Globetrotter promotion returns May 12, 2016
May 13, 2016, 6:27 pm
#61
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: LHR / LCY / DXB
Programs: QR Silver / BA Silver
Posts: 324
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May 14, 2016, 6:08 am
#62
Join Date: Apr 2013
Programs: UA Premier Gold, M&S Gold, Topbonus Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 19
As long as these 4 destinations are not in your home country (as registered in your PC account), it should be OK. If one or more of these destinations are in your home country, there's a bit of risk for not obtaining all 4 badges as last year QR excluded destinations in home country from the promo. This year they don't really mention about this but, at least for me, I am still in doubt. I wrote to ask them about this but still hasn't received reply.
May 14, 2016, 6:30 am
#63
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: LHR / LCY / DXB
Programs: QR Silver / BA Silver
Posts: 324
They claim "Bonus Qmiles will be credited only for the outbound journey and not for the return journey." No mention whether badges will be awarded in the same manner though. So it just might be the bonus Qmiles and not the badges.
May 14, 2016, 6:31 am
#64
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,727
This simply means Singapore doh muc and Berlin doh KUL.
You will only get badges for muc and KUL etc
You will only get badges for muc and KUL etc
May 14, 2016, 7:20 am
#65
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: CPT
Programs: BA BD SA
Posts: 4,467
When shall I receive registration bonus?
One-time registration bonus of 250 Qmiles will be credited to member’s account at the end of each theme.
One-time registration bonus of 250 Qmiles will be credited to member’s account at the end of each theme.
On the plus side: are they implying 250 miles for each theme?
May 15, 2016, 1:16 am
#66
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,841
I just booked JFK-DOH-HKT before July 25th, and return HKT-DOH-JFK after August 1st. For just one RT in business class, if I am not mistaken I get:
- 10k bonus miles for destination HKT
- 15k bonus miles for destination JFK
- I earn two badges and because I intend to book another similar round trip later in the year to hit the last two badges, then I am halfway to the 4 badges. That's 50% of 100k miles so 50k miles.
- Since I am already Platinum I will get 50k bonus miles for getting all badges rather than be upgraded to the next tier; I am halfway there so 25k miles.
- I got the four badges last year. This year they give 10k bonus miles per badge earned this year if we got all badges last year. With my RT then it's 10k bonus miles times 2, so 20k miles.
- The normal mileage earning rate for a RT JFK-HKT in R class for PC platinum is 45k miles.
If I got this right and all of the above is correct, then that's a total of 165k miles. Platinums need 190k miles for an award booking in business class JFK-HKT. So if you stretch it to the maximum, this promo is close to a "buy one get one free" deal.
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- 10k bonus miles for destination HKT
- 15k bonus miles for destination JFK
- I earn two badges and because I intend to book another similar round trip later in the year to hit the last two badges, then I am halfway to the 4 badges. That's 50% of 100k miles so 50k miles.
- Since I am already Platinum I will get 50k bonus miles for getting all badges rather than be upgraded to the next tier; I am halfway there so 25k miles.
- I got the four badges last year. This year they give 10k bonus miles per badge earned this year if we got all badges last year. With my RT then it's 10k bonus miles times 2, so 20k miles.
- The normal mileage earning rate for a RT JFK-HKT in R class for PC platinum is 45k miles.
If I got this right and all of the above is correct, then that's a total of 165k miles. Platinums need 190k miles for an award booking in business class JFK-HKT. So if you stretch it to the maximum, this promo is close to a "buy one get one free" deal.
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Last edited by escape4; May 15, 2016 at 2:07 am
May 16, 2016, 2:18 am
#68
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 208
I just booked JFK-DOH-HKT before July 25th, and return HKT-DOH-JFK after August 1st. For just one RT in business class, if I am not mistaken I get:
- 10k bonus miles for destination HKT
- 15k bonus miles for destination JFK
- I earn two badges and because I intend to book another similar round trip later in the year to hit the last two badges, then I am halfway to the 4 badges. That's 50% of 100k miles so 50k miles.
- Since I am already Platinum I will get 50k bonus miles for getting all badges rather than be upgraded to the next tier; I am halfway there so 25k miles.
- I got the four badges last year. This year they give 10k bonus miles per badge earned this year if we got all badges last year. With my RT then it's 10k bonus miles times 2, so 20k miles.
- The normal mileage earning rate for a RT JFK-HKT in R class for PC platinum is 45k miles.
If I got this right and all of the above is correct, then that's a total of 165k miles. Platinums need 190k miles for an award booking in business class JFK-HKT. So if you stretch it to the maximum, this promo is close to a "buy one get one free" deal.^
- 10k bonus miles for destination HKT
- 15k bonus miles for destination JFK
- I earn two badges and because I intend to book another similar round trip later in the year to hit the last two badges, then I am halfway to the 4 badges. That's 50% of 100k miles so 50k miles.
- Since I am already Platinum I will get 50k bonus miles for getting all badges rather than be upgraded to the next tier; I am halfway there so 25k miles.
- I got the four badges last year. This year they give 10k bonus miles per badge earned this year if we got all badges last year. With my RT then it's 10k bonus miles times 2, so 20k miles.
- The normal mileage earning rate for a RT JFK-HKT in R class for PC platinum is 45k miles.
If I got this right and all of the above is correct, then that's a total of 165k miles. Platinums need 190k miles for an award booking in business class JFK-HKT. So if you stretch it to the maximum, this promo is close to a "buy one get one free" deal.
^If your home based JFK I don't think you will get both.
May 16, 2016, 5:08 am
#69
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,841
May 18, 2016, 3:07 pm
#70
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Lisboa, PT
Programs: QRPC Silver, BA Silver
Posts: 243
Here's a thought... if you are Platinum...get 4 badges and take the extension of Plat for one year... will they award you the 60qcredits for tier renewal...!!!? and what if you have re-qualified at that point already...!?
May 18, 2016, 7:20 pm
#71
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 795
Any qcredits you had at the new renewal date would keep their existing expiry date, and the new ones would last 12 months, so you may have some overlap, depending on your personal circumstances.
May 19, 2016, 1:47 am
#73
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: LHR
Programs: QR Platinum, WY Gold, Shangri-la Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,151
If they do the same as last year, yes you will get 60 qcredits at renewal. But they will start you on a new 12 months around the end of the current globetrotter campaign. So if you were already qualified and due to renew in say Dec 2017, they will reset your year to start in say Apr 2017, meaning you effectively only get a few months extension over what you already had, taking you to Apr 2018. That is why I think they are offering platinums the choice of 50k qmiles instead of the renewal if they prefer.
Any qcredits you had at the new renewal date would keep their existing expiry date, and the new ones would last 12 months, so you may have some overlap, depending on your personal circumstances.
Any qcredits you had at the new renewal date would keep their existing expiry date, and the new ones would last 12 months, so you may have some overlap, depending on your personal circumstances.
May 19, 2016, 6:22 am
#74
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 795