Sri Lankan Flysmiles

Old Jul 15, 2014, 8:03 am
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Sri Lankan Flysmiles

We have about 40000 Flysmiles between us and were both QF gold what would be the best way to use up these miles,can they be used on upgrades on QF flights, look forward to interesting replies.
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Old Jul 15, 2014, 4:22 pm
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Flysmiles redemption chart for partners, can be found here:
http://www.flysmiles.com/download/Fl...ward-chart.pdf
Also see:
http://www.flysmiles.com/using-your-...edeeming-miles
I believe that the only upgrades that are available with flysmiles are on Sri Lankan flights.
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Old Jul 15, 2014, 8:09 pm
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Originally Posted by bobe
We have about 40000 Flysmiles between us and were both QF gold
What are you now? The fact that you were gold is pretty much irrelevant.
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Old Jul 16, 2014, 1:22 am
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Yep. Upgrade awards only on UL-metal flights.
If you plan on flying them again, miles can be used for inflight duty-free purchases: you'd get a USD 340 voucher towards that out of your miles.

Miles can be transferred between accounts - deducting you're Australia-based, consolidating the balance into one account you'd have enough to redeem for one 40k Y award within your zone: Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Easter Island, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Tonga, Vanuatu, American Samoa, Samoa. The fees for transferring miles are comparatively modest ($50 for up to 40k miles). If both of you want to go on an award trip or you'd need to top off to reach 40k, you can purchase additional miles. This, at USD 250 per 10,000 miles, isn't particularly attractive, though.
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Old Jul 16, 2014, 8:27 am
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Sri Lankan. Flysmiles

Thanks so much for your in depth explanation .
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Old Jul 16, 2014, 8:31 am
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Originally Posted by bhomburg
Yep. Upgrade awards only on UL-metal flights.
If you plan on flying them again, miles can be used for inflight duty-free purchases: you'd get a USD 340 voucher towards that out of your miles.

So if we book with them do we have to tell them we have number of xmiles to spend on board or do we just rock up and " spend"




Miles can be transferred between accounts - deducting you're Australia-based, consolidating the balance into one account you'd have enough to redeem for one 40k Y award within your zone: Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Easter Island, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Tonga, Vanuatu, American Samoa, Samoa. The fees for transferring miles are comparatively modest ($50 for up to 40k miles). If both of you want to go on an award trip or you'd need to top off to reach 40k, you can purchase additional miles. This, at USD 250 per 10,000 miles, isn't particularly attractive, though.
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Old Jul 16, 2014, 10:08 am
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Originally Posted by bobe
So if we book with them do we have to tell them we have number of xmiles to spend on board or do we just rock up and " spend"
No. You must convert to vouchers first (terms and conditions require at least 3 days before your flight). You can review the terms and conditions here:
http://www.flysmiles.com/promotions/...free-purchases
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