ITA Airways

Volare status

Volare status is earned on qualifying points from ITA and SkyTeam flights over a 12-month membership year. ITA Airways is a SkyTeam member, so Premium and Executive are SkyTeam Elite Plus. Confirm current thresholds on ita-airways.com.

ITA Airways profile

The ladder

4 rungs, from the bottom up.

1.Member

How to earn it

Free to join.

What it gets you

Earn and redeem miles; no elite benefits.

At the lounge door

No status lounge access. Lounge entry is by cabin, membership, or a card.

2.Plus

SkyTeam Elite

How to earn it

The entry threshold on qualifying points; numbers on the program's page.

What it gets you

Priority check-in and boarding, seat selection, a points bonus.

At the lounge door

No alliance lounge access. Any lounge benefit is the airline's own and only on its own flights.

3.Premium

SkyTeam Elite Plus

How to earn it

The next threshold on qualifying points.

What it gets you

Lounge access, extra bags, priority security, a higher bonus.

At the lounge door

ITA Airways lounges with a guest on same-day ITA flights, and SkyTeam lounges, with one guest, whenever you fly a SkyTeam international flight the same day, in any cabin.

4.Executive

SkyTeam Elite Plus

How to earn it

The top threshold on qualifying points.

What it gets you

Top tier: the best priority, guaranteed seats, a dedicated line.

At the lounge door

ITA Airways lounges with a guest, and SkyTeam lounges, with one guest, whenever you fly a SkyTeam international flight the same day, in any cabin.

Qualification thresholds are the published ones as last checked and change most years; confirm the current numbers with ITA Airways. Alliance equivalences and the lounge rules that follow from them move far more slowly.