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Getting Status
I had a TP status for the last year matched from AA EXP in last years promotion after AA stopped the PHL flight...
I really tried giving El Al a chance in the beginning of the year flying several flights with them, HKG, BKK, AMS all in Y but wasn't really impressed in any of them, I was only upgraded one was to AMS nothing more then that... As I do most of my flights in J, I was able to renew AA EXP, BA Gold and TK Elite easily while doing 715 points with LY... I think that if I put all my flights together to LY (Probably would have paid much more) I am not sure I would have gone even Platinum, I am not even talking TP... How do you guys get status? anyone here is Plat or TP? are there any sweet spots I am missing? In 2016 I made mostly long trips, meaning I left IL 12-13 times, in 2017 that might change and I will do ~20 shorter trips, so I am trying to see if LY can be reconsidered somehow, I am booking my own flights so I have options but not at any price... Please advice... |
Gaining status on LY is considerably harder than on other airlines. Back to back years I put the same amount of flying on UA and LY. Easily got UA gold, barely got Silver on LY (didn't 1 year)
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Or A3*G that can be gained in 2 trips
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Funny, I was just wondering the same thing. I think without flying at the very least business, status is mostly out of the question. People with the higher statuses most likely fly a number of First flights or work in telecommuting jobs that have them flying to the US every 1-2 weeks.
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I travelled more the 250K miles this year and still I can't justify any reason to get LY status.
The only good thing that got from the TP this year was getting to the KD lounge instead of Dan... |
Originally Posted by sand372
(Post 27644821)
I travelled more the 250K miles this year and still I can't justify any reason to get LY status.
The only good thing that got from the TP this year was getting to the KD lounge instead of Dan... 1) Get a Fly Card Premium. You will immediately get 20% more status points for each flight. And 20% of the points you earn from charges each month will count for status. 2) Book fare class Z when booking business. It usually costs a little more than class J, but gives 50% more points. |
Originally Posted by moe8555
(Post 27758525)
So here is your sweet spot for getting status with El Al:
1) Get a Fly Card Premium. You will immediately get 20% more status points for each flight. And 20% of the points you earn from charges each month will count for status. 2) Book fare class Z when booking business. It usually costs a little more than class J, but gives 50% more points. |
sorry
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