Oneworld Program for India Based Fliers
May 8, 2018 | 11:58 pm
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: India
Programs: DL Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, ALL Platinum, IHG Platinum
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not necessarily....i end up taking 50+ flights on 9w every year but i always credit those flights to dl....it helps me maintain my dl diamond status which means a lot more to me than getting platinum status with 9w....the downside is that i don't get any elite benefits when flying 9w but i am mostly flying in business class so it doesn't matter anyway....
May 9, 2018 | 3:37 am
#17
Join Date: May 2007
Location: ORD, DEL
Programs: AA (Plt Pro; 1.5 MM)
Posts: 6,223
not necessarily....i end up taking 50+ flights on 9w every year but i always credit those flights to dl....it helps me maintain my dl diamond status which means a lot more to me than getting platinum status with 9w....the downside is that i don't get any elite benefits when flying 9w but i am mostly flying in business class so it doesn't matter anyway....
OP's question was about OW. I don't know of any comparable opportunity for him. In general I would recommend earning status on whichever carrier he would actually fly most long-haul miles. Short ones matter less.
Last edited by aktchi; May 9, 2018 at 8:39 am
May 9, 2018 | 7:22 am
#18
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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they aren't alliance partners but have a code share agreement so one can earn dl miles on all 9w flights & vice versa....
May 9, 2018 | 9:04 am
#19
Join Date: May 2007
Location: ORD, DEL
Programs: AA (Plt Pro; 1.5 MM)
Posts: 6,223
Is there any value to extract out of BA Executive Club. BA has One stop flights to most of the Tier-2 US cities I travel ( DEN, AUS etc)....Is there any good value out of BA EC redemption ( I see Intra US and some Intra UK flights as good options). Is there another Oneworld Program makes sense for India based flyers? I'm looking for some good redemptions for personal travel to South East Asia.
See the award chart: https://milecards.com/1588428374/bri...ys-avios-miles
Please note that you need not credit every flight to BA or earn high status with them if those goals are best served elsewhere, but it is good to have an adequate stash of Avios (or convertible currencies).
Last edited by aktchi; May 9, 2018 at 9:13 am
May 9, 2018 | 10:16 am
#20
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: KrisFlyer Gold, Marriott & SPG Plat, Hilton Gold, ShangriLa Jade, Enterprise Plat, Taj Gold
Posts: 3,766
Somehow I had missed the bolded sentence in my first reading. Actually BA award chart does have a sweet spot in short flights. This can be useful within SE Asia with partners like CX, JL, MH, and UL (Sri Lankan). Not to SE Asia, but within SE Asia. Even QR flies HAN-BKK, a distance doable in 4000 or 4500 Avios.
See the award chart: https://milecards.com/1588428374/bri...ys-avios-miles
Please note that you need not credit every flight to BA or earn high status with them if those goals are best served elsewhere, but it is good to have an adequate stash of Avios (or convertible currencies).
See the award chart: https://milecards.com/1588428374/bri...ys-avios-miles
Please note that you need not credit every flight to BA or earn high status with them if those goals are best served elsewhere, but it is good to have an adequate stash of Avios (or convertible currencies).
May 9, 2018 | 12:28 pm
#21
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 233
Taxes on this route is actually very low. Problem is with the BA website. For Avios bookings ex-India the site adds full GST as part of taxes which is not supposed to be charged. Call BA and ask them to book the ticket. They will charge the correct amount manually.
May 9, 2018 | 8:15 pm
#22
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: around the bend
Posts: 432
Won't they then tack on a ~12 phone service fee? The couple of times I've done this, they made it sound like they were doing me a huge favour by waiving the fee specifically because the award was not bookable online.
May 9, 2018 | 11:10 pm
#23
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: KrisFlyer Gold, Marriott & SPG Plat, Hilton Gold, ShangriLa Jade, Enterprise Plat, Taj Gold
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1. What is the correct amount?
2. How would one know this is an incorrect amount. Since the booking would be done through the website most people automatically pay the fee without knowing better.
May 10, 2018 | 9:41 am
#24
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Chennai
Programs: Aeroplan, Marriott LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 220
There is higher YQ on flights originating other than HKG after last year loss. It is better to book 2 one way tickets for HKG if that is the final destination. If we price out HKG-BOM, we will see low YQ. Earlier it used to be around Rs. 1250 one way.
May 10, 2018 | 10:26 am
#25
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 233
They should waive it as its their website which is at fault.
May 10, 2018 | 11:09 am
#26
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 233
2. I booked a ticket using avios and the website and also the phone agent quoted around Rs. 1 lac taxes whereas from ITA matrix I calculated it should be much much lower. Then somewhere in the BA website on the final page where it shows tax breakup I recall seeing GST. That's when I thought there is something wrong. But yes generally people would pay whatever is shown on the website.
May 10, 2018 | 11:18 am
#27
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 233
I first noticed this issue in October 2017 and til now they have not rectified this.