You can earn 300 bonus TrueBlue points on
every flight segment you fly with your pet as a TrueBlue member through JetBlue's free JetPaws program.
Elite Qualifying Miles (EQMs) and Elite Qualifying Segments (EQSs) earned at a reduced rate of 0.5 per mile /
flight segment flown
Not exact matches
Fly from the U.S. to Barcelona, then book a
flight from Dakar, Senegal to Cape Town, South Africa (this is your free one - way
segment in a single region).
These codeshare partners use Etihad Airways
flight numbers but allow you to
fly on a partner airline for a
segment of your trip.
There are two ways to qualify for TrueBlue Mosaic: 1)
Fly 30
segments plus 12,000 base
flight points within a calendar year, or 2) Earn 15,000 base
flight points within a calendar year.
This includes premier qualifying dollars (PQD), and also the stipulation that you must
fly a minimum of four paid
flight segments each year in order to maintain your status.
To earn status, starting with the lowest tier (silver) you need to
fly at least 25,000 miles (MQMs) or 30
flight segments a year, AND spend at least $ 3,000 excluding taxes and fees (Medallion Qualifying Dollars, or MQDs).
Business Saver availability remains, however,
flying into Rio, and plenty of availability remains for the other
flight segments as shown by the availability calendars I embedded throughout.
If you can sit in 7A on any
segment between Majuro and Guam, do it — that's because the
flight has an on - board mechanic in seat 7C who
flies with the plane and troubleshoots any issues that come up.
Using the LA to Zakynthos example, a
flight of 6,850
flown miles (oneway), we would be paying 35,000 Avios per
segment for a total of 70,000 Avios roundtrip.
This itinerary is well below the 35,000
flown miles limit, so it would be possible to add even more
flight segments if you wanted.
Besides, the Big Front Seat is priced per
segment, and not per
flight, so if you
fly with a connection, you would pay more for your roundtrip ticket.
After earning 125,000 MQMs (or
flying 140 Medallion - qualifying
flight segments) and spending $ 15,000 or more MQDs, frequent fliers earn Diamond Medallion status.
After earning 75,000 MQMs (or
flying 100 Medallion - qualifying
flight segments) and spending $ 9,000 or more MQDs, frequent fliers earn Platinum Medallion status.
It is based on the distance you
fly, per
flight segment, so it winds up being the most economical for trips with minimal stops.
Additionally, to be eligible to qualify for Premier Silver status, you must
fly a minimum of four paid
flight segments on
flights operated by United and / or United Express during a calendar year, excluding Basic Economy (N) fares.
Both
segments were
flown on British Airways Airbus A319 aircraft with the only difference being that the outbound
flight was taken in the Euro Traveller cabin (Economy Class) while the return
flight was in Club Europe (Business Class).
I wrote a post a few months back showing why I think that a
segment of British Airways flyers should actually be crediting their
flight to AAdvantage and the main argument behind that post was that you need a lot fewer AAdvantage miles to
fly in comfort around the world than you do Avios.
It is required 20,000 Status Miles or to have
flown 15 TAP
flights /
segments to remain a Silver Client, during the Status Miles annual accounting period.
Cranbrook - Toronto (Return Trip) $ 817.06 Total Cranbrook to Toronto (when booked all at once) $ 817.06 Cranbrook - Calgary (Return Trip) $ 354.11 Calgary - Toronto (Return Trip) $ 687.91 Total
Segmented Cost $ 1042.02 Not only does this example show that it is better to purchase your
flights at one time, it also demonstrates the marginal price difference between
flying from YXC and
flying from Calgary (only $ 129.15)!
It is required 50,000 Status Miles or to have
flown 40 TAP
flights /
segments to remain a Gold Client, during the Status Miles annual accounting period.
To be eligible to qualify for any Premier level, you must
fly a minimum of four paid
flight segments on
flights operated by United and / or United Express during a calendar year.
This is a terrific value for people from the West Coast who can
fly short, one -
segment flights to Hawaii.
Additionally, to be eligible to qualify for Premier Platinum status, you must
fly a minimum of four paid
flight segments on
flights operated by United and / or United Express during a calendar year, excluding Basic Economy (N) fares.
Like British Airways, the distance
flown is calculated by
segment rather than between origin and destination so the total
flight distance can't increase too much or it will bump up the cost.
These codeshare partners use Etihad Airways
flight numbers but allow you to
fly on a partner airline for a
segment of your trip.
The Companion Pass is earned in two ways: 1) Earning 110,000 Rapid Rewards points in a calendar year or 2)
Flying 100
flight segments in a calendar year.
Fly from the U.S. to Barcelona, then book a
flight from Dakar, Senegal to Cape Town, South Africa (this is your free one - way
segment in a single region).
Per the promotion, each
segment flown is considered a «
flight» and will provide the targeted frequent flyer with bonus miles.
As an AAdvantage ® member, you can earn Gold, Platinum, or Executive Platinum Elite status by
flying a minimum of 30 qualifying
flight segments on AA or its affiliated partners, or earning at least 25,000 qualifying miles.
From that time, Â Qantas Points and Status Credits will be earned per
segment based on the standard tables, without a points uplift on short
flights, Note that if you are
flying on an American Airlines
flight under a QF
flight number, you will be eligible for the Qantas minimum points guarantee.
Fairly simple since as a return
flight between Amsterdam and North America via Paris would equate to 4
segments and 4,000 bonus miles or
fly Madrid - Paris - Frankfurt and earn 4,000 bonus miles!
You can qualify for TrueBlue Mosaic if you
fly 30 JetBlue
flight segments and earn at least 12,000 base
flight points in a calendar year.
One change that I have noticed, is that there are fewer
flights available on Delta than before, but there seems to be much better availability for connecting
flights with one or more
segments flown on partners.
Finally, if someone
flies a ton of short
flights, then they can earn status through
flying 90
segments on Alaska and / or partner airlines.
Segments are a way for those consumers who
fly often but usually take short
flights to boost their rewards miles.
Continuing with the United example, which is typical of most U.S. airlines, you qualify for its lowest elite level, Premier Silver, when you
fly 25,000 miles or 30
flight segments and spend $ 2,500 with United in a calendar year.
When you know the
flights are there (via a
segment by
segment search PLS - MIA, MIA - SDF) and you get the dreaded «British Airways and its partners do not
fly this route.
The airlines will also explore the possibility for Singapore Airlines» KrisFlyer and Air France - KLM's
Flying Blue members to earn and redeem miles when travelling on the codeshare
flight segments.
Any other
flight segment of the ticket
flown other than what is defined as an Eligible Accrual
flight;
Plus, you always get at least 500 miles for every
flight segment that you
fly.
• Best for short nonstop economy
flights since charged per distance and
segment flown.
Oddly this would make a connecting
flight cheaper than a direct
flight on a partner airline since you have to
fly at least 1 Delta
segment in order to get the favorable price.
Over a total of 12 trips, I
flew 14
segments (individual
flights), and took 12 train
segments (mostly Amtrak, except for one in the UK).
With British Airways» distance - based chart that charges per
segment based on miles
flown, we can save lots of miles by booking short
flights on American Airlines using British Airways miles.
As this will be my first international premium
segment besides a lucky
flight in 2010, I'm excited to
fly in the front cabin, and hoping for a restful sleep.
You also have to ask yourself what is more important:
flying in a premium cabin on every
segment or scrapping the trip entirely because a 2 hour
flight at the beginning is only available in economy class?
American Airlines and US Airways both charge based on regions and the fact that some of us may be
flying short one -
segment flights to get there does not help at all.
im looking to maintain my mvp gold status by
flying less
segments in a higher class of service with the hope of spending the same or less than
flying many many more economy
flights throughout the year.
Note that Avios prices each
flight segment separately, so if you're
flying from Phoenix to Dallas to Atlanta, you have to calculate the number of miles from Phoenix to Dallas (7,500 miles), then add the miles from Dallas to Atlanta (7,500 miles).