Any bonus and/or MGM promo for AY+?
Mar 27, 2008, 3:26 am
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Any bonus and/or MGM promo for AY+?
I'm about to join so that I can credit some OW flights (don't need status and I can work around the 5 year expiration, therefore AY is the best solution because there are more miles on offer).
The UK site doesn't mention any joining bonus or anything like that. Is there any way of getting something to start with?
The UK site doesn't mention any joining bonus or anything like that. Is there any way of getting something to start with?
Mar 27, 2008, 9:00 am
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AY Finnair Plus
Hello Graraps,
take a look in American Airlines AAdvantage also good to collect Finnair Flights and the Miles hold longer even you collect 1 1/2 Years a Flight or whatever you get miles in the account.
Hope this helps.
Greetz,
Svenfly
take a look in American Airlines AAdvantage also good to collect Finnair Flights and the Miles hold longer even you collect 1 1/2 Years a Flight or whatever you get miles in the account.
Hope this helps.
Greetz,
Svenfly
Mar 27, 2008, 10:33 am
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Yes, but it's only 150% miles for business class, and less than 50% (e.g. 25% BA, 30% IB) for cheap economy...And they don't seem to allow you to use the miles for upgrades (or, if they do, they will probably be for travel from/to/via the USA which doesn't really interest me; I'd rather upgrade on AY to Asia).
Mar 27, 2008, 10:59 am
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AY and upgrading...With existing status European s/h upgrades with points are a piece of cake. Without status upgrades on certain Asian routes (PEK, PVG, NRT) could be fairly hard to get, the biz cabins are full anyway.
Mar 27, 2008, 12:26 pm
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Hm...where would you collect OW (CX and QF mostly) miles for upgrade redemption?
Mar 27, 2008, 1:03 pm
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And you would probably end up in the dreaded back biz cabin if on the MD11, just a few feet from the infamous Recaro LCC seat.
Mar 27, 2008, 1:36 pm
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I'm probably going to HKG/CAN as opposed to all the way into Australia. If I want to go to PVG, I'll just get a cheap domestic across China...Same with Tokyo; isn't KIX easier?
Mar 27, 2008, 1:59 pm
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Yep. CX ensures a lot less premium pax on AY CAN/HKG routes than the PVG goldmine. And yes, both KIX and NGO (but beware some ex-Nagoya Toyota management team outing to Russia) are easier than congested NRT.
Mar 27, 2008, 2:18 pm
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Excellent. So, to return back to the topic of this thread: Is there any way I could get a few miles as a bonus for joining AY+?
Mar 27, 2008, 2:25 pm
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You could just random check the various AY country websites but normally I don't think so. Maybe in a competetive market like Hongkong or Australia?