Where to credit an Emirates flight
Jul 24, 2019, 7:35 am
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Where to credit an Emirates flight
My Mother-in-Law is flying London to Singapore (via DXB) on EK this week in paid J. She is not usually a premium traveller and has got no status with any airline but does have about 10,000 Avios in a BAEC account.
I am wondering where she should credit these EK flights given that she is not looking for status (she would be very unlikely to fly enough in premium cabins for that anyway) but just looking for the location where she can make the most of the miles that she would earn.
She is based between London and Singapore if that sways any decisions. I had been thinking that maybe Alaska Airlines FFP would give the most flexibility?
wheretocredit.com lists these as the options for her routing (it would be 15,000 Skywards miles if credited to an EK Skywards account):
I am wondering where she should credit these EK flights given that she is not looking for status (she would be very unlikely to fly enough in premium cabins for that anyway) but just looking for the location where she can make the most of the miles that she would earn.
She is based between London and Singapore if that sways any decisions. I had been thinking that maybe Alaska Airlines FFP would give the most flexibility?
wheretocredit.com lists these as the options for her routing (it would be 15,000 Skywards miles if credited to an EK Skywards account):
Jul 24, 2019, 8:00 am
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AS is probably best. Keep in mind that she won't have access to free WiFi onboard unless she has a skywards number on her booking, if that's a factor for you. Other than that no difference to her experience
Jul 24, 2019, 8:59 am
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Could she still get the 2 hour free WiFi that's offered for passengers without skywards account? Or has EK removed that ?
Jul 24, 2019, 11:57 am
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Jul 26, 2019, 6:18 am
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Jul 27, 2019, 2:29 am
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Jul 28, 2019, 4:40 pm
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How does these "old" A380 wifi compare against the BA wifi? I was using the BA wifi on the A380 recently and was actually pretty decent. I mean I am not streaming full hd videos but definitely broadboard like speeds when browsing on websites.
Jul 29, 2019, 12:45 am
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I have never used WiFi on BA, so I can’t offer a comparison. But as I mentioned upthread on the older A380’s it is basically unusable. Forget browsing websites.