100% Gold Elite bonus with SkyTeam?
Sep 23, 2006, 7:15 pm
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100% Gold Elite bonus with SkyTeam?
I can't seem to get a straight answer, or maybe I just don't comprehend.....I want to know if I book a flight on Air France (as a Sky Team partner with NW) and use my NW FF#, will I get my 100% Gold Elite mileage bonus?
About a year ago, when I was only Silver Elite, I booked a ticket on Delta and found out later that instead of 50% bonus they only gave me 25% bonus.
I looked on the NW website under Earning Miles with Skyteam and it reads: "In addition to the base miles earned on your flight, you will earn a 50% Elite qualifying bonus for tickets booked in Y or B class on Northwest, and full coach fares on Elite qualifying Airline Partners. This 50% bonus will count toward Elite qualification and not toward banked mileage."
When I called the Elite phone line and asked an agent, he couldn't clear it up either. If I don't get the 100% bonus, maybe the cheaper ticket isn't a better deal. Can anybody explain it to me? Thanks!
About a year ago, when I was only Silver Elite, I booked a ticket on Delta and found out later that instead of 50% bonus they only gave me 25% bonus.
I looked on the NW website under Earning Miles with Skyteam and it reads: "In addition to the base miles earned on your flight, you will earn a 50% Elite qualifying bonus for tickets booked in Y or B class on Northwest, and full coach fares on Elite qualifying Airline Partners. This 50% bonus will count toward Elite qualification and not toward banked mileage."
When I called the Elite phone line and asked an agent, he couldn't clear it up either. If I don't get the 100% bonus, maybe the cheaper ticket isn't a better deal. Can anybody explain it to me? Thanks!
Sep 23, 2006, 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Amy@adoggybag
I can't seem to get a straight answer, or maybe I just don't comprehend.....I want to know if I book a flight on Air France (as a Sky Team partner with NW) and use my NW FF#, will I get my 100% Gold Elite mileage bonus?
About a year ago, when I was only Silver Elite, I booked a ticket on Delta and found out later that instead of 50% bonus they only gave me 25% bonus.
I looked on the NW website under Earning Miles with Skyteam and it reads: "In addition to the base miles earned on your flight, you will earn a 50% Elite qualifying bonus for tickets booked in Y or B class on Northwest, and full coach fares on Elite qualifying Airline Partners. This 50% bonus will count toward Elite qualification and not toward banked mileage."
When I called the Elite phone line and asked an agent, he couldn't clear it up either. If I don't get the 100% bonus, maybe the cheaper ticket isn't a better deal. Can anybody explain it to me? Thanks!
About a year ago, when I was only Silver Elite, I booked a ticket on Delta and found out later that instead of 50% bonus they only gave me 25% bonus.
I looked on the NW website under Earning Miles with Skyteam and it reads: "In addition to the base miles earned on your flight, you will earn a 50% Elite qualifying bonus for tickets booked in Y or B class on Northwest, and full coach fares on Elite qualifying Airline Partners. This 50% bonus will count toward Elite qualification and not toward banked mileage."
When I called the Elite phone line and asked an agent, he couldn't clear it up either. If I don't get the 100% bonus, maybe the cheaper ticket isn't a better deal. Can anybody explain it to me? Thanks!
Sep 23, 2006, 8:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Amy@adoggybag
I can't seem to get a straight answer, or maybe I just don't comprehend.....I want to know if I book a flight on Air France (as a Sky Team partner with NW) and use my NW FF#, will I get my 100% Gold Elite mileage bonus?
About a year ago, when I was only Silver Elite, I booked a ticket on Delta and found out later that instead of 50% bonus they only gave me 25% bonus.
I looked on the NW website under Earning Miles with Skyteam and it reads: "In addition to the base miles earned on your flight, you will earn a 50% Elite qualifying bonus for tickets booked in Y or B class on Northwest, and full coach fares on Elite qualifying Airline Partners. This 50% bonus will count toward Elite qualification and not toward banked mileage."
When I called the Elite phone line and asked an agent, he couldn't clear it up either. If I don't get the 100% bonus, maybe the cheaper ticket isn't a better deal. Can anybody explain it to me? Thanks!
About a year ago, when I was only Silver Elite, I booked a ticket on Delta and found out later that instead of 50% bonus they only gave me 25% bonus.
I looked on the NW website under Earning Miles with Skyteam and it reads: "In addition to the base miles earned on your flight, you will earn a 50% Elite qualifying bonus for tickets booked in Y or B class on Northwest, and full coach fares on Elite qualifying Airline Partners. This 50% bonus will count toward Elite qualification and not toward banked mileage."
When I called the Elite phone line and asked an agent, he couldn't clear it up either. If I don't get the 100% bonus, maybe the cheaper ticket isn't a better deal. Can anybody explain it to me? Thanks!
Sep 24, 2006, 9:13 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
If your Air France flight is booked into a fare inventory that earns 100% redeemable/spendable miles, then a NW Gold will earn a 100% elite mileage bonus in terms of redeemable/spendable miles; that is, in effect, you get 2000 WorldPerks miles for a 1000 mile trip due to being a NW Gold. The number of eilte qualifying miles will be the 1000 actual miles for the trip plus whatever class of service bonus may be given (if traveling in a higher fare). That is to say, there are two things that are tracked: WorldPerks miles that can be spent on awards; and elite qualifying miles that are used to figure out status qualification/requalification.
How do you figure out (before buying) what the Air France flight fare inventory earning potential might be? I was just looking on Orbitz and the Air France flight to AMS was $ 125 cheaper than NWA.
Sep 24, 2006, 10:07 am
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Originally Posted by Amy@adoggybag
How do you figure out (before buying) what the Air France flight fare inventory earning potential might be? I was just looking on Orbitz and the Air France flight to AMS was $ 125 cheaper than NWA.
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