Airline status still offers value to those who will fly anyway.
Not exact matches
Members
still earn elite tier
status through stays, nights, and eligible spending — no changes there — and can convert their Hilton Honors Points into miles with participating
airline programs around the world.
Even if you don't often fly with Singapore
Airlines, you can
still benefit from banking your miles and earning
status with KrisFlyer, especially since it's so easy to get KrisFlyer miles with credit card spend.
I
still consider the Hyatt Visa good enough if, like me, you regularly buy directly from
airlines, stay at Hyatt, and are trying to hit the $ 20K and $ 40k annual spend thresholds that earn a few bonus stay credits toward Diamond
status.
Even with the recent changes in how
airlines and, to a lesser extent, calculate elite
status, the basic principles behind a mileage run and mattress run
still hold true.
While this
status doesn't have nearly the benefits that are available with top
status on other
airlines, it
still improves the travel experience for frequent flyers.
So you will
still earn miles / points with the
airline or hotel and it will credit towards elite
status with their program.
On top of that, while American
still awards bonus miles (based on
status) for travel on all partner
airlines, the British Airways Executive club does not.....
Airline credit cards sometimes let you earn a small number of elite qualifying miles, but
still not enough to earn
status without flying.
Those who wanted MVP Gold 75K — the highest elite tier —
still had to earn it the hard... [Read more...] about Alaska
Airlines Is Offering
Status Matches to MVP Gold 75K
Still, between the
airline credit, lounge access, SPG Gold
status, rental car elite
status, Fine Hotels and Resorts program, and other benefits, it could potentially be worth a lot.
As far as I'm aware there are no credit cards that are
still open for applications that can be used to generate miles towards United
Airlines status qualification.
Platinum cardholders enjoy many of the same benefits as Centurion cardholders including the concierge service, $ 200 annual
airline fee credit, $ 100 Global Entry application fee credit, elite
status with Hilton and Starwood, and a slightly lower but
still valuable form of elite
status with Avis and Hertz car rentals.
If you purchase a fare on one of American's partner
airlines (BA, Cathay, JAL etc...) and credit it to AAdvantage, then you will
still earn miles the old way — based on the distance traveled plus a bonus based on your
status.
Even as many
airlines make elite
status less rewarding, they are
still coming up with opportunities to sell it to you for cold, hard cash.
Many people can replicate the most important benefits of low - level
status with an
airline credit card and then pay for any other extras they
still need or want.
This year I'm
still concentrating on earning top - tier
status with American
Airlines so my first thought when looking to find a fare is to check prices on oneworld a
Airlines so my first thought when looking to find a fare is to check prices on oneworld
airlinesairlines.
Tell us if you already did a mileage or mattress run to maintain or increase your
status with a hotel or
airline for the coming year — or if you
still plan to do one before the end of the year.
I also like using Avios because American is my preferred
airline and I can
still get my elite
status benefits (like priority boarding and better seat selection) on a partner award ticket.
However, MITUR
still recommends visitors contact their specific
airlines and tour operators to confirm the
status and receive more updates.
If you get United Club membership but haven't got Star Alliance Gold
Status will it
still work at partner Star Alliance Lounges such as Lufthansa and Singapore
Airlines?
Sure, they offer Elite
status at 20,000 miles if you only fly on Alaska, but if you fly on partner
airlines you'll
still be able to earn Elite
status at 25,000 miles even if you earn the miles on partner
airlines.
While the Platinum Card ® from American Express is a charge card rather than a credit card, it
still offers a number of valuable travel benefits for cardholders, such as Hilton Honors Gold
status, an
airline fee credit of up to $ 200 per year, fee credit for Global Entry or TSA Precheck every five years for the application fee, access to more than 1,000 airport lounges, and Uber savings up to $ 200 annually.
A traveler could have double - secret Super Elite
status on an
airline, but will
still require flyers to start from scratch when moving to Asiana.