Originally Posted by
stuckinadd
Hey all, first-time poster. I have been recently posted to the DRC by my employer and ET is broadly my only ticket out of there on a regular basis. I expect to fly relatively frequently but not loads. Mainly back and forth between DRC and Europe via ADD every 8 weeks with potential for a bit of intra-African business travel. My main goal at the moment is to achieve *A Gold, my employer rarely springs for business class (unless your itinerary is super long) so I definitely value the lounge access/perks. Did a bit of research and reckoned that Asiana Mileage Club was my best bet for reaching Gold given the relatively low threshold (40k miles) and the 24 month qualifying period. Wondering if anyone else who flies ET regularly has a different view? Cheers!
Hi , welcome to flyertalk aka FT
This sub section of flyertalk is best for such question =
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/star-alliance-413/
if you will fly economy (Y) with ET on long haul flights a lot and you are only interested in achieving gold to get standard gold benefits (luggage, lounge , etc ...) then i recommend you to check agean miles and bonus , also referred as A3 M&B
with A3 you can easily score 100% mileage on ET flights in Y, if you avoid cheapest fares (the booking clas is easy to find before purchase) and as distances within or to africa are huge you can easily reach 12k and 24k in short times
They have a forum there =
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/aege...les-bonus-694/
The only trade off will be
- You will need 2 flights per year with aegean , however they are a regional airline , so you need to plan a flight via athens
- not have the full benefits compared to gold ET sheeba members , in some cases ET dont provide access to 3rd party lounges in africa for eite members of other star alliance FFPs