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Sep 9, 2012 | 11:04 am

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ihavebeenseen

Join Date: Nov 2010

Posts: 102

Quote:

Originally Posted by DVT

I don't think this is true.

e.g. LHR-LAX gives you 140 tier points each way, so 4 flights = 560 points - not even Silver on BA. BA require 1500 tier points for Gold.

I was talking about a routing like JFK - BOM/DEL/BLR in J. It is 140 for each segment. However my mental math was broken. EXP is 4 trips and BA Gold is 3.