What is HON worth to you?

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Apr 13, 2019, 7:21 am

#271

Raul_R

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For HON you need 600k HON miles within consecutive 2 years. No matter, all 600k on 2020 or split for 2 years.

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Apr 13, 2019, 9:00 am

#272

daumueller

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sophialite

I see. So in theory if I accrue 400k HON miles in 2020, only then would my accrual burden in 2021 be reduced by 100k?

correct.

Apr 13, 2019, 1:16 pm

#273

worldclubber

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chris63

Yes, the very best A fares earn less than half the award miles they used to

Unfortunately!

Apr 13, 2019, 2:11 pm

#274

chris63

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Quote:

Originally Posted by travelben

Well, I bought already 5 A Fares this year (not through lh.com though) and they all earned the same HON and award miles.

Just two weeks ago on my trips to EZE for the FRA-EZE-FRA legs 2x 21417 + Exec.

Nice but then they are not likely to be the best price A fares or on LH LX ticket stock ?

Apr 13, 2019, 3:08 pm

#275

chris63

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Raul_R

For HON you need 600k HON miles within consecutive 2 years. No matter, all 600k on 2020 or split for 2 years.

Indeed, hardly complicated & M&M displays your progress in year 1 through 2, so when you go for requalification it’s very basic math

Apr 13, 2019, 4:23 pm

#276

sophialite

Join Date: Sep 2018

Location: London, Paris

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Quote:

Originally Posted by daumueller

correct.

Thanks danmueller. You posted the only useful responses in this thread.

Apr 13, 2019, 5:29 pm

#277

daumueller

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sophialite

Thanks danmueller. You posted the only useful responses in this thread.

i do what i can

Apr 13, 2019, 11:33 pm

#278

tuchop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by travelben

600k in two years mean 300k per year.

If you go to real far destinations like EZE or SIN it will net you around 45-50k HON Miles per roundtrip in A/F with the feeder flights (EU-FRA-EZE/SIN).
So you need approx. 12 trips.

If you score those flights at 4500-5000 € each, it is 60.000€ like above mentioned. 0.10€ per HON Mile.
30k€ per year and approx. one trip every second month.

It is not that bad if you got the time and the funds for it.

And flying in F/A also secures you 600k miles you can spend on positioning flights or other good flights

There are RT flights from KEF to EZE for about €3850/$4375. I think that would be the cheapest HON, without counting error fares

Apr 14, 2019, 1:49 am

#279

chris63

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Originally Posted by tuchop

There are RT flights from KEF to EZE for about €3850/$4375. I think that would be the cheapest HON, without counting error fares

KEF, Iceland would be a lot of positioning........

UK to SIN & France to HKG a lot easier for pax ex Europe

Apr 14, 2019, 2:34 am

#280

sophialite

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Is SIN ex LHR usually a good source of deals for F? Have a trip to SIN in November. Was debating between SQ suites and Swiss F.

Apr 14, 2019, 3:13 am

#281

f4freeJunior

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sophialite

Is SIN ex LHR usually a good source of deals for F? Have a trip to SIN in November. Was debating between SQ suites and Swiss F.

have you ever flown SQ Suites? If not I'd try it then you know how it is. Otherwise both products are fantastic in my view. It is a matter of personal taste.
To me LX F is fantastic although I must admit that at SQ everything is a bit more upscale.

Apr 14, 2019, 3:13 am

#282

travelben

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zara

May I ask which ticket stock it was that made that happen?

I would have to check that from home, but all were booked through expedia (Ireland and Italy) and all started in BUD.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris63

Nice but then they are not likely to be the best price A fares or on LH LX ticket stock ?

Well, they all were booked ex BUD and cost me less then 3k€ per flight.
Booking was done in November or December.

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Apr 14, 2019, 3:15 am

#283

travelben

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sophialite

Is SIN ex LHR usually a good source of deals for F? Have a trip to SIN in November. Was debating between SQ suites and Swiss F.

Since we are talking about HON Circle Miles here, I‘d vote for LX F.

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Apr 14, 2019, 3:38 am

#284

daumueller

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Quote:

Originally Posted by travelben

Since we are talking about HON Circle Miles here, I‘d vote for LX F.

well. But especially the new SQ suites are much better imho...

Apr 14, 2019, 3:48 am

#285

sophialite

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Haven’t flown Suites. And might actually be HON by then so, as per the other thread in this forum, not sure if the additional HON miles are worth it.