oneworld Sapphire for 263$ per month, anyone?
Sep 9, 2017, 1:34 am
#16
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: not far from MUC
Posts: 6,620
Unless you're flying a lot on redemptions/awards, in which case you won't be earning any status from travel, but could easily get a lot of benefit from having it.
Sep 9, 2017, 3:25 am
#19
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,041
I would say it's not in the spirit of OW rules, but does OW care? They are clearly not bothered by all those status matches given by AB (and if you look at the Russian analogue of FT, you will see that many provided fake cards to AB and got matched). Same with TK, except that they are in *A.
And no matter how many people have give-away AB status, it is still a drop in the ocean for the major Oneworld airlines because the gamers, almost by definition, aren't travelling enough to earn status the usual way.
Sep 9, 2017, 4:05 am
#20
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: LCA/KUL/RGN
Programs: RJ Gold, AZ E+, Air Asia Platinum
Posts: 2,189
The airline that provides the status is responsible for paying for some of the benefits. Lounge for sure, not sure about luggage, seat selection etc.
And no matter how many people have give-away AB status, it is still a drop in the ocean for the major Oneworld airlines because the gamers, almost by definition, aren't travelling enough to earn status the usual way.
And no matter how many people have give-away AB status, it is still a drop in the ocean for the major Oneworld airlines because the gamers, almost by definition, aren't travelling enough to earn status the usual way.
Sep 10, 2017, 2:58 am
#21
Join Date: Nov 2016
Programs: UA*S, AA Plat, HH Diamond, Bonvoy Gold, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 256
The airline that provides the status is responsible for paying for some of the benefits. Lounge for sure, not sure about luggage, seat selection etc.
And no matter how many people have give-away AB status, it is still a drop in the ocean for the major Oneworld airlines because the gamers, almost by definition, aren't travelling enough to earn status the usual way.
And no matter how many people have give-away AB status, it is still a drop in the ocean for the major Oneworld airlines because the gamers, almost by definition, aren't travelling enough to earn status the usual way.
Oct 6, 2017, 12:32 pm
#23
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: LCA/KUL/RGN
Programs: RJ Gold, AZ E+, Air Asia Platinum
Posts: 2,189
Fair point, I did not think about this...but then again people on the BA board fly LHR>HNL with like 5 stops to get Gold (Emerald) status on BA, so I think a quick FRA>DME>VIE trip will do the trick. S7 is also expanding their OVB hub these days, so something like FRA/DUS/DXB-OVB-Asia is worth looking at if you are starting your trip from these airpots.
Last edited by Rami Tamimi; Oct 6, 2017 at 2:51 pm
May 26, 2020, 6:40 am
#26
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Barcelona, London, Moscow
Programs: Melia Planium, IB+, BAEC
Posts: 157
An update on this: I spoke to S7 CS and apparently they stopped selling OneWorld status since 1st of October 2019. Lets see what post-corona world of promos will bring! 