oneworld Sapphire for 263$ per month, anyone?
Sep 8, 2017 | 1:54 am
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oneworld Sapphire for 263$ per month, anyone?
S7 now sells their Gold/Sapphire status for 15,000RUB (263$ at today's rates) a month. The card will be immediately available in the app ,but it might take around a week for the status to be visible by oneworld panthers.
Not bad if you have a month of heavy travel.
Not bad if you have a month of heavy travel.
Sep 8, 2017 | 2:43 am
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For someone with no status though, it may be a good deal: baggage charges alone on a long-haul round-trip will probably be close to 200$ +lounge access (let's say 40$ on average)+ seat selection fees (CX charges 150$ for a seat in the emergency exit row IIRC). So, I can see why someone might want to pay the $263/month.
Sep 8, 2017 | 2:47 am
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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.
Sep 8, 2017 | 6:07 am
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can you just buy for one month?
Do you have the link? As I can't find anything related to this on their website.
Do you have the link? As I can't find anything related to this on their website.
Last edited by Ausriver; Sep 8, 2017 at 6:13 am
Sep 8, 2017 | 10:07 am
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It's not on the English version yet though.
Minimum one month and on a monthly basis onwards.
Sep 8, 2017 | 11:49 am
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Of course, how many non-status flyers willing to send $250+ to a Russian airline they'll never fly so they can use Oneworld lounge rules on their next AA flight are there?
Sep 8, 2017 | 3:49 pm
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I think the above poster mentioning a particular travel-heavy month has the right ideal use for this: a 1-time charge.
Of course, how many non-status flyers willing to send $250+ to a Russian airline they'll never fly so they can use Oneworld lounge rules on their next AA flight are there?
Of course, how many non-status flyers willing to send $250+ to a Russian airline they'll never fly so they can use Oneworld lounge rules on their next AA flight are there?
Sep 8, 2017 | 11:47 pm
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For someone with no status though, it may be a good deal: baggage charges alone on a long-haul round-trip will probably be close to 200$ +lounge access (let's say 40$ on average)+ seat selection fees (CX charges 150$ for a seat in the emergency exit row IIRC). So, I can see why someone might want to pay the $263/month.
Last edited by aktchi; Sep 8, 2017 at 11:53 pm