Up to 4 times Skywards Miles
Mar 30, 2019, 12:00 am
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,307
The Skywards Miles bonuses applicable for this promotion are: 100% bonus on the first Eligible Ticket, entailing the first journey undertaken during the promotion period; 200% bonus on the second Eligible Ticket, entailing the second journey undertaken during the promotion period; 300% bonus on the third Eligible Ticket, entailing the third journey undertaken during the promotion travel period.
Mar 30, 2019, 5:32 pm
#19
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Generally, yes as long as it's a public fare (non-bulk/-consolidator). I book through my banks loyalty and lifestyle scheme as I get discounts and can pay with points and have always earned on these types of promos.
Mar 31, 2019, 1:38 am
#20
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,307
1c in the terms says The 'Emirates Skywards Bonus Offer March 2019 ' is open to all Emirates Skywards members who:
have booked and completed issuance of an Eligible Ticket and Eligible Fare (return or one way) between 00.01am on 20 March 2019 and 11.59pm on 31 March 2019, as per the 'Date of Issue' on the ticket receipt. Tickets may be purchased via emirates.com; flydubai.com or through a travel agent.
Apr 2, 2019, 4:33 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Germany
Programs: QR Gold, Skyteam Silver, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum
Posts: 144
Let me asure you: for a very long time it has not been this way...which was confirmed to me by a very experienced skywards agent last year. And even now the T&C do NOT define base miles, which i thought were C miles without any status miles. So nothing is clear with these offers IMHO and they are not attractive at all as you pay for a C ticket and get the double just on the cheapest eco promo or saver fare available - given how litle miles you get on these fares doubling miles is just nothing. In comparison: when Qatar Airways promotes double in business class you do get double business class miles..just happened to me last week. This i call transparent and fair.
Last edited by homer3152; Apr 2, 2019 at 4:40 am Reason: These promos are not attractive at all
Apr 2, 2019, 5:34 am
#23
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Let me asure you: for a very long time it has not been this way...which was confirmed to me by a very experienced skywards agent last year. And even now the T&C do NOT define base miles, which i thought were C miles without any status miles. So nothing is clear with these offers IMHO and they are not attractive at all as you pay for a C ticket and get the double just on the cheapest eco promo or saver fare available - given how litle miles you get on these fares doubling miles is just nothing. In comparison: when Qatar Airways promotes double in business class you do get double business class miles..just happened to me last week. This i call transparent and fair.
Apr 3, 2019, 2:49 pm
#24
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Germany
Programs: QR Gold, Skyteam Silver, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum
Posts: 144
Hehe..sure you enjoy this little ironic QRPC bashing so popular on this site
But what the subject comes down to..and here your remark helps to clarify: double or triple points promotions of EK are totally useless when you book higher value tickets like business class. Yet, when you buy their cheapest fares, where you get basically (almost) nothing in terms of miles, then you truely get double or triple times (almost) nothing on EK promotions. No idea how often you would have to fly around the world to get enough (almost) nothing miles on these promotions to collect enough (almost) nothing for an upgrade..but whether this constitutes "great value" everybody has to decide for her/him self
But what the subject comes down to..and here your remark helps to clarify: double or triple points promotions of EK are totally useless when you book higher value tickets like business class. Yet, when you buy their cheapest fares, where you get basically (almost) nothing in terms of miles, then you truely get double or triple times (almost) nothing on EK promotions. No idea how often you would have to fly around the world to get enough (almost) nothing miles on these promotions to collect enough (almost) nothing for an upgrade..but whether this constitutes "great value" everybody has to decide for her/him self
Apr 15, 2019, 9:18 pm
#25
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,307
Has anyone received any miles from this offer yet? I flew a qualifying outbound last week and only regular points posted, so wondering if the bonus ones will arrive when I complete the return or if I need to contact EK.
Apr 15, 2019, 9:32 pm
#26
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Should post immediate (maybe a day or two late at most)
Apr 15, 2019, 11:42 pm
#27
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,307
Oh dear.
For anyone that has claimed missing miles using the website form, once you've entered the ticket number, PNR, passenger name and hit submit, do you get a chance to enter any explanatory text? I expect not as "submit" seems quite final but I don't want to use the form if I can't explain it's bonus miles rather than regular miles I'm looking for.
For anyone that has claimed missing miles using the website form, once you've entered the ticket number, PNR, passenger name and hit submit, do you get a chance to enter any explanatory text? I expect not as "submit" seems quite final but I don't want to use the form if I can't explain it's bonus miles rather than regular miles I'm looking for.
Apr 15, 2019, 11:51 pm
#28
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Oh dear.
For anyone that has claimed missing miles using the website form, once you've entered the ticket number, PNR, passenger name and hit submit, do you get a chance to enter any explanatory text? I expect not as "submit" seems quite final but I don't want to use the form if I can't explain it's bonus miles rather than regular miles I'm looking for.
For anyone that has claimed missing miles using the website form, once you've entered the ticket number, PNR, passenger name and hit submit, do you get a chance to enter any explanatory text? I expect not as "submit" seems quite final but I don't want to use the form if I can't explain it's bonus miles rather than regular miles I'm looking for.