Originally Posted by
craigthemif
There isn't a single elite status consideration that would have me flying Vueling to the Canary Islands instead of Air Europa. Vueling is terrible when compared to Air Europa.
I have only ever used Vueling for flights to/from the UK as they fly direct to the Canaries from Gatwick. It's either that, Easyjet (probably similar in every way) or Ryanair (my least favourite choice of the three) with the last two also giving me the option of using Luton.
Originally Posted by
craigthemif
But if you are flying between Madrid and the Canary Islands, then Iberia (Express I'd assume) would be an option and you would get lounge access once you had status. In which case Iberia Plus might work for you - 50 flights = Oneworld Sapphire. But there might be a different Oneworld FFP that gives more elite credit for those long IB flights to the Canaries...
I'm with you here with the lounges and it seems that OW status coupled with Iberia/Express is the thing to aim for. Not sure I can get Finnair up to Sapphire status though as I only use them for long-haul flights to Singapore and I don't see myself doing more than two return-trips per year.
Maybe another OW FFP with a small number of flights (not miles) to get to Sapphire?
