Bec Bartel Welcome to FT
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Bec Bartel
I've been Gold on velocity for a couple of years (but will loose that soon, not flying as much this last year), and got a status match last year with AirNZ gold and finally get to use that in a week (haven't travelled since Sep last year)
Going Melbourne to Chicago return on Air NZ next weekend
I'm trying to figure out whether to put points on AirNZ or Kris flyer
AirNZ - currently 0 airpoints 0 status
KrisFlyer - 22,689 elite silver
As far as I can tell, neither will get me enough to retain gold or AirNZ ( need 900 status exp 08/2020) or up to gold on Krisflyer Required: 27,311 by 31 Jul 2020 and not sure what I can do with 327 AirNZ airpoints
Journey leg Airpoints Status points
Melbourne to Chicago O'Hare 176.00 205.00
Chicago O'Hare to Melbourne 151.00 178.00
Total bonus 0.00 0.00
Am I best to accumulate the points with Krisflyer? Can I still use the AirNZ gold status to get in the lounge if I put the points on Krisflyer? I still have the AirNZ gold card and boarding pass for an AirNZ flight right?
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Air NZ ffp is as bad as any ffp can get and then some. Unless you fly Air NZ a lot (=always) stay away from the Air NZ ffp. You may/will be disappointed with SP earn on Air NZ. Look at posts 13, 14 & 19 in this thread-->
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-...g-flights.html
327 NZ air points = $327 = a flight Aust to NZ. Unlikely to be enough airpoints for a return trip (is your calculation correct?)
Anyway having multiple ffp’s with low balances is never a good idea. You may never get enough ff miles/points to be of use before they expire. Adding frequent miles in a ff program that you can use, are worth more than ff miles in an orphan ffp that you will never use, even if the earning rate is nominally
better. FFP’s are for the short to medium term. Now ffp’s are not for the long term. However at times it makes sense to have a ff membership with an airline in another alliance. (e.g. Oneworld & Star)
KrisFlyer points have a hard expiry: use them or loose them
QF will fly BNE-ORD from 20 April 2020