Best frequent flyer program for booking
Dec 31, 2017, 2:20 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Perth, Australia
Posts: 37
Best frequent flyer program for booking
Hi All,
We have booked a return flight from Australia to Europe in booking class "D" (Business Class Flex) which the Etihad website says earns 175% Etihad miles.
At the moment we aren't a member of Etihad Guest & the only partner airline we regularly use (and have points already) is Virgin Australia (Velocity points).
It is unlikely we will book another flight with Etihad in the forseeable future.
Is it best just to put the Virgin Australia Frequent Flyer number into our booking, or is it much more beneficial to sign up for Etihad Guest instead (the issue being how would we use them?).
Thanks, Gary.
We have booked a return flight from Australia to Europe in booking class "D" (Business Class Flex) which the Etihad website says earns 175% Etihad miles.
At the moment we aren't a member of Etihad Guest & the only partner airline we regularly use (and have points already) is Virgin Australia (Velocity points).
It is unlikely we will book another flight with Etihad in the forseeable future.
Is it best just to put the Virgin Australia Frequent Flyer number into our booking, or is it much more beneficial to sign up for Etihad Guest instead (the issue being how would we use them?).
Thanks, Gary.
Dec 31, 2017, 6:08 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: ey gold tg gold accor gold
Posts: 376
Etihad are about to devalue their FF programme ( 1st January ). If your booking after this date , check the term and conditions very carefully . Etihad have a habit of twisting things ( not in the customers favour )
Jan 1, 2018, 8:15 pm
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Perth, Australia
Posts: 37
I booked the flights last month, but just not sure if it is best to create an Etihad Guest account (which I am unlikely to use for some time & I presume can't be transferred to other airlines schemes) or just get the miles credited to my Virgin Australia Velocity account (which I use regularly).
Thanks,
Gary.
Thanks,
Gary.
Jan 2, 2018, 10:17 am
#7
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: SRQ
Programs: UA Plat-Million Miler (1.6MM), IHG-Plat Amb; Amex Plat-P, Marriott-Gold;Hertz Gold; Hilton-Gold
Posts: 762
How significant is the EY Devaluation and where can one get more info ? I am anticipating pulling the Amex MR trigger and transfer enough points to EY for a R/T Business Class Ticket DMM-ORD-DMM. The current price is 213K. Is this likely to go substantially higher after January 15, 2018 ?
Jan 3, 2018, 3:12 am
#8
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Tokyo
Programs: Marriott Plat, HH G,Hyatt E,*A Gold, OW Emerald.
Posts: 3,023
How significant is the EY Devaluation and where can one get more info ? I am anticipating pulling the Amex MR trigger and transfer enough points to EY for a R/T Business Class Ticket DMM-ORD-DMM. The current price is 213K. Is this likely to go substantially higher after January 15, 2018 ?
Etihad Guest changes
and here for a breakdown by a blogger
Negative Changes Are Coming To Etihad Guest - One Mile at a Time