Silver renewal? £300
 

Hi, whats the likelyhood of Being offered another silver tier for £300/€300?

I got the offer last march and my one is due to finish.

Also my brother got offered silver tier but he didnt take it. Will he be offered another one in 2020?

Thanks

I can’t answer your question. But I would like to know what benefit Silver will give you that you’re willing to pay £300 for?

I don't even think I would pay £300 for Gold never mind silver. It is quite easy to reach silver status. If it is not achievable due to a lack of flying, is it really worth paying £300 for?

2 return trips will get you through DXB 4 times. If you want to use the lounge there as a blue member that will cost you over £300. So if you rally want to use the lounge flying Y, that could be an argument. I personally would not pay $125 plus tax (I think that's what it costs now) to get into the lounge, but different strokes for different folks I guess.

Lots of people work 30/30 rotations or 60/30 rotations so pass through DXB 8-12 times a year. A lot of these people still don't even get to Silver status if their employer normally buys them Savers. I know quite a few people in this predicament.

If you pass through 8-12 times a year and have long layovers, it may well be worth £300.

For instance MNL-LAD return (a fairly lengthy trip) only nets 3900 Skywards points. If you work 30/30 you will pass through DXB every month but remain Blue and collect 23,400 tier points annually.

As LAD only has one flight five times a week and MNL only has two dailys, the quickest route has a 4h 40min stop in DXB both directions.

I might pay £300 annually to avoid spending 48 hours a year walking around DXB killing time. The miniscule miles multiplier, prioritised check in and boarding and extra baggage would all be a bonus.

Does Silver get you automatic business upgrades for either sale prices or free.. or is this really a long shot in emirates flights?

Certainly not automatic upgrades, maybe a slight advantage for operational upgrades but in reality little benefit if any.

No EK status gets you automatic upgrades.

You mean if there is an empty seat up front I won't get it for free?! :p

Well, if you were flying on a North American airline, you probably would. A different business model / practice which I am happy EK does not follow! ^ (which lots of our American brethren find impossible to understand)

Hence the smiley face :). I do find the level of entitlement amazing! Want to fly it, pay for it!

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious but there's more to silver the just DXB lounge access. I recently helped a friend with bookings and airport check-in at LHR for a trip to HKG. He had to pay for advance seat selection x4 for the four sectors he's flying, plus the check-in at LHR took nearly an hour. I get none of that nonsense as silver. It would be worth it to me to pay the £300 if I had no other option.

Agree 100%. Add priority boarding (especially of interest to get overhead storage space) to the list of benefits too!

One benefit I never use is priority boarding.

It's extremely rare not to have enough storage space, even in economy, and I have never had a desire to spend longer than needed sat in an enclosed space...

Priority boarding would be extremely useful if you have the misfortune to fly FZ. Its 737s often have a lack of overhead space on some routes.

But on EK it is not really a problem.

Why did he have to pay for seat selection? Even without any status it is only saver tickets where you have to pay for seat selection prior to OLCI. If for some reason it is essential rather than just desirable then it is worth checking the prices of flex tickets which are sometimes not that more in terms of cost yet normally provide more than double the tier miles.

As for priority boarding I agree, why would you want to be on the aircraft any longer than you need to be? Especially in economy!?

Shows we're all different as I always make use of prority boarding in Y. I always go for an exit row so there are usually less choices of overhead space, and I like getting my seat area organised before anyone else gets there. Overheads always seem especially busy on my usual routes too when I'm looking at others put their stuff away.

If I'm going to be there for 6 or 7 hours or more, what's another 10 or 15 minutes? :)

But it is not 10 to 15 minutes. Normally from boarding beginning to gate closing is 30 minutes. Often boarding starts earlier than the stated time if the aircraft is ready and boarding often goes past the stated gate closure time. For eg, I have just moved off from the gate, last passenger got on at 09.20 and boarding started at 8.30. That’s potentially and extra 50 minutes sat in an economy seat?! No thanks!

I value the overhead space and getting myself organised much more than not doing so.

Even if it was 50 minutes, in that time you might be up and down letting others in your row a couple of times, or if your in the aisle you can get up at your leisure. I've normally got a bellyful of beer so at the loo at least once, or some may go for a drink of water. Let's say 25 minutes sat down, it's less than 6% addition to a 7 hour flight (where it's not necessary to remain seated anyway) which is trivial in my mind. I know we're all different, with different preferences and views, but when I think of it like that (the 6% extra) it just seems so minimal to give up for my own personal peace of mind.