Is there any point to Jetprivilege Silver?
Feb 4, 2019 | 4:52 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Brooklyn
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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.
Feb 4, 2019 | 7:36 pm
#2
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Slightly more miles earned, slightly more luggage allowance on certain fare types, lounge access in AUH.
Mind you this is fairly standard for most Silver level FFPs.
Mind you this is fairly standard for most Silver level FFPs.
Feb 5, 2019 | 2:02 am
#3
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 591
BA Silver gets you business lounge access for yourself + guest, priority check-in, priority boarding, plus the standard of more miles earned, luggage, etc.
Feb 5, 2019 | 3:29 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2017
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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.
Feb 5, 2019 | 7:09 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: around the bend
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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.
Feb 5, 2019 | 8:01 am
#6
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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.
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.
Feb 5, 2019 | 11:06 am
#7
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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....
Feb 6, 2019 | 12:50 pm
#8
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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.
Feb 6, 2019 | 1:51 pm
#9
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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.
And op-ups are a very US concept - although I'd be surprised if you got many as a DL SM.
Feb 6, 2019 | 7:01 pm
#10
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: around the bend
Posts: 433
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.
Feb 7, 2019 | 2:05 am
#11
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 591
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.
Feb 7, 2019 | 10:17 am
#12
Join Date: Jul 2017
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5-6 op ups on 9W! That's impressive. And how are you not a frequent flier but platinum?
Feb 7, 2019 | 11:20 am
#13
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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..
Feb 7, 2019 | 6:56 pm
#14
Join Date: Jan 2015
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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.