Asiana Club
Oct 21, 2021, 7:50 pm
#2
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,638
I'm shopping around. KE Skypass is a complete cluster.... for status and I'd want nothing to do with it. Based on the proposed changes to Skypass apparently you have to earn 40k miles on KE/Skyteam (doable), 30k of which has to be KE (not doable) to get lounge access. Maybe they walked it back but they've already shown their hand.
I have a substantial stash in Asiana Club and will probably match my status to Delta or start over with Turkish (or both).
I have a substantial stash in Asiana Club and will probably match my status to Delta or start over with Turkish (or both).
Last edited by stupidhead; Oct 21, 2021 at 7:56 pm
Oct 22, 2021, 12:42 pm
#3
Join Date: May 2003
Location: TLL
Programs: OZ Diamond, BA Gold, Bonvoy Ambassador, HH Gold
Posts: 4,410
I want to stay in StarAlliance, but don't know where to move to. Turkish is 40K the first year to get Gold, yes? And then two year renewal after that?
Oct 22, 2021, 4:07 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,638
It's listed on their status challenge website, so I assume so. I think Diamond matches to Gold if you fly 12,500EQM/1,500EQD or something.
Yes. 40k to qualify, 25k/year to renew or 37.5k over 2 years. I think you can also buy up to a certain number of EQMs.
If the merger doesn't go through for whatever reason, Asiana could very well go out of business, and if the merger does go through, it's 100% guaranteed it's absorbed into KE. Either way, pretty high chances you'll have to start over to stay in Star.
If the merger doesn't go through for whatever reason, Asiana could very well go out of business, and if the merger does go through, it's 100% guaranteed it's absorbed into KE. Either way, pretty high chances you'll have to start over to stay in Star.
Oct 23, 2021, 9:47 am
#6
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: On a plane
Programs: OZ Diamond, QR Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 665
I am going to bank another 80k or so miles into Asiana in 2021. That will get me enough for a 1st class long haul return redemtion to take in 2022/3. I don't think the merger will complete quickly enough to derail that plan.
Next year I have several business class long hauls planned that will probably be on ET or TK. Those will get me Elite at least on TK Miles & Smiles and I don't need status for those as are in J anyway. I will still have Oz Diamond (Gold) for any economy Star Alliance flights I have to take next year. I don't mind crediting those Y flights to Oz even if the miles go to waste as the miles accumulated in Y are generally peanuts.
Once I get Elite (Gold) next year on TK, I will then become a Miles & Smiles FFer and will credit all flights to TK and will ditch Asiana.
Next year I have several business class long hauls planned that will probably be on ET or TK. Those will get me Elite at least on TK Miles & Smiles and I don't need status for those as are in J anyway. I will still have Oz Diamond (Gold) for any economy Star Alliance flights I have to take next year. I don't mind crediting those Y flights to Oz even if the miles go to waste as the miles accumulated in Y are generally peanuts.
Once I get Elite (Gold) next year on TK, I will then become a Miles & Smiles FFer and will credit all flights to TK and will ditch Asiana.
Oct 25, 2021, 4:58 am
#7
Join Date: May 2021
Location: YYZ
Programs: DL Gold, Marriot Plat, OZ *G
Posts: 12
Yeah I have. When Air Canada wasn't being able to be creditable and being a resident of Canada. This really made me not want to use Asiana anymore.
Oct 29, 2021, 12:07 pm
#9
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: On a plane
Programs: OZ Diamond, QR Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 665
Dec 22, 2021, 12:48 pm
#11
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,331
I switched to TK, which has been a nightmare so far. I knew that P fare (discounted J) on LH earns 0%, but the same fare on Swiss is supposed to earn 100%. I have taken two RT TATL in P on Swiss, and neither one was 'eligible' for earning miles on Turkish. I fought for about a month to finally get the miles for my August trip, and now I am back in the same hellish mess again for my November trip, still stuck in a holding pattern while I go around in circles with their customer diservice. I would highly suggest looking elsewhere if you will be planning to fly to/from Europe on any airline other than TK. They have a stick up their back against LH, and take it out on their customers.
Dec 22, 2021, 1:47 pm
#12
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 1,716
I switched to TK, which has been a nightmare so far. I knew that P fare (discounted J) on LH earns 0%, but the same fare on Swiss is supposed to earn 100%. I have taken two RT TATL in P on Swiss, and neither one was 'eligible' for earning miles on Turkish. I fought for about a month to finally get the miles for my August trip, and now I am back in the same hellish mess again for my November trip, still stuck in a holding pattern while I go around in circles with their customer diservice. I would highly suggest looking elsewhere if you will be planning to fly to/from Europe on any airline other than TK. They have a stick up their back against LH, and take it out on their customers.
Dec 22, 2021, 4:22 pm
#13
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,331
Unfortunately, TK and A3 are the only two programs I could reliably get *G with, and I do not plan on flying A3 more than once or twice in my lifetime. TK is certainly an option for my TATL flights, but their current schedule for LAX leaves a lot to be desired. I am actually more likely to be flying PE than J (*G is basically worthless when flying J, anyway). TK got rid of their PE, but all of the LH PE fares earn well on TK (aside from Swiss, which just launched their product and is absent from M&S).
