fees or annual maintenance):

• An individual from 14 years of age (self-registration) or from the moment of birth (up to 14 years of age, registration through a legal representative: parent, guardian or guardian);
• A citizen of the Russian Federation or any country in the world, provided that the person has a postal address in Russia (for subsequent receipt of a bonus card);
• Legal entity (you can enjoy privileges by paying for travel tickets).

The first step to joining the program is registering for it. You can fill out a paper form on the train, but it is better to do it online – on the program website.

You can go straight to express registration by entering the most necessary data. You can fill out the rest in your personal account.

You are assigned a unique program participant identification number (it will be sent to you by email and SMS), and a personal bonus account is opened to which bonus points will be awarded. Actually, the identification number is the personal account number. This is what you will need to indicate when purchasing tickets.

As a token of gratitude, the company will give you another 500 bonus points.

Qualification and bonus points. How do they accumulate?

The Russian Railways Bonus program accumulates two types of points: bonus and qualifying.

Both are accrued for trips paid for and actually completed by the program participant on trains (or carriages) of the company JSC FPK (Federal Passenger Company, which is a subsidiary of Russian Railways), running within the territory of the Russian Federation and abroad, as well as on trains " Sapsan" and "Allegro" DOSS (Directorate of High-Speed ​​Transport - branch of Russian Railways).

In some cases, points are not awarded.

Please pay attention to the name of the carrier when placing your order online or ask the cashier for this information when you pick up your ticket at the box office.

A list of supporting carriers is provided on the program website for information.

Points are awarded at the rate of 1 point for every 3.34 rubles spent on purchasing a ticket. Enrollment occurs automatically within 30 days after the start date of the trip, if the participant identification number was specified when issuing the ticket. Otherwise, you can restore unaccounted points “retroactively” by making a so-called retro credit of points (in company terminology). This operation is available in your personal account (PA) no earlier than 30 days and no later than 120 days after the start date of the trip.

Premium points are awarded both for trips and for purchasing goods or using the services of company partners. These points will be used to purchase tickets. We'll look at how you can spend your reward points below.

Qualifying points are awarded only for trips and are used to obtain a certain status (level) of a participant in the program. Essentially, this is a counter that counts down the number of points until a certain qualification is achieved. It is not possible to use this type of points in any other way.

Initially, the participant is assigned the Basic level, but he can receive the premium Gold (Elite) level if one of the following conditions is met:

• Accumulate 35 thousand qualifying points;
• Make 50 trips in trains of “Coupe” class and higher (“SV”, “Lux”) and/or “Sapsan” and “Allegro” trains per calendar year.

Reaching the gold level gives the participant the following privileges:

• A welcome bonus of 500 bonus points is credited to your personal account in the program;
• Priority service (in the program contact center and via the feedback form);
• 50% additional bonus points for each trip made on trains (cars) of the FPC formation;
• the ability to purchase a ticket for premium points if there are insufficient points on your personal account, and the amount of missing points should not exceed 20% of the cost of the premium service;
• The ability to issue award tickets without restrictions during periods of increased demand for passenger transportation;
• Possibility to use special offers from program partners (10% discount at the sanatoriums of JSC RZD-HEALTH and special conditions when booking rooms at the Ukraine Hotel, Moscow).

The Gold level is valid during the so-called qualification period (the time from the moment the level is assigned to the end of the calendar year plus 14 months), and if the above conditions for obtaining elite status are not met during this time, the participant's status will be automatically downgraded to the basic level.

Qualification points additionally encourage passengers to travel by Russian Railways trains as often as possible.

Bonus cards for program participants

The current participant qualification levels in the program (basic and gold) imply the issuance of corresponding cards. The program participant card contains an identification number, first and last name of the participant, and expiration date (for gold level cards).

There is no particular meaning in issuing such cards, since after registration you are assigned an individual participant number, and, in fact, the card is its carrier, nothing more. You can see the virtual card in the email that will be sent to you after registration, or in your personal account by clicking on the “Membership Card” link.

But sometimes a hard drive card may still be needed. With it you can get discounts from 5% to 20% from a few program partners.

For example, the theater named after. A.S. Pushkin, one of the partners, gives the program of the performance as a gift to the owner of the gold card. All in all, not a great honor. Discounts from partners are still not the most important thing in the Russian Railways Bonus...

The basic card as part of the welcome package will be sent to the program participant, subject to payment for three trips (reward points must be awarded 3 times), and it will arrive within 8 weeks after completing an application for the package (a simple letter).

The participant will receive the gold card by registered mail (status obliges!) within 2 weeks after being assigned the gold level.

It is possible to receive a joint (co-branded) bank card from a Russian Railways partner. Currently, such a card can be issued at Alfa-Bank, which is called: . With this card, you can receive bonus points for purchases, and you can also use them to pay for train tickets. This is already a very interesting proposal!

How to spend points (purchase a premium service)?

So, you have accumulated a certain number of bonus points - those that can be spent on buying a ticket. Now let's figure out how to spend them?

First of all, let’s clarify which tickets can be purchased with points. These are tickets for carriages of the “compartment” level and higher (JSC FPK) and carriages with seats on Sapsan trains (DOSS). For other available types of carriages, see the program website in the “Premium ticket” section. You CANNOT buy award tickets for “general” and “reserved seat” type carriages.

Note! A premium service can only be purchased if there are seats allocated for the premium service for the selected route, train and date.

That is, in some cases, in certain seasons, the quota for award tickets may be reduced. But gold status allows you to bypass this limitation (see above about the gold level).

The program website contains a table of the cost of an award trip, which gives us an idea of ​​the cost in points of a train ticket depending on the distance between the starting and ending stations.

As you can see, the longer the trip, the more reward points you will have to spend. And, of course, their size depends on the type of car. Obviously, it is more profitable to purchase a ticket for a distance close to the very end of the travel range.

The distance between the point of departure and arrival can be viewed on the website tutu.ru, since such data is not available when registering on the Russian Railways website. It’s even more convenient and faster to do this on the website http://poisk-vagonov.ru/.

If you convert the points in the table into rubles, then it is enough to spend 13,360 rubles on tickets to buy a compartment ticket from N. Novgorod to Moscow (up to 500 km) with points, or 15,030 rubles to travel the same route on Sapsan. How many points you will receive from a specific ticket can be seen during its online purchase; you can also use the bonus points calculator in the member’s personal account.

Those who travel by train often will save up for a free ticket relatively quickly, but if you rarely use train services, then you must adhere to one simple condition of the program:

You must buy a train ticket at least once every 24 months to earn reward points, otherwise they will expire. If this condition is met, the validity period of the points on your personal account is UNLIMITED.

There are other nuances.

The cost of an award ticket does not include the cost of bed linen and mandatory service fees - they must be paid separately.

Points are not awarded for premium services.

If you paid for a ticket with points and decided to return it, it is better to make a return no later than 8 hours before the train departure time. In this case, fees and linen fees will be refunded, and bonus points will be returned to the participant’s personal account. Otherwise (less than 8 hours left before departure), the deducted points will not be refunded.

All points when debited are debited from ONE personal account.

A premium service can be issued by a program participant to himself an unlimited number of times, and to any person no more than 10 times during a calendar year. Accordingly, a ticket issued using points cannot be reissued to another person.

Note! You can issue an award ticket only for a program participant, provided that he has made at least one trip within the past 2 years (the rules are the same for everyone). Moreover, to do this, you will need to fill out an application (it can be downloaded on the website) and send it with a copy of the other participant’s passport using the feedback form in your personal account.

To begin the registration procedure, you can click on the corresponding button in the “Award Ticket” section or click on the “Buy an Award Ticket” link on the Russian Railways website when purchasing tickets online. Next, enter your loyalty program number and password into the purchase form. The registration process is no different from the usual purchase of tickets for money.

Promotions and additional bonuses

It makes sense to periodically look into the “Promotions” section. So, if for registering a friend with Russian Railways Bonus and the first trip he makes under standard conditions, 100 points are credited to the participant’s account, then as part of the promotion you can get 500 points for referring a friend.

Sometimes you can “earn” bonuses simply by signing up for a program.

You can open a credit card from Alfa-Bank Russian Railways for free (and not pay for service for the first year).

For students and graduate students aged 16 to 25 years, a 25% discount is provided on travel in compartment cars on the trains of JSC FPC in domestic traffic. It is enough to obtain a certificate from the dean’s office confirming the fact of study and send it using the feedback form. In this case, the discount will apply within 2 days from the moment the certificate is sent.

For older undergraduate and graduate students, you must contact the Trade Union Committee or the Student Council of your university (your university must be affiliated with the Student Program) and provide your loyalty program participant number.

Let's summarize. If you use the services of Russian Railways at least once every two years, being a member of the Russian Railways Bonus bonus program, then you do not have to worry about the accumulated points and sooner or later use them for their intended purpose. Well, for those who often travel by train, this program is just a gift. It is truly beneficial for every passenger and, by and large, does not obligate us to anything, unless, of course, you consider one trip in 24 months an obligation, but if you travel less often, then you would hardly read this article and be interested in bonuses from Russian Railways .

JSC Russian Railways is actually a fairly young company. It was created only on September 18, 2003 by decree of President V.V. Putin, and the reform of railway communication was started only in 2000.

However, this did not stop the company from creating its own loyalty program, Russian Railways Bonus, in 2014.

The Russian Railways Bonus loyalty program is cumulative in its system. By traveling on Russian Railways trains, you will accumulate points, which you can then spend on purchasing train tickets. The rate for accruing points is quite pleasant: for every 3.34 rubles spent you get 1 point.

But you can accumulate points in several ways:

• purchasing tickets from Russian Railways;
• making purchases using a partner’s bank card;
• making purchases from loyalty program partners.

How to get a card?

Like many bonus cards, RZD Bonus can be received after registering on the official website - https://rzd-bonus.ru

After registering, you will receive an email with which you will need to confirm your participation. But the physical card will be sent to you within 8 weeks to the specified postal address. In the case of gold or elite status, the letter will be sent by registered mail within up to 2 weeks.

We will consider this procedure in detail separately.

Family program

Russian Railways Bonus provided for family travel and created a special program. It implies a common bonus account for family members. To do this, you will need to register each member in the loyalty program and determine the main one, i.e. on whose account the points will be accumulated.

And then you can spend them. More details in a special article.

Russian Railways Bonus for students

There is also a separate program for students - Russian Railways Bonus for students.

This privilege allows you to receive a 25% discount on tickets in the compartment class and on seated carriages, which are equivalent to the compartment class!

Taking advantage of such generosity is also easy. You need to register on the website https://rzd-bonus.ru, receive a certificate of study from the dean’s office and send it electronically through the feedback form!

We will also talk more about this program separately.

Russian Railways Bonus card statuses

Russian Railways Bonus provides 2 participant statuses:

• base;
• elite.

Basic status is issued to each registered participant, but gold, or elite, status can be obtained if certain conditions are met:

1. You need to accumulate 35,000 points in your bonus account, and your status will increase.
2. Or you need to make at least 50 trips per calendar year in carriages of at least “Coupe” class.

Elite status gives very nice discounts, but this is also in a separate article.