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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 1:51 am
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Originally Posted by henkybaby
You would recommend spending 3800 euro's to spend 8 days in a plane to retain a card that gives you access to lounges?

I recommend xONEx's (especially if the first x is either an A or a D) for a long holiday or even multiple holidays (with some clever breaks here and there) but I have never understood mileage runs like this.

That being said: I went from blue to gold in one AONE6. I took 6 months and enjoyed the ride. Who needs a gold card when holding a First ticket?
Well, it's not quite that simple. This was effectively a roadshow for fundraising on a new venture that i'm launching, so I had meetings on three continents (Los Angeles, London, Dubai) and squeezed in some time to meet with friends and family near airports around the world.

Also, I made a mistake in that it was probably more like 11 days, but the lengthy stopover in SYD where I'm based made me forget that I actually started in ICN (I was in HKG on business so it wasn't too much of a repositioning issue for me)

I agree though that no Gold card is needed when travelling on the AONE product
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