Is SK considering cutting fast track?
Apr 17, 2017, 11:07 am
#31
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: AGH
Posts: 5,961
While i agree that it is quite easy to get EB Gold in comparision to e.g. LH SEN the new earnings made it pretty difficult for a lot of people to keep Gold without some supplementary mileage runs.
l know quite a lot colleagues which have a hard time to maintain Gold while jetting on cheapest GO tickets through the Nordics.
Dont think you can get Gold for $1000. probably more in the region of 2.500 to 3.000 as long as you don't qualify with super cheap now or never runs to Us or Asia. (Which then cost time, hotel and food)
l know quite a lot colleagues which have a hard time to maintain Gold while jetting on cheapest GO tickets through the Nordics.
Dont think you can get Gold for $1000. probably more in the region of 2.500 to 3.000 as long as you don't qualify with super cheap now or never runs to Us or Asia. (Which then cost time, hotel and food)
Apr 17, 2017, 12:04 pm
#32
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: KSU (Kristiansund N, Norway)
Programs: SAS EBD/ *G
Posts: 2,163
While i agree that it is quite easy to get EB Gold in comparision to e.g. LH SEN the new earnings made it pretty difficult for a lot of people to keep Gold without some supplementary mileage runs.
l know quite a lot colleagues which have a hard time to maintain Gold while jetting on cheapest GO tickets through the Nordics.
Dont think you can get Gold for $1000. probably more in the region of 2.500 to 3.000 as long as you don't qualify with super cheap now or never runs to Us or Asia. (Which then cost time, hotel and food)
l know quite a lot colleagues which have a hard time to maintain Gold while jetting on cheapest GO tickets through the Nordics.
Dont think you can get Gold for $1000. probably more in the region of 2.500 to 3.000 as long as you don't qualify with super cheap now or never runs to Us or Asia. (Which then cost time, hotel and food)
As of today I am just one sector short of requalifying for EBD (89 of 90), but I am 24595 points short of requalifying, which sort of confirms your point that it is difficult to qualify on points. If I were to requalify for Gold on points, I would do a business R/T to Australia or New Zealand, which, with connecting flights in Plus, would take me very close to EBG on its own
Apr 17, 2017, 12:05 pm
#33
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Preferable @30.000 feet
Programs: More than one
Posts: 1,673
A proper *G express gate is a side effect, which would benefit the whole *A community, but it might not happen even if the SK fasttrack and local express gates are merged.
Apr 17, 2017, 12:10 pm
#34
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: KSU (Kristiansund N, Norway)
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Posts: 2,163
Apr 17, 2017, 2:50 pm
#35
Join Date: Mar 2016
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No that is definitely not what I'm writing. I'm talking about merging the fast track and local express gateways, which would expand the opening hours og the SK FastTrack. The rules for access should off course still be the same, which they more or less already are if you compare LH Miles&More at CPH Express with SK Eurobonus at SK FastTrack.
Apr 18, 2017, 8:38 am
#36
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Koala Lemur
Programs: SK EBD LTG (*G)
Posts: 2,447
It's true that CPH Express has much better opening hours. But at least for me this benefit is illusory. At 10pm when I land there, forced to take the regular line, both are equally empty. So I am not so much put off by the line in the slow track, but by the distance to walk back to the lounge. I would not like to suffer this for every day flight as well.
Apr 18, 2017, 9:15 am
#37
Join Date: Mar 2016
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It's true that CPH Express has much better opening hours. But at least for me this benefit is illusory. At 10pm when I land there, forced to take the regular line, both are equally empty. So I am not so much put off by the line in the slow track, but by the distance to walk back to the lounge. I would not like to suffer this for every day flight as well.
You never know. They might move the CPH express for terminal 3 to the current location of the SK fast track if they merge them. They definitely could use the extra line or two for the general security check, and they can easily expand the security check at the current SK fast track location.
