HON Circle run [4500 QP required]
Apr 10, 2025 | 9:21 pm
#31
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: MUC/RJK
Programs: LH SEN, Marriott Ti, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,710
15 single legs in F to get 4500 qpoints ? Comfortable it is, cheap not... or if you wanted to say that with F flights he actually wants to get the First / HON ground experience, than yes... To make it cheaper I would suggest buying C and bidding for F since the OP is cost sensitive in this case...
BTW I see RJK as your home airport, it is my second / summer home airport :-)
Apr 11, 2025 | 1:29 am
#32
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: MUC
Programs: LH HON, PC RA
Posts: 184
He asked for help in finding the relevant trips/points, right?
Obviously he made the decision for himself that it is worth doing it.
Why questioning it and not staying with the original topic?
I don‘t see that as a contribution.
Apr 11, 2025 | 1:32 am
#33
Join Date: Oct 2004
Programs: LH HON
Posts: 4,020
And yet the OP did not ask for an opinion of what he is planning to do.
He asked for help in finding the relevant trips/points, right?
Obviously he made the decision for himself that it is worth doing it.
Why questioning it and not staying with the original topic?
Question is, what is the „contribution“, if it has nothing to do with the original question? But it is only a personal opinion.
I don‘t see that as a contribution.
He asked for help in finding the relevant trips/points, right?
Obviously he made the decision for himself that it is worth doing it.
Why questioning it and not staying with the original topic?
Question is, what is the „contribution“, if it has nothing to do with the original question? But it is only a personal opinion.
I don‘t see that as a contribution.
Apr 11, 2025 | 1:34 am
#34
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: MUC
Programs: LH HON, PC RA
Posts: 184
To answer the original question:
If you got 12 months in a year and you can manage (time & money) to fly one intercontinental business trip (2x 200) with two connection flights (2x 40) per month, you are almost there.
12x480 =5.760
The rest is piece of cake.
If you can manage to fly those „monthly trips“ for about 1000€-1200€, you can get HON pretty easy.
12x1200=14.400 €
You might get it a little cheaper.
Sweet spots:
LH/OS: AMM, TLV
EW: DWC/DXB, RUH
Look around the various departure cities around Europe that have cheap fares.
If you need more details, PM me.
I don‘t think that thread is getting you any better info.
If you got 12 months in a year and you can manage (time & money) to fly one intercontinental business trip (2x 200) with two connection flights (2x 40) per month, you are almost there.
12x480 =5.760
The rest is piece of cake.
If you can manage to fly those „monthly trips“ for about 1000€-1200€, you can get HON pretty easy.
12x1200=14.400 €
You might get it a little cheaper.
Sweet spots:
LH/OS: AMM, TLV
EW: DWC/DXB, RUH
Look around the various departure cities around Europe that have cheap fares.
If you need more details, PM me.
I don‘t think that thread is getting you any better info.
Apr 11, 2025 | 1:53 am
#35
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Bergen - Norway
Programs: EBD , FBG
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Apr 11, 2025 | 3:14 am
#36
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Geneva
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I'd definitely not do TLV and I'd not use AMM for immediate turn-arounds either (though I would strongly recommend to go to AMM 'normally').
Apr 11, 2025 | 4:27 am
#38
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: MUC/RJK
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Posts: 1,710
Apr 11, 2025 | 5:52 am
#39
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: GOT
Posts: 1,278
Probably better ROI to just buy Business class on all necessary flights, what would you be missing? HON lounge?
Apr 11, 2025 | 6:51 am
#40
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For long-haul you can buy it, for short haul, you can't, even if you wanted to.
Financially it's a big outlay, is it worth it, I doubt it, but I will say I was seriously looking at it when M&M changed to Points system, if only just to try it for a year. I would have quite possibly done it if North Africa counted as intercontinental, so there was some variety. I was not a big fan of going to TLV every couple of weeks for a year even before the current security situation made it even worse... Honestly, people drop that kind of money on a nice vacation and it's not seen as that much of an extravagance.
Apr 11, 2025 | 8:12 am
#41
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Apr 13, 2025 | 7:07 am
#42
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Join Date: Mar 2025
Location: Switzerland
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Apr 13, 2025 | 7:19 am
#43
Join Date: Mar 2024
Location: FRA
Posts: 76
Good luck with the TLV Immigration... plan some extra time when leaving TLV, as you will certainly be questioned a bit "more intensly"... have been to TLV many, many times and I have been in the same situation when going there 3 times within 12 days back in 2023.
Apr 13, 2025 | 7:22 am
#44
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Join Date: Mar 2025
Location: Switzerland
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2h Stopover with the same aircraft back (AZ 810, AZ 809), I don’t think that I need to go through the immigration, or am I wrong?
Apr 13, 2025 | 8:11 am
#45
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