Originally Posted by
ung1
While I would rather fly EK without an FF program than step foot on an AA flight, I'd be interested to know how status works out for you. Someone posted recently that it would take 35 full fare Y RTs on BA between LHR and HKG to reach Gold, while only 4.5 on EK. Though truth be told BA Silver has benefits equivalent to EK Gold.
The point is in
most big airlines, we are aware of whats the miles / points we are going to earn by buying tickets at given prices.. many airline websites ( incl LH, OS ) allow u to buy higher class fares etc.. With EK , all this is a mystery unless someone is willing to call their CS and ask about high classes, and still then with the current chaos with saver / flex and difference in miles shown online and that written in tickets its really confusing and leaves a bad taste in the mouth specially considering these things (mainly IT related) should ideally be easily resolved..