EK or BA
#1
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EK or BA
I'm moving to Singapore and will be travelling to the UK back and forward every few weeks (I will also be doing local travel to Malaysia and Thailand but just on the local budget airlines).
My company policy probably means I will be flying EK business class as BA and SIA are too expensive.
My question is should i:
Fly EK and credit the TP'S to my BA account keeping my gold status.
Or
Get an EK account and start from the bottom and credit my miles to that ?
My company policy probably means I will be flying EK business class as BA and SIA are too expensive.
My question is should i:
Fly EK and credit the TP'S to my BA account keeping my gold status.
Or
Get an EK account and start from the bottom and credit my miles to that ?
#2
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You'll get avios and TPs (?) only if you book the EK flights with QF code - I don't know how easy to do that ex-SIN (and how the price compares with EK coded flights)
#3
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I'm moving to Singapore and will be travelling to the UK back and forward every few weeks (I will also be doing local travel to Malaysia and Thailand but just on the local budget airlines).
My company policy probably means I will be flying EK business class as BA and SIA are too expensive.
My question is should i:
Fly EK and credit the TP'S to my BA account keeping my gold status.
Or
Get an EK account and start from the bottom and credit my miles to that ?
My company policy probably means I will be flying EK business class as BA and SIA are too expensive.
My question is should i:
Fly EK and credit the TP'S to my BA account keeping my gold status.
Or
Get an EK account and start from the bottom and credit my miles to that ?
And by the way, SIN-LHR-SIN every few weeks, poor you buddy, thats a killer.
#7
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Exactly. I doubt I will be on OW anytime soon. Just feels like a waste of my status that I worked hard to get. Now I'm back to zero with EK
#8
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The policy isn't EK specific. It's just to find the cheapest business class seat available. A few of us do the route and it's usually EK that's much cheaper.
#9
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Assuming total travel time is an important factor as well, it seems like Finnair is actually a winner on this route.
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#11
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If you are spending your time on EK metal, EK's programme is probably the way to go
There will be some exceptions for those chasing life time status or who often use another airline, but the airline will treat its own status pax best and its codeshare or alliance friends a distant second*.
* Exception for AF of course, which treats DL top tier better than AF Plats ...
There will be some exceptions for those chasing life time status or who often use another airline, but the airline will treat its own status pax best and its codeshare or alliance friends a distant second*.
* Exception for AF of course, which treats DL top tier better than AF Plats ...
#12
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QR?
[QUOTE=capin;26179935]Just by chance, are QR "in policy" for your company? Cracking airline and you get TPs and avios (for now).
Is there something here indicating that QR will not be eligible for tier and avios points in the future or have I mis read?
They are quite recent to OW ....
Is there something here indicating that QR will not be eligible for tier and avios points in the future or have I mis read?
They are quite recent to OW ....
#13
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http://dohanews.co/ceo-qatar-airways...line-alliance/
#14
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If you are spending your time on EK metal, EK's programme is probably the way to go
There will be some exceptions for those chasing life time status or who often use another airline, but the airline will treat its own status pax best and its codeshare or alliance friends a distant second*.
* Exception for AF of course, which treats DL top tier better than AF Plats ...
There will be some exceptions for those chasing life time status or who often use another airline, but the airline will treat its own status pax best and its codeshare or alliance friends a distant second*.
* Exception for AF of course, which treats DL top tier better than AF Plats ...
#15
Join Date: Aug 2015
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[QUOTE=nivsy;26188149]
AAB is making noise about leaving one world. I think he's just trying to use it as leverage over AA but who knows? There's various stories over the web, for example -
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...orld-alliance/
I for one would be gutted if QR left as I like flying them to Asia and picking up lots of TPs.
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...orld-alliance/
I for one would be gutted if QR left as I like flying them to Asia and picking up lots of TPs.