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schmalex May 25, 2018 3:49 pm
Cheapest route to Platinum?!
 
Hi folks

I’ve been Gold with Emirates for the last 4 years and never really bothered with Platinum as I, typically, only got to about 100k tier miles p.a. However, the last few months have seen some chunky travel that will take me to 147,500 tier miles for the 13 month period,
once I include a big trip next month.

Ive got a couple of Business Flex sectors booked from DXB - BNE and SIN - DXB that I could upgrade to F to try and bump the tier miles up. Does anyone know roughly how much the upgrade price from J Flex to F is? Or is there another way?!?

sydtogla May 25, 2018 8:24 pm
This is worth calling EK for. On certain rotes the switch from J Flex to F is not very significant in price so maybe ask them to look at a couple of your itineraries.

You could also do a day hop on EK5123 or 5145 in J BNE-AKL (I think around 850 AUD) and you’ll get over the line.

Mwenenzi May 25, 2018 8:36 pm
Originally Posted by sydtogla (Post 29795063)
You could also do a day hop on EK5123 or 5145 in J BNE-AKL (I think around 850 AUD) and you’ll get over the line.
Which would be QF operated as QF123 & QF119.
EK now only flys SYD - CHC with EK metal

thijsseh May 26, 2018 12:27 am
Originally Posted by sydtogla (Post 29795063)
This is worth calling EK for. On certain rotes the switch from J Flex to F is not very significant in price so maybe ask them to look at a couple of your itineraries.

You could also do a day hop on EK5123 or 5145 in J BNE-AKL (I think around 850 AUD) and you’ll get over the line.
Indeed, on the CPT/Europe routes the difference between J Flex and F Saver can be in the order of U$ 100. And F Saver gives the same tier miles as F Flex.

DYKWIA May 26, 2018 2:00 am
Originally Posted by Mwenenzi (Post 29795078)
Which would be QF operated as QF123 & QF119.
EK now only flys SYD - CHC with EK metal
But he'd still get the points, which is the point of this thread ..


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