Originally Posted by
beerandpork
RU finally came through! From PE->J on AKL-LAX on my last flight as Gold (this flight puts me into Elite). Checked in at the airport, no updates, just got settled in at the lounge and they called my name. Ecstatic. Maybe this means they're finally opening up enough flights and the pricing is so ridiculous that J isn't always full of paid customers?
Nice! This is a single data point, so who really knows. I have gone from zero status to GE in 8 months, with about 3 months between each tier due to some unexpected work travel in Sep - all in full Y.
The Silver RU lodged before making Gold has cleared for return travel in Jan SIN-AKL. Have a Gold RU lodged before making GE for AKL-SIN, but the other Gold RU was unused as I went from Gold to GE quickly. I have gifted a GE RU to Mrs TK also AKL-SIN. The loads looks light on the day of travel (ho ho ho).
Sadly as reported earlier, none of the 4x gifted RUs in Jun and Sep cleared.