Does *G status get you upgrades on certain carriers? Say, I become *G on OZ. Will I ever be put on the upgrade list for any non-OZ carriers? Like I said before, I'm only interested in obtaining *G lounge access, so upgrades are not important to me. Any perks outside of lounge access would be a bonus, however.
Does *G status get you upgrades on certain carriers? Say, I become *G on OZ. Will I ever be put on the upgrade list for any non-OZ carriers? Like I said before, I'm only interested in obtaining *G lounge access, so upgrades are not important to me. Any perks outside of lounge access would be a bonus, however.
You have spelled out what is important to you (lounge access) . I am not aware of any * A program that will allow you to get upgrades with other airline using their coupons. There are some that allow you to use accumulated points and /or cash for upgrades.
Occasionally, when op ups are considered they will look at * gold pax but opnly after they have op uped their own FF. I have had * gold status with AC for six years and this has never happened to me on UA, US or LH or anyother * carrier so it is rare but others have posted that they have had success with this occasional perk.
Sorry for what might be a dumb question, but I'll ask anyway.
I'm Star Gold on SQ, but have recently joined OZ for the long-lasting benefits.
If I reach Gold on OZ, but never or seldom fly them, and continue to accrue all mileage to SQ or another Star carrier, will I still be allowed all the following benefits:
Sorry for what might be a dumb question, but I'll ask anyway.
I'm Star Gold on SQ, but have recently joined OZ for the long-lasting benefits.
If I reach Gold on OZ, but never or seldom fly them, and continue to accrue all mileage to SQ or another Star carrier, will I still be allowed all the following benefits:
Priority check in
Priority baggage
Lounge access
Thanks.
You would get Star Gold benefits, irrespective of which program you credit miles to.
Sorry for what might be a dumb question, but I'll ask anyway.
I'm Star Gold on SQ, but have recently joined OZ for the long-lasting benefits.
If I reach Gold on OZ, but never or seldom fly them, and continue to accrue all mileage to SQ or another Star carrier, will I still be allowed all the following benefits:
Priority check in
Priority baggage
Lounge access
Thanks.
Just to clarify, OZ gold is *A silver, you will need OZ Diamond to have *A Gold status.
Programs: LH SEN, SN Gold, Eurostar Carte Blanche, BA, QF, AF
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Originally Posted by dmilsi
Sorry for what might be a dumb question, but I'll ask anyway.
I'm Star Gold on SQ, but have recently joined OZ for the long-lasting benefits.
If I reach Gold on OZ, but never or seldom fly them, and continue to accrue all mileage to SQ or another Star carrier, will I still be allowed all the following benefits:
Priority check in
Priority baggage
Lounge access
Thanks.
I am not entirely sure regarding priority baggage. I think that you might be able to get the red "priority" flag, but I am not sure the priority will be encoded in the baggage tag. You would have to leave your SQ number in the booking until after the baggage tag has been printed, and then swap it to the OZ number.
Sorry for what might be a dumb question, but I'll ask anyway.
I'm Star Gold on SQ, but have recently joined OZ for the long-lasting benefits.
If I reach Gold on OZ, but never or seldom fly them, and continue to accrue all mileage to SQ or another Star carrier, will I still be allowed all the following benefits:
Priority check in
Priority baggage
Lounge access
Thanks.
So let me understand this, since *G seems like a nice perk when flying internationally (better lounges (+ guest), extra bags, etc.) Right now I am *S with Miles and More. So I currently get priority check-in on my home airlines (LH, OS, OU, etc.) and lounge access in FRA and VIE when transiting and I get a 25% bonus on miles (both EQMs and RDMs).
If I want to try for this, over the next year or so I will need to credit my flights to OZ which means I won't have status for a while and will therefore lose some of those benefits. I can handle that. My main question is what happens afterwards. Do I need to keep crediting my earnings to OZ in order to take advantage of the *G benefits. In other words, does my boarding pass have to say OZ*G in order to get into the lounge or get a third suitcase transatlantic? Can I have my OZ card out for access, etc. but credit the miles to LH. Or is it a trade off--getting the *G perks means the poor earning rates that OZ offers indefinitely?
So has anyone done this with any other program--AC or whatever--using your *G card for the benefits but crediting to another program for the miles?
Programs: QF WP (LT Gold), LH SEN, OZ Diamond, CO Nothing, HH Gold, SPG Platinum, Avis PC
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Originally Posted by eefor jfp
So let me understand this, since *G seems like a nice perk when flying internationally (better lounges (+ guest), extra bags, etc.) Right now I am *S with Miles and More. So I currently get priority check-in on my home airlines (LH, OS, OU, etc.) and lounge access in FRA and VIE when transiting and I get a 25% bonus on miles (both EQMs and RDMs).
If I want to try for this, over the next year or so I will need to credit my flights to OZ which means I won't have status for a while and will therefore lose some of those benefits. I can handle that. My main question is what happens afterwards. Do I need to keep crediting my earnings to OZ in order to take advantage of the *G benefits. In other words, does my boarding pass have to say OZ*G in order to get into the lounge or get a third suitcase transatlantic? Can I have my OZ card out for access, etc. but credit the miles to LH. Or is it a trade off--getting the *G perks means the poor earning rates that OZ offers indefinitely?
So has anyone done this with any other program--AC or whatever--using your *G card for the benefits but crediting to another program for the miles?
Your M&M FTL status is good for two years normally. So during this time you can credit miles to OZ/TK/AC and still get your lounge access etc. To get the benefit you just need to show your FTL card, it doesn't matter what status is printed on the BP.
This also works the other way round. Once you have your *G status you can credit your miles to another program and get the *G benefits by showing your card.
If you fly more than 35k miles per year than AC might be a good program for you because it has better redemption levels than OZ.
Your M&M FTL status is good for two years normally. So during this time you can credit miles to OZ/TK/AC and still get your lounge access etc. To get the benefit you just need to show your FTL card, it doesn't matter what status is printed on the BP.
This also works the other way round. Once you have your *G status you can credit your miles to another program and get the *G benefits by showing your card.
If you fly more than 35k miles per year than AC might be a good program for you because it has better redemption levels than OZ.
Thanks, DownUnderFlyer. There's a side of me that also likes the AC option (for the last few years I have done 35-60K per year), although, as I said, 90% of my flying is on the M&M partner airlines (and the other 10% on United). So it's not too likely that either AC or OZ will ever get me home airline benefits like Op Ups.
Back to my original scenario. Let's say I am booked on a flight from IAD to FRA on LH. So what you're saying is that I can walk up to the LH priority check-in counter, wave my *G OZ card to get an extra bag and still credit my miles to M&M? Does that mean switching the card at check-in or at the gate or just giving my M&M number from the beginning? I would assume that OZ doesn't pay LH anything for those benefits, so it kind of seems fair.
But they do get charged for lounge access (which, in my mind, somehow gets repaid because LH has to "buy" the miles from them that I get for the flight). I just wonder if I can keep charging OZ for my *G lounge access when they never see miles being earned for those flights. It may not be a legal question (or maybe it is) but it seems like a bit of an ethical question. But then again, I would never sample different lounges in the same airport just to try them--knowing each time I enter a new lounge my FFP is getting dinged $20 or something like that. Just like I wouldn't pay Priority Pass $28 multiple times at the same airport in order to visit a variety of lounges.
Anyway, it would be good to hear various experiences of those who do this (use the benefits from one program but credit their miles to another) to understand how it works in practice as well as in theory.
