The Emirates Forum Brunch - Off-topic chit-chat and banter
Feb 28, 2018, 9:46 am
#391
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 844
I'd wager closer to this:
Blue 86.749% (lots of people just register for the sake of it, or fly once or twice a year, but on cheap tickets, like my mother, and never get a whiff of silver, also everyone who used to fly a lot but doesn't anymore and is now blue...)
Silver - 10% (2m is a lot of Silver!)
Gold - 3% (600k Golds...? possible, but might even be less)
Platinum - 0.25% (even 50,000 Plats seems high)
IO - 0.001% (<500 total I'd say)
+ Can they register in-flight online now via the WiFi login to get 20MB free? That would boost the number of Blues for sure.
Blue 86.749% (lots of people just register for the sake of it, or fly once or twice a year, but on cheap tickets, like my mother, and never get a whiff of silver, also everyone who used to fly a lot but doesn't anymore and is now blue...)
Silver - 10% (2m is a lot of Silver!)
Gold - 3% (600k Golds...? possible, but might even be less)
Platinum - 0.25% (even 50,000 Plats seems high)
IO - 0.001% (<500 total I'd say)
+ Can they register in-flight online now via the WiFi login to get 20MB free? That would boost the number of Blues for sure.
when boarding EK flights,I'm surprised the large no. of boarding passes that don't have FF nos printed on them.
Feb 28, 2018, 9:53 am
#392
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
From what I've seen on a large variety of constant flying on EK is that there is a very rough average of 10 golds on every flight. If one can estimate that a gold flies x amount of flights per year,then it can be roughly calculated how many golds exist.I would guestimate that to be approx 20 flights per year.
when boarding EK flights,I'm surprised the large no. of boarding passes that don't have FF nos printed on them.
when boarding EK flights,I'm surprised the large no. of boarding passes that don't have FF nos printed on them.
I'll admit to being annoyed when someone tells me they got Gold from 2 return F Trips a year. Makes my 250+ hours in Y seem like a sick joke...
Feb 28, 2018, 9:55 am
#393
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
Agreed in your figures there, more or less. 10 is probably close to the average, some routes are obviously quite a bit more or less. I get Gold from exclusively flying Y which requires 40-45 flights a year (individual legs, not segments), considering one requires far fewer flights in J and F to earn Gold, but also the very large increase in required miles for Play 15-20 is probably about right as an average.
I'll admit to being annoyed when someone tells me they got Gold from 2 return F Trips a year. Makes my 250+ hours in Y seem like a sick joke...
I'll admit to being annoyed when someone tells me they got Gold from 2 return F Trips a year. Makes my 250+ hours in Y seem like a sick joke...
Feb 28, 2018, 10:07 am
#395
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,269
Same here. 32000 tier miles CPT to LGW on a F Saver.
From a ‘high blue’ (22000) to a ‘low gold’ (54000) in one go. Not very likely I will keep it next year, but I’m basking in the ‘glory’ (or so my wife tells me). Travel wise, I have to admit I’m more ‘silver material’ (that was hard to confess)
Sorry skywardhunter, but I’ll buy you a drink (not necessarily of your choice, if you’re thinking Dom) if we still have a CPT ‘do’ before 5 April.
From a ‘high blue’ (22000) to a ‘low gold’ (54000) in one go. Not very likely I will keep it next year, but I’m basking in the ‘glory’ (or so my wife tells me). Travel wise, I have to admit I’m more ‘silver material’ (that was hard to confess)
Sorry skywardhunter, but I’ll buy you a drink (not necessarily of your choice, if you’re thinking Dom) if we still have a CPT ‘do’ before 5 April.
Feb 28, 2018, 10:10 am
#396
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
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Feb 28, 2018, 10:31 am
#398
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,584
Feb 28, 2018, 10:33 am
#399
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
I've done the occasional J fare ex JNB. JNB-BOM has incredible J fares, done a HM-ticketed EY J and a MS return, the latter was $700, and included a long layover in a crappy hotel that allowed me a visit to the pyramids while bypassing visa requirements, but generally the convenience of the EK Timings just makes it the best option. I also don't hate Y that much, I lather it on a bit for you spoilt guys here.
Feb 28, 2018, 10:58 am
#400
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
I can not speak for Mr Skywardhunter himself, but being CPT based myself i reckon it is due to the long transit time in DOH when flying with QR. I sometimes price up QR, but when it shows a 12hr connection time on both sectors then i pass and go with EK.
I am surprised you are losing Plat, you seem to fly paid F the most on here ? I reckon next year i will lose Plat tier, i just renewed this year by about 2,000 tier miles
I am surprised you are losing Plat, you seem to fly paid F the most on here ? I reckon next year i will lose Plat tier, i just renewed this year by about 2,000 tier miles
mrsm3red is pregnant so I’ll be renewing gold with 2flights a year now 😂
Feb 28, 2018, 11:14 am
#401
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,584
They're still more than double what I pay for Y, also I often combine trips into multi-cities where EK beats everyone on price. QR also requires a 14h or so layover one way where EK gets me door-to-door in 16h.
I've done the occasional J fare ex JNB. JNB-BOM has incredible J fares, done a HM-ticketed EY J and a MS return, the latter was $700, and included a long layover in a crappy hotel that allowed me a visit to the pyramids while bypassing visa requirements, but generally the convenience of the EK Timings just makes it the best option. I also don't hate Y that much, I lather it on a bit for you spoilt guys here.
I've done the occasional J fare ex JNB. JNB-BOM has incredible J fares, done a HM-ticketed EY J and a MS return, the latter was $700, and included a long layover in a crappy hotel that allowed me a visit to the pyramids while bypassing visa requirements, but generally the convenience of the EK Timings just makes it the best option. I also don't hate Y that much, I lather it on a bit for you spoilt guys here.
Firstly congrats on the one in the oven ! I thought you were MAN based and not DXB, that explains it then. To hit plat being DXB based is pretty impressive..
Feb 28, 2018, 11:19 am
#402
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 844
To hit Plat being DXB based is very feasible....IF IF IF you fly J/F DXB - gulf dests regularly.I figured that overall its the easiest way to reach plat.
Feb 28, 2018, 11:21 am
#403
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,584
Feb 28, 2018, 11:42 am
#404
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 844
of course ..expensive...however if one is top bus exec based in UAE and territory is gulf...as quite a few are....then you can make plat if flying regularly and those can be short trips , even day trips.I see quite a few in that category on intra gulf flights.
Feb 28, 2018, 12:05 pm
#405
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: DXB
Programs: EK, AA, DL, UA, SPG, HGP, Amex
Posts: 1,208
3,500 tier points per RT in J within the GCC, so it takes 43 RT (and say $86k at $2k per trip) a year to reach Plat. Expensive on a $/flight miles basis! (or even per Hr). No more quick day trips to DOH, though!