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Old Mar 28, 2016 | 9:55 pm
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Thank you all for your help.

If emirates does and will charge me fuel charges, whats a Y ticket?

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Old Mar 28, 2016 | 10:38 pm
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Originally Posted by bmms8
Thank you all for your help.

If emirates does and will charge me fuel charges, whats a Y ticket?

Thanks
Y = Economy
J = Business
F = First
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Old Mar 29, 2016 | 7:56 am
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Originally Posted by DYKWIA
Y = Economy
J = Business
F = First
Ahh thank you.

I think i will book using my 100k MR points rather than transferring over to emirates and having fuel charges.

Anyone agree or disagree thats the best option for about a $1k usd ticket?
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Old Mar 29, 2016 | 2:01 pm
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Originally Posted by bmms8
Ahh thank you.

I think i will book using my 100k MR points rather than transferring over to emirates and having fuel charges.

Anyone agree or disagree thats the best option for about a $1k usd ticket?
For an economy return flight, that is probably a good choice
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Old Mar 29, 2016 | 2:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble
For an economy return flight, that is probably a good choice
Thank you kindly i will go with this route then, rather than transferring^
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Old Jul 9, 2017 | 6:48 am
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I just signed up for an AMEX Gold card, and triggered the 20k bonus. I tried to transfer the points to EK, but got an error setting up the link. Looking back, I can now see that my EK account is already linked to my AMEX platinum card.

Searching brought up this thread.... so I can see the issue.

The question is, can I transfer points from my AMEX Gold MR account to my AMEX Platinum MR account? I'd then be able to transfer to EK.

Or am I in for a world of pain?

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Old Jul 9, 2017 | 8:20 am
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Originally Posted by DYKWIA
I just signed up for an AMEX Gold card, and triggered the 20k bonus. I tried to transfer the points to EK, but got an error setting up the link. Looking back, I can now see that my EK account is already linked to my AMEX platinum card.

Searching brought up this thread.... so I can see the issue.

The question is, can I transfer points from my AMEX Gold MR account to my AMEX Platinum MR account? I'd then be able to transfer to EK.

Or am I in for a world of pain?

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Your Gold and Platinum should be linked to the same MR account.
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Old Jul 9, 2017 | 10:16 am
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Originally Posted by pokeable
Your Gold and Platinum should be linked to the same MR account.
Hmmm.... I have 118 (count 'em!) points showing in the Platinum account, and 24k in the Gold, so it appears that they have been set up as separate accounts.

I'll give AMEX a call and see what they can do.
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Old Jul 9, 2017 | 4:02 pm
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Originally Posted by DYKWIA
Hmmm.... I have 118 (count 'em!) points showing in the Platinum account, and 24k in the Gold, so it appears that they have been set up as separate accounts.

I'll give AMEX a call and see what they can do.
Weird. Would second the call to AMEX to see if they can merge MR accounts. When I log into my Amex account, it defaults to my platinum, but in the upper right it has my PRG so I can switch accounts, but the MR points available do not change.
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Old Jul 9, 2017 | 11:47 pm
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Originally Posted by DYKWIA
Hmmm.... I have 118 (count 'em!) points showing in the Platinum account, and 24k in the Gold, so it appears that they have been set up as separate accounts.

I'll give AMEX a call and see what they can do.
Are the cards issued in the same country?

It should be one MR accounts for all cards. Amex should be able to sort it out.
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Old Jul 10, 2017 | 1:15 am
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Originally Posted by extramileage
Are the cards issued in the same country?

It should be one MR accounts for all cards. Amex should be able to sort it out.
Yes - all the same country.

Anyone else in the UK have a Platinum & Gold?
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Old Jul 10, 2017 | 4:05 am
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The easiest option is the merge because getting EK and AMEX to delink an established rewards transfer is like pulling teeth...
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Old Jul 10, 2017 | 4:20 am
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Originally Posted by eternaltransit
The easiest option is the merge because getting EK and AMEX to delink an established rewards transfer is like pulling teeth...
Yes - I just hope they do it the correct way
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Old Jul 12, 2017 | 12:10 am
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Just to close this off... I sent a secure message asking for the accounts to be linked. They wrote back confirming which account should be primary, and now the accounts are linked.

I was then able to transfer the whole lot to my EK account.
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