Easiest way to earn OneWorld Sapphire status?
Feb 3, 2016, 11:52 am
#16
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Feb 4, 2016, 12:49 am
#17
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: LAX
Programs: AA Plat, UA Gold
Posts: 609
I know that Japan Global Club has a pretty easy requalification. I can usually easily meet 50k+ on AA, but with the future RDM devaluation, i want to look into getting JGC one year and just paying the annual fee in points or $ to keep the sapphire status.
Does anyone have any experience with that? it looks like you need 50k Flyon points with a chunk of it being on JAL flights. how easy/difficult is their program to earn those points?
Does anyone have any experience with that? it looks like you need 50k Flyon points with a chunk of it being on JAL flights. how easy/difficult is their program to earn those points?
Feb 5, 2016, 9:04 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Boston
Posts: 89
The AA challenge has been back since 03 Jan 2016 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...an-2016-a.html
My natural instinct is to credit this to AA as that's who I would fly once I return to the US from 6 months in Hong Kong. But is there another OW carrier with a similar OWS-level status challenge I should consider crediting the flight to? From my very sophisticated research, it looks like CX 811 is only a codeshare with AA, but am I missing any potential options for leveraging this premium fare opportunity into status?