mpkz

Oops... so where on earth are my SH vouchers? Don't see them on the app

edit: or maybe I just forgot about them and am still on my previous plat cycle with all the extensions

kauppias

Many still are 🤣🤣😀

r2d2

If you can use the upgrade vouchers you'd receive, converting points to reach Plat is definetely a good deal. You would have to convert a maximum of 210000 award points (if you would reach 80000 tier points by flying and would need to get 70000 tier points more through exchange). You would receive upgrade vouchers for two Plat qualification periods (if you do the conversion early enough, i.e. not within the last two weeks of the qualification period), the Gold vouchers for the soft landing year and two Gold gift cards, both with their upgrade vouchers. If you use all the vouchers for long haul upgrades, you would get 9 upgrades, which are worth 450000 award points, so that alone justifies the point conversion.

Of course in this situation you have to ponder will AY survive the Russian airspace closure and do they have long hauls you'd be willing to take.

Einar01

Two gold gift cards?
So to be clear, I get to give out one gold now and another one when my next tracking period starts in June? And same goes for the vouchers?

If thats the case then i would definately go for it. Cheers!

r2d2

Yes, exactly.

TravelinSperry

Just an fyi - couldn't get through to chat, decided to call their Finnish # this AM. Was an hour call, cost $3.05 but I was able to get what I needed done. Crazy that we can't get in touch with airlines these days (AA in the States is having similar call center issues).

a_k

Hi all, a bit of a newbie when it comes to frequent flyer programmes so excuse the somewhat rudimentary question. I am planning to hit AY Gold by the end of my tracking period. If I understood correctly, I would be Gold for the rest of the current tracking period + the following tracking period. Then, if I fail to maintain gold status after that following tracking period, I still get the perks for 12 more months? So, essentially I am considered AY Gold for rest of current tracking period + next 24 months (at minimum, e.g. if I don't maintain gold status via tier points), is that correct? Cheers!

ffay005

Not correct.

Let's assume your tracking period is from May to April.

If you reach Gold in March, you will be Gold March-April + May-April, ie what's left of your current period + 12 months.

After that, you lose Gold status (but there has been something called soft landing, so you will fall to Silver for the next 12 months and then to basic).

a_k

Thanks for the prompt reply and info.OK, I misunderstood, I thought that the points at the end of your tracking period determine your status for the next tracking period (correct), but that if you didn't have enough tier points to maintain the tier, you still got another 12 months (incorrect).

I also suppose that no tier points are carried forward? E.g. if I have 90k points at the end of my tracking period and only need 80k for Gold, I still start at 0 and not 10k?

kauppias

Unfortunately ay does not rollover tier points

EvilDoctorK

If I'm One World Emerald ( BA Gold ) is there any point on an intra European flight selecting Economy Classic over Economy light .. as I understand it ( unlike BA ) they do allow status bag benefits on these fares if I want to check in a bag and seat selection should be possible too per the comments up thread unless this has changed recently

I guess the only difference is maybe a few extra Avios/Tier Points for the classic fare ?

Also any idea if it makes any difference if the flight is operated by Wideroe ( route is Tromso - HEL - LHR ) .. will they know about the free bags ?

intuition

As light temporarily has the same (not very generous) change rules as a classic while the "classic" has been made non-refundable it offers very little value over the light.
It does allow name change (for a fee) where light does not, but I think that is it.

I doubt (but someone with better knowledge of BAEC might know) a classic will earn more on BAEC. The ticket types light and classic books into the same fare bucket, so unless BAEC knows (and cares) how to decode the farebasis, there is no way they can distinguish a light from a classic

EvilDoctorK

Great thanks .. as BAEC works on fare buckets I think then there's really no difference ... Flight will be quite soon so change rules should be the same ( other than the name change option which I can't see a use for in my case) and as long as the Oneworld status benefits apply then seems no reason at all to pay the (~15%) extra for "Classic" over "Light"

EvilDoctorK

Interestingly when going through the booking process you get this

Now that seems to suggest that one of my flights ( operated by Wideroe, but with a Finnair mainline flight number - routing would be LHR-HEL-Tromso and back ) wouldn't qualify for the free bag as OneWorld elite - I guess it probably actually would in reality .. any issue might only arise on checkin at Tromso as at Heathrow they'd be fine on the outbound as first flight is mainline Finnair

florens

In any case, the most generous allowance should apply for the whole ticket AFAIK.