Vietnam Airlines is offering travellers the chance to earn 1,000 bonus miles when they sign up to the airline’s Lotusmiles rewards programme this year. All customers need to do is enter the code ‘TRIEUSENVANG’ in the promotion code box when filling in the Lotusmiles enrolment form and the 1,000 bonus miles will be automatically transferred. This special offer is valid from now until 31 December 2017.

Vietnam Airlines’ Lotusmiles programme enables members to accumulate points when booking flights with Vietnam Airlines, their SkyTeam Alliance partners and 30 non-airline partners in the fields of hospitality, finance and telecommunication. The frequent flyer programme offers the following range of benefits to its members:

• Complimentary tickets (using accumulated miles) with both Vietnam Airlines and their SkyTeam Alliance partners
• Business lounges access for the member plus one guest
• Priority services at check-in counters, boarding gates, transfer desks, immigration and security lanes
• Priority baggage tags and extra baggage allowance
• Bonus miles awarded in celebration of birthdays and for each flight
• Ability to redeem miles for relatives and friends

Vietnam Airlines offers the UK’s only nonstop flights to Vietnam, operating daily services from Heathrow Terminal 4 to Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. Flights are carefully scheduled to offer convenient overnight journeys in both directions, and excellent onward connections via its comprehensive network of over 40 destinations in Asia, including more than 20 within Vietnam and Indochina, as well as China, Japan and Taiwan.

Return fares from Heathrow to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City currently start from £462 per person, inclusive of taxes.