Originally Posted by
kiwibirdft
Hello everyone, newbie here trying to understand the attractiveness of this route.
Upon reading 20+ pages here, I gathered that UL could get as low as $6xx/Eur4xx (during its 40% promo period) for the AUH - CMB - CGK - CMB - AUH route back before the pandemic. I am from Singapore, so that price works out to be around SGD 8/9xx?
It's certainly below average, but I wouldn't consider it dirt cheap (compared to flights ex-SE Asia) to a point I would fly just for fun.
So I am guessing that people do it mainly for mile run. How much miles (in dollar terms) would one earn from one biz round-trip?
Or am I missing something here?
For a lot of people it wasn't for the miles but for gaining or retaining status. For this reason, the ratio price / status points on BAEC* was dirt cheap enough in my opinion, since 1 return ticket gives 560 Tier Points.
*British Airways Executive Club