Katykat

Thank you kuroko.

THR

Thanks all for your prior assistance. As it transpires, we managed to get a points upgrade to J for both legs (SYD --> DXB, DXB --> FCO).

I write this from the on-board A380 wi-fi.

All very good service and experience thus far! And while the seats are looking a bit dated, it's good to see they've made some upgrades since last time (ICE is more responsive, for example, new 'tablet' remote, and a few other small things.

RichL

I need 1500 miles by Feb 2016 to renew my gold, my flight on Feb 24th doesn't quite get me over that line however my return flight on 7th March would easily give me the 1500 and then some.

Is there a grace period or if I don't have those additional 1500 by 29th Feb 2016, thats it?

eternaltransit

YMMV. Sometimes it's done automatically and you just get it renewed. Sometimes not.

However, because of the way EK calculates on a rolling monthly basis, you might be in luck - your previously earned tier miles don't all expire at the end of Feb, each earning month expires 13 months later (i.e. miles earned 1st of Feb 2015 don't count for status on the 28th Feb 2016, which is where the 12-13 month thing comes from).

If you didn't earn anything in March 2015 then it's possible on 7th March 2016 the system will look back to the start of March 2015 and count from there and it will bump you back up to Gold. Also, status lasts for 2 months after the review date, so you'll still be gold in March anyway - in effect, you get an extra 2 months to try and keep your status. One of the few generous parts of the Skywards program

RichL

That's good to know thanks.

chelseastu

Hi

I have to achieve 3 more tier miles to get to gold status. Is there anyway of doing this other than booking a flight ?

TIA

jackiedada

Wow, how did you manage that! The system should automatically upgrade you to Gold - write to Skywards or speak to someone at the EK call center and they should be able to arrange it.

cargueiro

Yes I have never received Skywards miles (from a flight) or Tier miles that were not a multiple of five.

Due to the zone based calculations, I did not think it was possible to earn an odd number of miles such as 6,573 for a flight. DXB to JNB or to CPT gets the same number of miles - this is something that irritates as EK do not give me extra miles on the CPT flight even though I have to endure flying further!

eternaltransit

There was an issue earlier in the year where the F flex and F flex plus mileage earning wasn't completely aligned, e.g. 14997 miles for F flex and 15000 miles for F flex plus. I think it's fixed now, so send an email to Skywards asking for Gold status.

chelseastu

Yes, I earn't 14,997 on a trip. Thanks, I'll send an Email off to skywards

m3red

I'm on 128,776 Tier Miles - how can that be!

eternaltransit

You had some F trips earlier this year - I'd check the earning to KIX

m3red

There's been a few f trips and more to come!

eternaltransit

The ones to come likely have rounded numbers for F earnings, but the ones earlier in the year probably didn't :P

m3red

It's a j saver man Cai where I got 5313 each way.

Have they done me out of a Few miles? Not sure how I can check that now.