Should I go for it?
May 17, 2014, 9:32 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 11
Should I go for it?
Hey all.
I need about 9,250 more tier miles to reach silver status. I am travelling from LHE(Lahore)-Dubai(DXB)-Glasgow(GLA) on 16th June and on the return leg I am travelling from LHR(London Heathrow)-Dubai(DXB)-Karachi(KHI) on 28th-29th June. Since I am travelling on a saver fare I will earn 3750 tier miles as a result. I will then need 5500 tier miles to reach silver status. If I get my fare upgraded from saver to flex I earn 3750 tier miles more, hence needing 1750 more tier miles to reach silver.
If that happens, if I do a mile run from Karachi to Dubai on a saver fare, I will earn 1100 tier miles, hence needing 650 more tier miles to reach silver. If less than 1000 tier miles are required to reach silver status, will they give it to me? My review date is 31st July.
The problem is, though, the cost for upgrading the entire fare from saver to flex fare is about 20,000 PKR (about US$203). Is it worth the upgrade? Should I get it done? Thanks in advance.
I need about 9,250 more tier miles to reach silver status. I am travelling from LHE(Lahore)-Dubai(DXB)-Glasgow(GLA) on 16th June and on the return leg I am travelling from LHR(London Heathrow)-Dubai(DXB)-Karachi(KHI) on 28th-29th June. Since I am travelling on a saver fare I will earn 3750 tier miles as a result. I will then need 5500 tier miles to reach silver status. If I get my fare upgraded from saver to flex I earn 3750 tier miles more, hence needing 1750 more tier miles to reach silver.
If that happens, if I do a mile run from Karachi to Dubai on a saver fare, I will earn 1100 tier miles, hence needing 650 more tier miles to reach silver. If less than 1000 tier miles are required to reach silver status, will they give it to me? My review date is 31st July.
The problem is, though, the cost for upgrading the entire fare from saver to flex fare is about 20,000 PKR (about US$203). Is it worth the upgrade? Should I get it done? Thanks in advance.
May 18, 2014, 7:55 am
#3
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pennsylvania
Programs: AA Platinum Pro, AC *S, Marriott Gold Elite, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 9,689
I agree with the above, if you are spending all this $ just to get more tier miles, it would really suck to then end up not getting the status because of insufficient miles. So make sure you have the full amount needed.
With that being said, how often do you use the benefits of silver? Is it enough to justify the rather large additional $ / time to you? If yes, I would go for it and fly KHI-DXB-KHI on flex as suggested above. If no, I would just stick with saver Y to Europe and forget the mileage run.
With that being said, how often do you use the benefits of silver? Is it enough to justify the rather large additional $ / time to you? If yes, I would go for it and fly KHI-DXB-KHI on flex as suggested above. If no, I would just stick with saver Y to Europe and forget the mileage run.
May 18, 2014, 1:05 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BOM
Programs: EK Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 2,883
May 24, 2014, 7:18 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: BNE/TRG(NZ)
Programs: EK Gold, QF
Posts: 31
Silver as a status is not that great and personally Gold would be the only status worth mile running for to get it.
However really it is a personal choice and is up to each individual to weigh up the costs to gain a status to the benefits that status will bring.
However really it is a personal choice and is up to each individual to weigh up the costs to gain a status to the benefits that status will bring.
May 25, 2014, 8:22 am
#6
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Skywards Blue :-(, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, GHA Platinum
Posts: 2,531
However I am now older and wiser. I'm reducing my travel now to around 50k tier miles per year.Its probably a lot cheaper to buy F tickets for the occasional flight or buy J and use miles to upgrade than wasting a significant chunk of money and my time for a 90 k mileage run.