Lifetime Oneworld Status
Jun 25, 2016 | 7:30 am
#1
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Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 452
Lifetime Oneworld Status
I was interested in looking at oneworld lifetime status, not that I could ever achieve any of them as it is a struggle for me to even achieve annual status. I thought the list might be of use to someone else who is a more frequent oneworld flyer.
I managed to find the following:-
Ruby
American Airlines - 1,000,000 Million Miler Miles
Qantas - 7000 Status Credits
Sapphire
American Airlines - 2,000,000 Million Miler Miles
Qantas - 14,000 Status Credits
Finnair - 3,000,000 Tier Points
Emerald
Finnair - 5,000,000 Tier Points
British Airways - 35,000 Tier Points
Iberia - 125,000 Elite Points
Does anyone know of any others that I might have missed?
I managed to find the following:-
Ruby
American Airlines - 1,000,000 Million Miler Miles
Qantas - 7000 Status Credits
Sapphire
American Airlines - 2,000,000 Million Miler Miles
Qantas - 14,000 Status Credits
Finnair - 3,000,000 Tier Points
Emerald
Finnair - 5,000,000 Tier Points
British Airways - 35,000 Tier Points
Iberia - 125,000 Elite Points
Does anyone know of any others that I might have missed?
Jun 28, 2016 | 6:12 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: QF Gold LTG (ow Saph), HHon Silver, Marriot Gold
Posts: 3,004
Not aware of any others.
Until a few years ago the AA status could be gain by credit card spending (now just flying miles), and QF had its Marginal Any Seat Awards which allowed points spend to earn SCs.
Until a few years ago the AA status could be gain by credit card spending (now just flying miles), and QF had its Marginal Any Seat Awards which allowed points spend to earn SCs.
Jun 29, 2016 | 5:18 am
#3
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Tokyo
Programs: JGC premier
Posts: 358
Achieving JL sapphire even once allows you to sign up as part of Jal Global Club, which basically gives you OW Sapphire status for as long as you keep that membership alive, so a quasi lifetime status. For people inside Japan this means signing up for JL credit card and paying the annual due, while for people overseas they'll just deduct a few thousand miles p.a from your JMB mileage balance. That's how we got so many OW S members in Japan!
Jun 30, 2016 | 5:26 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2012
Location: SIN
Programs: JL Global Club (Sapphire) | GHA Titanium | Marriott Gold (LT Silver) | Global Entry
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Achieving JL sapphire even once allows you to sign up as part of Jal Global Club, which basically gives you OW Sapphire status for as long as you keep that membership alive, so a quasi lifetime status. For people inside Japan this means signing up for JL credit card and paying the annual due, while for people overseas they'll just deduct a few thousand miles p.a from your JMB mileage balance. That's how we got so many OW S members in Japan!
Will tryout the JGC program for next year's flights.
Last edited by lcpteck; Jun 30, 2016 at 8:46 pm
Aug 8, 2016 | 4:15 pm
#5
Join Date: Aug 2015
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If I'm reading the website right, I just need to earn JMB Sapphire then apply for JGC which requires 5k miles to be deducted from the JMB Account. Every year I would just need to credit at least 5k miles into the JMB account for the JGC membership renewal. This retains my JGC membership which has Oneworld Sapphire status.
Will tryout the JGC program for next year's flights.
Will tryout the JGC program for next year's flights.
Edit: It looks like half of your qualifying points need to be flown on JAL itself, not partners? Could be a limiting factor depending on who you fly.
"Must have accrued at least 50,000 FLY ON Points (including 25,000 FLY ON Points for JAL Group flights) or have attained at least 50 flights (including 25 JAL Group flights) and 15,000 FLY ON Points during the preceding calendar year from January to December." JGC Enrollment Qualifications
Last edited by lobstahpotts; Aug 8, 2016 at 4:30 pm Reason: New information from JAL raises questions about JGC status option
Aug 8, 2016 | 6:07 pm
#6
Join Date: May 2012
Location: SIN
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Edit: It looks like half of your qualifying points need to be flown on JAL itself, not partners? Could be a limiting factor depending on who you fly.
"Must have accrued at least 50,000 FLY ON Points (including 25,000 FLY ON Points for JAL Group flights) or have attained at least 50 flights (including 25 JAL Group flights) and 15,000 FLY ON Points during the preceding calendar year from January to December." JGC Enrollment Qualifications
"Must have accrued at least 50,000 FLY ON Points (including 25,000 FLY ON Points for JAL Group flights) or have attained at least 50 flights (including 25 JAL Group flights) and 15,000 FLY ON Points during the preceding calendar year from January to December." JGC Enrollment Qualifications
Aug 8, 2016 | 7:26 pm
#7
Ambassador: Japan Airlines
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: LAX
Programs: JAL Mileage Bank, JMB Diamond, oneworld Emerald, Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 17,146
Achieving JL sapphire even once allows you to sign up as part of Jal Global Club, which basically gives you OW Sapphire status for as long as you keep that membership alive, so a quasi lifetime status. For people inside Japan this means signing up for JL credit card and paying the annual due, while for people overseas they'll just deduct a few thousand miles p.a from your JMB mileage balance. That's how we got so many OW S members in Japan!
Aug 8, 2016 | 10:14 pm
#8
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: A3 *G, AA exePlat, AS MVP 75k Gold, JL sapphire, UA silver
Posts: 4,786
Aug 17, 2016 | 8:47 pm
#9
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: SYD
Programs: QF WP/OW Emerald, IHG Spire AMB
Posts: 37
Strange there is not one airline offering lifetime status across all three tiers...as a QF flyer I have hit the ceiling in terms of what is available (no Emerald tier status with QF)
Aug 20, 2016 | 9:28 am
#10
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Helsinki
Programs: AY Platinum, IHG Gold, Diners
Posts: 1,299
What would be the benefit of limetime Ruby? AY has life time sapphire and emerald (although very difficult to achieve).
Aug 21, 2016 | 1:17 am
#11
Join Date: May 2012
Location: SIN
Programs: JL Global Club (Sapphire) | GHA Titanium | Marriott Gold (LT Silver) | Global Entry
Posts: 6,869
Aug 21, 2016 | 6:32 pm
#12
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: country Western Australia
Programs: QF WP(LTS) - AA LTG(1MM)
Posts: 2,857
Life time Gold (OW Ruby) with AA at the moment allows one "free" checked in baggage item on AA flights. One can also hope that treatment during "irregular operations" would be (slightly) better than a no status person.
Happy wandering
Fred
Happy wandering
Fred
Feb 1, 2025 | 7:28 am
#13
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Gran Canaria, Singapore, Surfers Paradise
Programs: KrisFlyer Gold to Silver to Blue, Finnair Silver, Royal Caribbean Diamond, GHA Platinum
Posts: 5,500
Has anyone done a recent comparison for OW lifetime status across the different carriers, including any clever ways of crediting flights where the carrier and FFP are different?
So for instance a BA flyer crediting to AY to make use of the fact that even though both carriers now have a spend-based model (mileage runs no longer that attractive)... crediting this way will be calculated according to distance flown and booking class tier points multiplier.
Any FFPs that stand out in terms of faster qualification?
So for instance a BA flyer crediting to AY to make use of the fact that even though both carriers now have a spend-based model (mileage runs no longer that attractive)... crediting this way will be calculated according to distance flown and booking class tier points multiplier.
Any FFPs that stand out in terms of faster qualification?
Feb 1, 2025 | 1:33 pm
#14
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,607
The fastest lifetime status are the programs that allow spend to count towards lifetime, not limited to only distance traveled. That would be JAL (LSP via credit card) and Finnair.
However, if you are passively qualifying for status every year (ie, AA credit card spending) then that is effectively "lifetime" status.
However, if you are passively qualifying for status every year (ie, AA credit card spending) then that is effectively "lifetime" status.
Feb 1, 2025 | 6:37 pm
#15
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