codfather

I currently have status with AC (P25K - AC*S), and I am wondering how difficult it would be for me to try to attain A3*G status. From what I have heard, it is relatively easy to get *G with Aegean when compared with other *A airlines.

I have the following questions:
Can I attain A3*G status based on segments? Or is it miles only?
How many flights must be on Aegean? The site says 4 flights, so I am guessing this is right?

Overall, it is pretty confusing trying to understand this! Not as clear-cut as AC Altitude where for example it says 25,000 miles or 25 segments, and $3,000 qualifying dollars for P25K.

Cookoovaya

Your questions have been answered many times. A simple search will do.

codfather

No need to be standoffish

I almost never visit the Aegean forum, in fact, this is my first time.

Cookoovaya

I'm just saying that you could have done a search beforehand.

You cannot earn status with segments only. You need miles.

"To reach the Silver Tier, all you need to do is fly Aegean or Olympic Air at least twice and earn 12,000 Tier Miles within 12 months OR collect a total 24,000 Tier Miles, regardless of which airline you choose to fly with. Whichever you do first will get you there."

Once you are Silver:

"To upgrade from Silver to the Gold Tier, all you need to do is fly Aegean or Olympic Air at least four times and earn 24,000 Tier Miles within 12 months OR collect a total 48,000 Tier Miles, regardless of which airline you choose to fly with. Whichever you do first will get you there."

irishguy28

Best to read before posting.

Otherwise, all our hard work on posting stickies, FAQs, and detailed threads, is for nothing, and you force us to repeat ourselves. (You don't really want us to explain the programme anew to each newly interested member?)

Read the wiki here: New Program Details for M&B

Should you still have questions after reading the wiki, then ask in that thread - though it's unlikely, at this stage, that you will come up with new questions that haven't been settled there already.

Enjoy!

I'm not sure why the website is causing confusion - unless you are somehow thrown by the simpler qualification structure, and cannot understand that a less rigorous system can be enough.

To qualify, you simply have to do what is written (Note that to achieve Gold, you must first have separately achieved Silver). Nothing more. Discard your pre-conceived complex North American qualification notions and minimum spending requirements. The Greeks are far more laid back.

alanw

Also worth noting that A3 is super generous with cheap AC business fares. They give 200% for P, for example, while the same fare on LH earns zero miles.

codfather

Thank you for the help, as I said above, I have never been to the Aegean forum before now. It seemed like a rather detailed question to me, so I didn't think was worth hunting through pages of the forum trying to find an answer.

In the AC forum, we often provide new visitors to the forum with links to where this information is mentioned in other threads. Just a tip for the future!

irishguy28

As do we!

The link I provided in my post above was found in the "Dashboard" thread in the Stickies!

1P

It's all Greek to me!

freed0m

Since you don't want to make any effort, why not stick with AC?

codfather

Why would I have any reason to leave AC?

freed0m

AC is great. Don't jump out of your comfort zone.

khkchan

Just a summary - it takes more miles than AC or other *A members to get from nobody to *G on A3. But once you are A3 *G it's very easy to retain *G status (only 24k status miles in a rolling 12 month period)

A3 award chart has some sweet spot - noticably intra Asia business award at 21k.

Most *A reward seats are bookable online. Call center and reward change and cancellation fees are reasonable, unlike AC or UA.

KLouis

@khkchan: You described M+B in a very uncomplicated way using plain English! Several FTers, though, need convoluted explanations as answers, otherwise they get annoyed if they see something being simple. Try writing that in 500 words and using at least 10 acronyms (airlines' don't count).