flying on a birthday
Aug 26, 2015, 1:19 am
#47
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Aug 26, 2015, 10:25 am
#48
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Aug 26, 2015, 10:36 am
#49
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Interesting clarification there Guy Betsy.
Must say I did find the idea of Op-ups being provided routinely, as it were, just because it happens to be your birthday, a little dubious......
Must say I did find the idea of Op-ups being provided routinely, as it were, just because it happens to be your birthday, a little dubious......
Aug 26, 2015, 3:47 pm
#52
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I couldn't say ....the barrier to entry is reasonably high, so it won't be a huge group. You need to achieve PPS, then accrue S$250,000 of spend over five consecutive years. To renew, you simply spend S$25,000 per year. Only J or F travel counts. You can also accrue "reserve value" for spend beyond the 25k. I'm in my fourteenth consecutive year as TPPS and have about 6 years of reserve value. My anniversary is in July, and I usually spend the 25k by October.
Aug 26, 2015, 9:39 pm
#53
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Either way, booking my next EK flight on my birthday (rather than a day later, which would be a bit more convenient) clearly won't make a difference. Good to know.
Sep 9, 2015, 12:42 pm
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Sep 10, 2015, 8:37 am
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Just to add my experience, I once took EK435 departing 2200 BNE-DXB taking off the evening before my birthday.
A few hours into the flight my birthday arrived and my travelling party celebrated with a toast. Cabin crew noticed and came and took a Polaroid photo which they put in a paper frame with the flight details written on. A nice little souvenir.
A further half hour or so into the flight, the IFE told us it wasn't my birthday any more - it was 2345 the evening before. We waited for midnight to come again and went through the same process. The crew seemed to like it.
I was hoping we could do the same all the way to DXB but unfortunately it didn't happen again. After a brief layover we continued on the BHX. I was given a small cake on the DXB-BHX flight.
In total my birthday lasted 33 hours with a brief spell in the middle where it wasn't my birthday.
A few hours into the flight my birthday arrived and my travelling party celebrated with a toast. Cabin crew noticed and came and took a Polaroid photo which they put in a paper frame with the flight details written on. A nice little souvenir.
A further half hour or so into the flight, the IFE told us it wasn't my birthday any more - it was 2345 the evening before. We waited for midnight to come again and went through the same process. The crew seemed to like it.
I was hoping we could do the same all the way to DXB but unfortunately it didn't happen again. After a brief layover we continued on the BHX. I was given a small cake on the DXB-BHX flight.
In total my birthday lasted 33 hours with a brief spell in the middle where it wasn't my birthday.