Which FFP?
 

Just recently realized after watching my brother being upgraded for free on the benefits of FFP :(

So i decided to enroll myself into one as well now , thankfully not too late ( only 24). I am debating between Jet/Kingfisher at the moment and was wondering if you guys can provide some feedback on it.

- I travel to UK and USA ( San Francisco and Austin ) - 6-7 times a year and only recently have started traveling on Biz Class.
- I am thinking of applying for one of the credit cards ( AMEX Kingfisher Gold / Citibank Plat ). Which one do you guys recommend if not both.
- Are these upgrade vouchers any good for international travel?

both have their own benefits but if you are travelling to the US then i would suggest you go with jet since kingfisher does not fly to the US....also, jet flies to far more international venues than kingfisher....

once you reach jet platinum they treat you like royalty....not sure how kingfisher plat works since they just introduced that last month....

you get 5 upgrade vouchers when you reach plat in both programs, but while you need to book a higher fare in economy to be eligible for an upgrade with kingfisher, jet allows their plats to have the cheapest revenue ticket & still be eligible for the upgrade....the vouchers are good for international travel as well....

the jet platinum credit card gets you an upgrade voucher when you sign up & then an upgrade voucher everytime you spend inr 200,000 ( or inr 100,000 on www.jetairways.com )....there is no limit to how many upgrade voucher you can get in a year....the kingfisher first amex gets you no upgrade voucher at signup & a free economy class ticket every time you spend inr 175,000 or a business class ticket after you spend inr 350,000 in a year....here you are capped at either 4 economy or 2 business class tickets a year....

all of the above reasons put together, jet has by far the superior program in my opinion....

Agree with saad. It'll be even better if you think you'll be booking your tickets online yourself, on your credit card. If yes, or at least have significant credit card spends, suggest you move over to Jet Airways Citibank Plat credit card. The annual fee of Rs 2k is a pittance, for the benefits...

with 6-7 business class trips to the us & uk, you will reach plat very easily....& when you reach plat then you won't even be charged the Rs. 2k annual fee....

yep...

Thanks guys. Its very good to know. I was just checking my previous flights and I think I can make it 23,000 miles already if I just call Jet Airways and tell them about my past travel in 5 months.

Got another trip in 7 days which should get it to cross beyond 45k miles. I also saw on JP website that I can purchase miles for real cash. Usually airlines have a limit of miles you can purchase but Jet Doesnt seem to have any so does it mean i can just buy the rest 45k and get to Jet Plat tier?

if you get to 45k miles within 6 months then you make it to plat through their fast track....

buying miles won't get you to plat....they don't count towards tier status....only flown miles do....

also, do you still have your boarding pass from all the flight you took in the last 5 months????if you don't then you will have to get travel certificates from the airline to prove that you flew with them....

I could be wrong about this, but am not sure you can go as far back as 5 months on claims with Jet, can you?

you can go back 6 months if i'm not mistaken....

just realized I had 11000 pluspoints with Axis Bank platinum card which I never knew off , i can convert these to miles.

Taking a BOM - SFO - BOM route on Monday on Emirates ( sadly Jet doesnt offer this anymore )...should collect approx. 16000 miles or so from this.

Cant wait to be Jet Plat :)

Unfortunately EK metal flights (unless on a 9W code) will not count for tier status miles, but only towards your redeemable miles balance.

Got this off the Jet Airways website :

Qualifying Emirates (EK) flights mean all published regular scheduled flights which are:

* Operated and marketed by Emirates Airlines (excluding India to Dubai and v.v routes)
* Marketed by 9W but operated by Emirates Airlines under a codeshare agreement
* Marketed by EK but operated by Jet Airways under a codeshare agreement

What do you recommend other than this?

http://www.jetairways.com/doc/Benefi...inal160210.pdf

I still interpret this as partner metal flights only earn status miles when booked under the 9W codeshare flight number.

crap. How do I get to San francisco then :)