Originally Posted by
Manolito3
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Are you suggesting that to obtain gold we should all have to fly 108,975 actual miles which is man to Melbourne five times a year while every other loyalty programme only asks 50,000 miles to achieve gold
That is not true at all. That seems to be a blinkered look at US schemes and only looking at the mid level tier
e.g. Qantas's mid tier level ( which is level which provides for lounge access ). MEL-LHR r/t earns 120 Status Credits in discount economy. 700 is needed to attain Gold and 600 to renew so is 5 r/ts to renew it. To attain the top tier requires twice that level
Full economy would earn 240 points so would halve it ( same as how Emirates offers twice the earning for flex fares ), however on Qantas , for international travel, only full fare economy will earn full SCs whilst Emirates offers flex fares to Australia at about 20% over the lowest economy cost)
Originally Posted by Manolito3
Skywards cost£5344 per person for 54000 tier miles
That really depends on what fares you look at. Based on 5 trips that would be £1068.8 per trip. If purchased a flex fare the cost would have been an extra £200 but only needed 2.5 trips so would work out at £3172 which seems pretty reasonable cost to attain top tier status
Dave