Originally Posted by
stanontour
How is Skywards so very different to Sing Air though
As an example London to Singapore return (SQ Krisflier)
Econ (d)6761 return so you would need 8 round trips for gold in Krisflyer
Econ 13522 return so you would need 4 round trips for gold in Krisflyer
Bus 16902 return so you would need 3 round trips for gold in Krisflyer
First 20283 return so you would need 2.5 round trips for gold in Krisflyer
Suites not considered but would be 1.5 trips
As an example London to Singapore return (EK Skywards)
Econ (s)6000 return so you would need 8.5 round trips for gold in Skywards
Econ 12000 return so you would need 4.5 round trips for gold in Skywards
Bus (s) 15000 return so you would need 3.5 round trips for gold in Skywards
Bus 21000 return so you would need 2.5 round trips for gold in Skywards
First 30000 return so you would need 2 round trips for gold in Skywards
Not much difference really unless you are flying first in EK, which if you are what additional benefits do you get with any airline FF program?
Does Star Alliance have the same issue then? too many golds?
If we compare to UA on Star Alliance, if UA had a SIN->DXB->LHR flight it would look like this:
Econ 14108 return so you would need 7 round trips for top-tier in UA
Bus 21162 return so you would need 5 round trips for top-tier in UA
First 21162 return so you would need 5 round trips for top-tier in UA
With LH on Star there are many variations, but simplified to get to SEN on a hypothetical SIN->DXB->LHR:
Econ (s)7054 return so you would need 14 round trips for SEN in LH
Econ 14108 return so you would need 7 round trips for SEN in LH
Bus (s) 14108 return so you would need 7 round trips for SEN in LH
Bus 28216 return so you would need 3.5 round trips for SEN in LH
First 42324 return so you would need 2.5 round trips for SEN in LH
However, if you really want top-tier in LH, HON, it is triple all of the above round trips and you have to do it 2 years in a row.