Not exact matches
Other
airlines (like American, United, and Delta) thrive on the
elite status benefits and other luxury offering like airport lounges, so their cards have benefits that cater
towards these offerings.
Certain credit cards can also serve to shortcut your way
towards elite membership with
airline and hotel loyalty programs.
I'll cover credit cards which earn
elite miles or points (which count
towards airline or hotel
elite status) in a later post in this series.
Quick clarification, if I want to book an American
Airlines flight through the Chase Sapphire Travel Portal, will I earn EQM (miles) and EQS (segments) like normal
towards elite status since you said it was a revenue transaction?
One of the best features of a premium co-branded
airline card is the ability to earn miles
towards elite status, and the United MileagePlus Club card doesn't allow you to do that.
Those miles count
towards elite status and are hard to earn on any
airline.
Earning Alaskan Miles: You can earn miles and segments whenever you book with Alaska
Airlines or any of its global partners and work your way
towards an
elite membership to unlock more rewards.
Enjoy a faster path to American
Airlines AAdvantage
elite status with $ 3,000
towards EQD requirements once you have spent $ 25,000 in a calendar year on the card.
Since these redemptions are treated as cash purchases, they will count
towards airline or hotel
elite status if that's something you're trying to achieve.
With Singapore
Airlines KrisFlyer, V fare class tickets will earn 10 % of mileage flown
towards award miles and
elite status.
So you will still earn miles / points with the
airline or hotel and it will credit
towards elite status with their program.
Just like yesterday, where I showed that American
Airlines and United
Airlines now have identical
elite qualification requirements, here we can see that American
Airlines and United
Airlines award miles
towards elite qualification in exactly the same way for flights they market.
Alaska
Airlines Mileage Plan miles earned on American
Airlines flights count
towards elite status qualification, while American
Airlines AAdvantage miles earned on Alaska
Airlines flights also count
towards elite status qualification.
The
airline may give you 7,000 miles as compensation, but be advised that this does not count
towards your
elite status so although you have 22,000 miles, you won't have silver status since 7,000 miles did not count toward the status.
United has by far the more generous policy for earning miles
towards elite status when booking with partner
airlines and, as I do a lot of international travel, this counts for a lot.
When credited to Singapore
Airlines SilverKris, P fare class tickets will earn 110 % of mileage flown
towards award miles and
elite status.
The miles
towards elite qualification awarded on partner marketed flights varies from partner to partner so, to get a general idea of what each
airline offers, I selected a few of each
airline's more prominent partners and used them to get a range of miles awarded for each fare class.
On both
airlines passengers will earn a minimum of 1 mile
towards elite qualification per mile flown irrespective of the fare purchased and those flying in the premium cabins will earn even more:
When credited to Singapore
Airlines KrisFlyer, V fare class tickets will earn 10 % of mileage flown
towards award miles and
elite status.
On Tuesday I took a look at the qualification criteria set by the Big 3 US legacy
airlines for anyone looking to earn status in their respective rewards programs and yesterday I followed that up with a post on how the Big 3 US
airline award miles
towards elite qualification.
Other
airlines (like American, United, and Delta) thrive on the
elite status benefits and other luxury offering like airport lounges, so their cards have benefits that cater
towards these offerings.
Co-branded
airline cards, on the other hand, may offer you the opportunity to earn miles
towards elite status by reaching certain spending criteria.
Alaska
Airlines recently expanded its Mileage Plan program by offering mix - and - match one - way partner awards and allowing frequent flyers on international partner airlines to earn points towards MVP elite
Airlines recently expanded its Mileage Plan program by offering mix - and - match one - way partner awards and allowing frequent flyers on international partner
airlines to earn points towards MVP elite
airlines to earn points
towards MVP
elite status.
One of the best features of a premium co-branded
airline card is the ability to earn miles
towards elite status, and the United MileagePlus Club card doesn't allow you to do that.
The Flexperks Travel portal is «powered by Orbitz,» so unlike with
airline redemptions, you probably won't earn points on your hotel stays, and they won't count
towards elite status.