Jet - BluePlus to Silver upgrade?
Jul 13, 2017, 8:18 am
#1
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Jet - BluePlus to Silver upgrade?
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Do I need to accumulate BOTH Tier Points as well as Tier Miles to upgrade to silver from BluePlus or is accumulating one is enough? For the last 12 months I have 17 Tier points, and only about 3K Tier miles. So if I take 3 flights, will I get upgraded to Silver or do I also need to accumulate an additional 26k tier miles?
Do I need to accumulate BOTH Tier Points as well as Tier Miles to upgrade to silver from BluePlus or is accumulating one is enough? For the last 12 months I have 17 Tier points, and only about 3K Tier miles. So if I take 3 flights, will I get upgraded to Silver or do I also need to accumulate an additional 26k tier miles?
Jul 13, 2017, 9:30 am
#2
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It's either tier points or tier miles. And it's not always just one tier point per flight. Depending on what fare class you book, you could get up to three points for a single leg in economy. (Of course, those fares are much more expensive than the deal fares that earn one tier point.)
Jul 13, 2017, 11:11 am
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It's either tier points or tier miles. And it's not always just one tier point per flight. Depending on what fare class you book, you could get up to three points for a single leg in economy. (Of course, those fares are much more expensive than the deal fares that earn one tier point.)
Jul 14, 2017, 10:26 am
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just did this last month to get my wife bumped up to gold....she was 3 tier points short & one flight in l class from del-vns turned out to be cheaper than 3 regular economy tickets....she doesn't fly too often so there was a good chance she would not have made the other 2 flights in time to get gold status....
Jul 21, 2017, 4:57 am
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just did this last month to get my wife bumped up to gold....she was 3 tier points short & one flight in l class from del-vns turned out to be cheaper than 3 regular economy tickets....she doesn't fly too often so there was a good chance she would not have made the other 2 flights in time to get gold status....
I'm one tier point short of upgrading to silver now and I've already undertaken two flights on 18 July, but the tierpoints/miles have not yet been credited to my account yet. Previously I used to get miles posted to my account within 24-48 hours. And yes I had quoted JP Number at the time of checkin and got it printed on the boarding pass too! The flights that I took on 17th July were credited almost the next day.
Jul 21, 2017, 11:10 am
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I'm one tier point short of upgrading to silver now and I've already undertaken two flights on 18 July, but the tierpoints/miles have not yet been credited to my account yet. Previously I used to get miles posted to my account within 24-48 hours. And yes I had quoted JP Number at the time of checkin and got it printed on the boarding pass too! The flights that I took on 17th July were credited almost the next day.
Jul 21, 2017, 11:12 am
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Jul 26, 2017, 7:25 am
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