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Old Apr 18, 2024 | 8:59 am
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Originally Posted by HalconBCN
Realistically, nobody is going to spend 3000 euro on SAF to gain Plat status. It would be a ridiculous way to waste money for very little benefit. Also, they have to spend more to work up from explorer to plat: 580 xp worth, to be precise.
I think we have seen at least one person doing that, but it's definitely not the most common strategy

Originally Posted by Brendan88
If you follow the milage run thread, there are a lot of people that fly extra for the extra XP… still this is a small number compared to the number of pax flying every day.
Yes, overall, people doing MR are not the vast majority, far from it.

Originally Posted by hhdl
It goes to fuel that (unless and until enough of the passengers buy it to exceed the mandate and pledge) AF already priced into the ticket due to mandates and sustainability pledges.
Indeed, they pledge to use that to buy fuel, but who knows what is the actual impact of a single SAF purchase by a pax.
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