DC Partner: Earning BD miles on Emirates?
Sep 19, 2009, 7:28 am
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Earning BD miles on Emirates?
Hi,
Been looking at some of my future Emirates (EK) bookings and have seen the option of changing my FF number to "British Midland". Since when is this possible? Has anyone got a chart of earning (& spending) miles on EK?
Been looking at some of my future Emirates (EK) bookings and have seen the option of changing my FF number to "British Midland". Since when is this possible? Has anyone got a chart of earning (& spending) miles on EK?
Sep 19, 2009, 7:37 am
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Surely you jest....
But no, you cannot earn miles on BD.
I think EK site made a mistake in earning capabilities anyway.
As can be seen here, BD is not one of their partner airlines in Skywards either.
http://www.emirates.com/english/Skyw...ing_miles.aspx
But while one may be able to earn on one programme, may not necessarily mean it works the other round.
But no, you cannot earn miles on BD.
I think EK site made a mistake in earning capabilities anyway.
As can be seen here, BD is not one of their partner airlines in Skywards either.
http://www.emirates.com/english/Skyw...ing_miles.aspx
But while one may be able to earn on one programme, may not necessarily mean it works the other round.
Sep 19, 2009, 9:17 am
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A poster on this thread reports that they have already given their new-style BD card number to Emirates and had the miles posted to their BD account - they don't mention what routes or how many miles though.
I can't find anywhere on the BD website details of the partnership or the earning rate.
I can't find anywhere on the BD website details of the partnership or the earning rate.
Sep 19, 2009, 10:00 am
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The poster on the other thread is BA6501! Perhaps if you have indeed managed to get miles posted from EK as you have claimed you could share more details? AFAIK there is only a codeshare relationship between BD and EK.
Sep 19, 2009, 4:16 pm
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Sep 19, 2009, 5:05 pm
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I think I'm getting mixed up here, it's Etihad (EY), not Emirates (EK) where the codeshare exists e.g. EY17 AUH-LHR is also marketed as BD4953. Apologies.
Sep 19, 2009, 5:09 pm
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Codeshares don't count as mileage earning when the carrier 'metalwise' is not a BD partner. QR yes, but not EK or EY.
Sep 20, 2009, 1:34 am
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We have enough problems trying to get things that should credit getting across to BD. I can assure you that EK won't credit to BD and I would need hard proof to believe otherwise. EK is not a Diamond Club partner and has never been. The closest carrier from the region which can is QR. QR however only credits destination miles and not membership/status miles.
Sep 20, 2009, 3:21 am
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Anyone who has an Emirates booking can change the FFP online. Emirates offers a drop-down menu with all carriers they partner with. Mysteriously, BD appears now as well:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5670/ekbmi.jpg
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5670/ekbmi.jpg
Sep 20, 2009, 3:32 am
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Anyone who has an Emirates booking can change the FFP online. Emirates offers a drop-down menu with all carriers they partner with. Mysteriously, BD appears now as well:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5670/ekbmi.jpg
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5670/ekbmi.jpg
Sep 20, 2009, 4:31 am
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You can credit EK miles to a few programmes inc Korean and a Japanese one if I remember rightly. I decided they were all pants and I put my 20k EK miles into an EK account in Jan. If I ever fly to DXB again I will top it up to 25k and do a J F upgrade.
Sep 20, 2009, 4:52 am
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Given BD's track record of making unnannounced changes (e.g. no M+C on LH F), there may well be something in this. Would like to hear a few more experiences though.