SkySurfers Platinum?
Feb 11, 2013, 9:15 pm
#1
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SkySurfers Platinum?
Hi all.
Does anybody know whether they will make a SkySurfers Platinum tier? If the qualification is 150 000 miles then I would qualify! As it is you get jack all from being a gold because you're "a child"
What would the SkySurfers Platinum rewards be like?
Does anybody know whether they will make a SkySurfers Platinum tier? If the qualification is 150 000 miles then I would qualify! As it is you get jack all from being a gold because you're "a child"
What would the SkySurfers Platinum rewards be like?
Feb 12, 2013, 12:26 am
#3
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A bottle of Warm milk ???
Feb 12, 2013, 1:50 am
#6
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Actually I've never understood why EK just doesnt treat young flyers the same as everyone else. Gold is Gold. Plat is Plat. The US carriers do this as does Qantas. Much easier to understand and manage if you ask me.
And yes, someone in DXB has probably just had a melt-down after reading this. I can remember someone telling me a year ago that they were going to do away with the family program and would over haul Skysurfers, but then nothing.
Zol and I will rattle the cage and see if something shakes out...
And yes, someone in DXB has probably just had a melt-down after reading this. I can remember someone telling me a year ago that they were going to do away with the family program and would over haul Skysurfers, but then nothing.
Zol and I will rattle the cage and see if something shakes out...
Feb 12, 2013, 8:37 am
#8
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teiring, LOL . We aren't all 12 year old girls are we?
eightblack, Please convince them to give it to us or abandon the useless Skysurfers thing. The website SUCKS as does the "rewards"
cart_top, Why not? As eightblack said, gold is gold and platinum is platinum!
. We aren't all 12 year old girls are we?eightblack, Please convince them to give it to us or abandon the useless Skysurfers thing. The website SUCKS as does the "rewards"
cart_top, Why not? As eightblack said, gold is gold and platinum is platinum!
Feb 12, 2013, 8:53 am
#9
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It's a legitimate question.
but with a dig at others 
Feb 12, 2013, 10:50 am
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But why can we not enjoy what we earn in the period which we earn it? Why should we not be rewarded like the adults who pay the exact same amount of money for their tickets? If you were a Skysurfer and earned miles loyally through an airline, would you not want to be rewarded for that loyalty? Even SAA reward and treat gold children the same as adults. But gold Skysurfers dont even get a welcome on board drink or a place on the Flight Register thing with the names of the Skywards pax.
Feb 12, 2013, 12:06 pm
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Feb 12, 2013, 12:17 pm
#15
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I don't understand why EK treats minors differently when it comes to a FF programme
Other airlines do have restrictions that apply; e.g. Qantas does not allow underage Gold/Platinum members into its lounges unless accompanied by an adult