Flying Blue Platinum/Kenya Airways
Dec 14, 2019, 9:29 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2005
Programs: AA, FB, UA
Posts: 111
Flying Blue Platinum/Kenya Airways
So I made FB Platinum without planning just because I flew Kenya Airways a lot. When I got the status I looked it up but it seems that especially if you are mostly flying KQ, there are almost no additional benefits other than the soft landing to gold? Is there something else I'm missing about the jump from gold? It seems particularly barren as a status jump :-)
Dec 15, 2019, 2:03 am
#4
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 146
I don't disagree with your reasoning.
But KQ has got a 2-class configuration in all planes. The higher class makes up just 10-15 per cent of seats.
So, in difference to 3- or even 4-class configurations on AF-KL, there's no chance of an op-up unless you're in the lowest cabin class. And even if you're in the lowest cabin class, one might conjecture the op-up probability is lower than on AF-KL (because AF-KL cabins are premium-heavier).
But KQ has got a 2-class configuration in all planes. The higher class makes up just 10-15 per cent of seats.
So, in difference to 3- or even 4-class configurations on AF-KL, there's no chance of an op-up unless you're in the lowest cabin class. And even if you're in the lowest cabin class, one might conjecture the op-up probability is lower than on AF-KL (because AF-KL cabins are premium-heavier).
Dec 15, 2019, 11:01 am
#5
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: CPT,AMS
Posts: 4,412
I don't disagree with your reasoning.
But KQ has got a 2-class configuration in all planes. The higher class makes up just 10-15 per cent of seats.
So, in difference to 3- or even 4-class configurations on AF-KL, there's no chance of an op-up unless you're in the lowest cabin class. And even if you're in the lowest cabin class, one might conjecture the op-up probability is lower than on AF-KL (because AF-KL cabins are premium-heavier).
But KQ has got a 2-class configuration in all planes. The higher class makes up just 10-15 per cent of seats.
So, in difference to 3- or even 4-class configurations on AF-KL, there's no chance of an op-up unless you're in the lowest cabin class. And even if you're in the lowest cabin class, one might conjecture the op-up probability is lower than on AF-KL (because AF-KL cabins are premium-heavier).
And actually KQ op-up rate (at least on African flights) has been way better than AF/KL for me, with the added benefit of course that they have a recliner seats on those flights and not just a blocked middle seat.
Dec 15, 2019, 11:22 am
#6
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: CPT,AMS
Posts: 4,412
So I made FB Platinum without planning just because I flew Kenya Airways a lot. When I got the status I looked it up but it seems that especially if you are mostly flying KQ, there are almost no additional benefits other than the soft landing to gold? Is there something else I'm missing about the jump from gold? It seems particularly barren as a status jump :-)
Dec 15, 2019, 10:30 pm
#7
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: CMN,DXB,CDG
Programs: Flying Blue Platinum
Posts: 764
Agree, getting Economy Comfort on KQ 787 (additional legroom) or Super Economy (737) for free, as well as "premium" seats on AF/KL is a good perk. So is the ability to use the Platinum line if you're traveling KL/AF (they are however usually clueless when it comes to KQ). I have been platinum for 3 years now, mostly flying KQ to Europe in Y, and was never upgraded to J.
Dec 17, 2019, 1:37 am
#9
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: FR
Programs: FB Plat
Posts: 299
As a Plat member, I had the great privilege of being able to select for free a seat in advance on my last KQ flight (NBO-xxx after a CDG-NBO with AF on KQ codeshare). This led me to:
- not being able to checkin online,
- not being able to retrieve my BP at an automatic counter at CDG,
- having to spend about 20 minutes at a human counter with a friendly agent trying to edit my BP without any success,
- having to rush during my connection at NBO so that I could find an agent able to print my BP,
- finally discovering that the system considered I didn't pay for the seat I selected and thus blocked everything.
- not being able to checkin online,
- not being able to retrieve my BP at an automatic counter at CDG,
- having to spend about 20 minutes at a human counter with a friendly agent trying to edit my BP without any success,
- having to rush during my connection at NBO so that I could find an agent able to print my BP,
- finally discovering that the system considered I didn't pay for the seat I selected and thus blocked everything.
