Is there any point to Jetprivilege Silver?
 

I'm serious it seems like you basically have no perks. The only worthwhile thing I saw was 1 upgrade pass or something for the whole year.

BA Silver gets you business lounge access for yourself + guest, priority check-in, priority boarding, plus the standard of more miles earned, luggage, etc.

Yes and LH & EY offers lounge access too. But what's your point? For every airline you can show me that offers lounge access... I can show you 2 that don't! So for your BA I raise you DL & AA. And let me toss in UA, AK, AI and SQ to cover LH & EY.:) Of course 9W Silver does have access to the EY lounges whatever that's worth.

Limited point I was trying to make there is that the Silver level programs (25K miles) usually don't get a lot of benefits. 9W's FFP isn't the best in the world neither does it fall short on many counts. It's an average silver FFP.

I don't know about that - mileage redemption requirements are grotesquely high. I suppose you could say there's no YQ, but still, high enough to make the value of a JP mile ridiculously low. And are you sure about Silvers getting EY lounge access? I thought it was Gold and above.

We were discussing Silver tier benefits not programme value. I have plenty of grievances about their redemption requirements but we'll leave that for a separate thread.

And Silver does get lounge access according to this https://www.jetprivilege.com/rewards...gnition/silver at AUH. Unless they've changed that rule but I don't think they have.

9w silver isn't something i would go out of my way to get....if you are going to earn it anyway then some extra points & baggage allowance helps but its nothing to write home about....

Lounge access for jetprivilege Silver members at AUH no longer exists. I have to say its really bottom of the barrel perks if that. Whats even the point of flying frequently with them? I don't know what the op-up frequency is with them as a silver member but as Delta silver medallion (because that was mentioned as one with not so great perks) it was quite a good ratio.

It really depends on what your goals are. Most people don't aspire or aim for 9W Silver. People look at it as step towards achieving gold.

And op-ups are a very US concept - although I'd be surprised if you got many as a DL SM.

I'm not really all that frequent a flier. I must have got ~5 op-ups in the last six years, during which I've been Gold, Platinum and now Gold again, with them. And at least one of those was a "service recovery" upgrade and not a real op-up.

If you've got another options on the route you usually fly, should seriously consider that. I wouldn't hold out much hope for Jet's FFP programme. Both Jet and it's key partner/shareholder Etihad have lost a sense of direction and do not have a clear strategy

5-6 op ups on 9W! That's impressive. And how are you not a frequent flier but platinum?

Jet's silver is not anything to write home about.. just the one upgrade voucher.. but to be fair, getting a silver status in Jet is really really easy.. as few as 4 flights in premier, or 5 in economy can get you silver.. so it's tough to expect something out of a status, that can be gained in 5 flights..

I meant not a frequent flier by the standards of this board. I would just about make the grade for status every year. No longer Platinum, nor do I care to be. And I don't think I'll cry much when my Gold status goes away either.