Aer Club delayed AGAIN until end 2016
Jul 26, 2016, 2:15 am
#31
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Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 91
If he loses his GC membership for this year thats another thing however Silk Cut will still get 2 for 1 avios on his lifetime points, its up to him whether he joins AerClub to available of it.
Jul 28, 2016, 1:47 pm
#32
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Northern Ireland / Surrey
Programs: BA GGL/GFL, Accor Platinum, HHonors Diamond, IHG Platinum Ambassador
Posts: 188
"If you are an Applicant member, you will be awarded Tier Credits against the volume of Gold Circle points you have already accumulated. This will allow you to continue your progression to attain Silver membership".
As I will be relegated to the Purgatory that is Gold Circle Applicant membership, what do they mean by Tier Credits?- I'm not convinced that means Avios.
Jul 28, 2016, 8:40 pm
#33
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Jul 29, 2016, 12:06 am
#34
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Northern Ireland / Surrey
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My concern is that last year, I tried to use 9000 points for Brown Thomas vouchers but couldn't as I was in Applicant mode. Applicant status hardly fills me with confidence.
Jul 29, 2016, 1:47 am
#35
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Oct 24, 2016, 9:18 am
#36
Join Date: Mar 2016
Programs: AerClub - Concierge, Hertz - President's Circle
Posts: 81
Sounds like Aer Club might actually be coming this time.
Spoke to the girls in the lounge the other day and they've been on a training course. Apparently the individual packs are being produced in advance of a launch at the end of November.
Anyone seen any literature on the qualification criteria for each tier?
Spoke to the girls in the lounge the other day and they've been on a training course. Apparently the individual packs are being produced in advance of a launch at the end of November.
Anyone seen any literature on the qualification criteria for each tier?
Oct 25, 2016, 2:05 am
#37
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Join Date: May 2016
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Sounds like Aer Club might actually be coming this time.
Spoke to the girls in the lounge the other day and they've been on a training course. Apparently the individual packs are being produced in advance of a launch at the end of November.
Anyone seen any literature on the qualification criteria for each tier?
Spoke to the girls in the lounge the other day and they've been on a training course. Apparently the individual packs are being produced in advance of a launch at the end of November.
Anyone seen any literature on the qualification criteria for each tier?
Oct 25, 2016, 2:18 am
#38
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: EI Aer Club Platinum; AF/KLM Flying Blue; IHG Rewards Platinum Elite; Hilton Honors Silver.
Posts: 135
That would make sense and seem to confirm the end of November launch given that they have told us since the outset that we would be contacted about 1 month before launch regarding our tier and receive our new membership packs at that time too.
Oct 25, 2016, 4:29 pm
#39
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: EIDW
Programs: Aer Lingus Concierge, Radisson Rewards Platinum, BW Diamond, Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,968
I see Super Valu have relaunched there loyalty scheme, they are supposed to be partners with Aerclub for avios earning so look like the pieces are starting to come together
Oct 26, 2016, 2:31 am
#40
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: EI Aer Club Platinum; AF/KLM Flying Blue; IHG Rewards Platinum Elite; Hilton Honors Silver.
Posts: 135
From the Aer Lingus website:
Confirmed Gold Circle members will receive regular emails from our loyalty team to keep you up to date with programme developments, information and new collection and redemption partners as they come on board.
When will Aer Lingus be announcing the selected airline and non airline partners?
Aer Lingus will announce our new non air and airline collection and redemption partners, over the next couple of months. This will include the many opportunities that members will have to boost their Avios points.
They've been saying this for months now and yet we've heard absolutely nothing apart from the trickle of information kindly contributed by members on this site - I think their communications strategy for this new programme has been very poor.
Confirmed Gold Circle members will receive regular emails from our loyalty team to keep you up to date with programme developments, information and new collection and redemption partners as they come on board.
When will Aer Lingus be announcing the selected airline and non airline partners?
Aer Lingus will announce our new non air and airline collection and redemption partners, over the next couple of months. This will include the many opportunities that members will have to boost their Avios points.
They've been saying this for months now and yet we've heard absolutely nothing apart from the trickle of information kindly contributed by members on this site - I think their communications strategy for this new programme has been very poor.
Oct 26, 2016, 2:58 am
#41
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I know some of us here are eager to know and would like every new piece of new information communicated as soon as it is decided by EI - but, in general, drawing attention to the "way overdue and still not ready" new programme is not good marketing. I would prefer that they concentrate on assembling the programme, launching it - and then going on a marketing blitz.
Oct 26, 2016, 3:17 am
#42
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: EI Aer Club Platinum; AF/KLM Flying Blue; IHG Rewards Platinum Elite; Hilton Honors Silver.
Posts: 135
Yes fair point and I do agree that it is better to focus on working to create a really good loyalty programme, however, they should not then say they will be communicating with members regularly to update them when in fact they are not.
Oct 27, 2016, 1:20 am
#44
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Join Date: May 2016
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What levels get you into which tier is another thing however now that Aer Lingus are in bed with IAG I wouldn't see it deviating much from BA Exec club logic.
Oct 27, 2016, 5:55 am
#45
Join Date: May 2016
Programs: AL Aer Club Concierge / Aadvantage Platinum / Marriott Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 57
What I'd like to know is that the tier points that I've been accumulating over the last 9 months will still allow me to move up a tier in February (all going to plan). i.e. that the clock doesn't reset on qualifying activity.