FAQ No.2 for Aegean Miles & Bonus: Aegean *Gold Card Crash-Course
Apr 24, 2012, 4:22 am
#106
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Melbourne, AU
Programs: Skywards - Silver, *Alliance - Gold | GC - Diamond
Posts: 42
Apr 24, 2012, 5:06 am
#109
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Melbourne, AU
Programs: Skywards - Silver, *Alliance - Gold | GC - Diamond
Posts: 42
Miles & Bonus is, indeed, purely an option simply to be an adjunct to our Elite Skyways and be useful for Lounge access when we are in a reciprocating airport.
@ intuition:
How odd: that you seem to believe that we, who reside antipodeanally, need to take your advice...
Cheers ツ
@ intuition:
Well, in your part of the world, the benefit of M&B *G would be if you fly NZ, especially extensively domestic NZ in "grab a seat" and alike. Then lounge access is then "invaluable".
If you just do the MEL-AKL-... as your first jump out, and especially if you do it in C, then *G would not be of great benefit to you.
If you just do the MEL-AKL-... as your first jump out, and especially if you do it in C, then *G would not be of great benefit to you.
Cheers ツ
Apr 24, 2012, 9:18 am
#110
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
Yes, but sometimes the lounges are different. For example, any LH C ticket gets you into their business class lounges (perhaps not partner lounges), but not into their better SEN lounges, which you can enter as a *Gold when flying *A. OTOH, in SIN, the SQ business class lounge is better than the *A *Gold lounges at that airport. Note also that USA domestic flights in FC do not give lounge access (with a few exceptions for certain special transcontinental flights), but a *Gold card NOT FROM UA or US does.
Apr 24, 2012, 9:20 am
#111
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
Miles & Bonus is, indeed, purely an option simply to be an adjunct to our Elite Skyways and be useful for Lounge access when we are in a reciprocating airport.
@ intuition:
How odd: that you seem to believe that we, who reside antipodeanally, need to take your advice...
Cheers ツ
@ intuition:
How odd: that you seem to believe that we, who reside antipodeanally, need to take your advice...
Cheers ツ
Apr 24, 2012, 8:12 pm
#112
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Switzerland
Programs: Bonvoy LT Gold, IHG Gold, BAEC Silver, TP Silver
Posts: 1,495
That's why, all in all, I don't think it's a good option for you... However, those 20K are so easily achievable that, once you reach your Gold status on EK, it never hurts to have another Gold level with another alliance.
May 3, 2012, 10:27 pm
#113
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: DTW/MBS
Programs: UA 1K, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Formerly Starbucks Gold
Posts: 3,525
Flew 4600 miles last month on UA/US, put in the wrong FF (for UA redemption) number so I didn't get miles. Contacted them (UA) but haven't had the miles applied...so if they dont...maybe I could get the miles credited to A3 and instant Blue status? I could get another 15k miles in and be set for at least 3 years of *A service...correct?
I don't know if that's how it works or not, but im going to contact US Airways and ask if I can get the mileage credited to A3.
EDIT: On Aegean's site, I just entered my flight info for retro-active credit. Hopefully there's not an issue since there was FF number printed on my boarding passes, albeit it was incorrectly entered (I put UAxxxxx and not UJxxxxx) (thought it was UA, and it made sense)
I don't know if that's how it works or not, but im going to contact US Airways and ask if I can get the mileage credited to A3.
EDIT: On Aegean's site, I just entered my flight info for retro-active credit. Hopefully there's not an issue since there was FF number printed on my boarding passes, albeit it was incorrectly entered (I put UAxxxxx and not UJxxxxx) (thought it was UA, and it made sense)
Last edited by BThumme; May 3, 2012 at 11:09 pm
May 4, 2012, 5:34 am
#114
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: LHR
Programs: UA P, BA S, A3 *G, IHG Plat, Marriott Lt P, Hilton Gld, etc.
Posts: 1,078
I don't know if that's how it works or not, but im going to contact US Airways and ask if I can get the mileage credited to A3.
EDIT: On Aegean's site, I just entered my flight info for retro-active credit. Hopefully there's not an issue since there was FF number printed on my boarding passes, albeit it was incorrectly entered (I put UAxxxxx and not UJxxxxx) (thought it was UA, and it made sense)
EDIT: On Aegean's site, I just entered my flight info for retro-active credit. Hopefully there's not an issue since there was FF number printed on my boarding passes, albeit it was incorrectly entered (I put UAxxxxx and not UJxxxxx) (thought it was UA, and it made sense)
AX
May 4, 2012, 6:08 am
#115
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SXB
Programs: FB Silver, BA Silver, BD Gold rememberer, IHG Diamond Royal Ambassador, Hilton and Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,583
Indeed it's complicated and I doubt it will work. But his chance is if UJ doesn't exist at all so he can claim the agent that typed it did a mistake.
May 5, 2012, 4:27 pm
#117
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SXB
Programs: FB Silver, BA Silver, BD Gold rememberer, IHG Diamond Royal Ambassador, Hilton and Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,583
May 5, 2012, 4:36 pm
#118
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: NYC, WAS, BOS
Programs: Bionic Program and all other
Posts: 67
May 7, 2012, 9:45 pm
#119
Join Date: Dec 2010
Programs: Flying Blue Gold and Virgin America for a few months
Posts: 507
May 9, 2012, 5:53 pm
#120
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: UA
Posts: 41
Adding some notes on crediting US flights to A3:
- Based on April and May 2012 travel, it takes about 4 days for US to post to A3
- US Airways operated by Republic (US Express) will still post as US. Only actual mileage posts, in line with published earning table. (Yes, I know UA is better for short-haul on A3...)
Just had miles post today, so waiting 24 hr for A3 to turn over and award *S.
- Based on April and May 2012 travel, it takes about 4 days for US to post to A3
- US Airways operated by Republic (US Express) will still post as US. Only actual mileage posts, in line with published earning table. (Yes, I know UA is better for short-haul on A3...)
Just had miles post today, so waiting 24 hr for A3 to turn over and award *S.