Miles Upgrade vs Award
 

Hi all,

Am i reading this wrong?

LONDON-BANGKOK
- ECO Air award one way 49k miles
- BUSINESS Upgrade one way about 50k

Also, does this mean a round trip eco to business upgrade now clock in at about 100k+ miles? This used to be lower or am I completely off now

PS: tried to search for similar but didnt spot any - apologies if duplicate thread

http://www.thaiairways.com/frequent-...ards-chart.htm

http://www.thaiairways.com/frequent-...ards-chart.htm

http://www.thaiairways.com/frequent-...ds-on-thai.htm


yes you see it right. its like this for an extended period of time now.

LHR BKK LHR round trip economy class to I class upgrade (mileage upgrade business class) is between 76000 and 140000 miles, depending on type of economy class. see chart.

additionally you will be asked to pay money to live up to the difference (from economy class fees and surcharges to premium fare (IJDCOPAF-buckets) in fees and surcharges.

note: you cannot upgrade any X Class (mileage economy class) to I Class (mileage business class) by mileage upgrade.

Thanks for clarifying - I havent been very active with Thai lately - this is utter non-sense sadly and seems way out of proportion - so it would take about 8-10 round trips to actually get a single upgrade (and would get additional gold upgrades beforehand as well) - this seems very odd...

On the other hand: you need a little more than four R/T LHR-BKK flights to achieve Gold status. Then you will get a 50% reduction on a R/T award flight which would amount to only 65.000 miles in business class.