On a far more positive note, Qatar Airways flights can be credited to American Airlines AAdvantage and the British Airways Executive Club so these Business Class fares offer a great opportunity to earn miles and credit
towards airline status.
Airline specific cards often include perks like priority boarding, free checked bags, and credit
towards airline status for free upgrades.
Airline specific cards often include perks like priority boarding, free checked bags, and credit
towards airline status for free upgrades.
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.
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.
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.
As British Airways continues its path
towards low - cost
airline status it would appear that the low - cost carrier it's most concerned about is rising to meet it part - way.
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.
A number of co-branded
airline credit cards offer holders a path to earning credit
towards the minimum spend criteria that
airlines now require if you want to earn
status in their programs.....
When credited to Singapore
Airlines SilverKris, P fare class tickets will earn 110 % of mileage flown
towards award miles and elite
status.
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.
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.
Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQD)-- a contribution
towards the new minimum spending limits American
Airlines has introduced this year for those aspiring to
status in the AAdvantage program.
From 2017 American
Airlines will require flyers to spend a minimum of $ 12,000 if they want to reach Executive Platinum
status (50 % more than I'm spending this year to reach the same
status level) and, to compound the issue, the
airline will not be counting taxes and fees
towards the minimum spend thresholds.
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.
They can also redeem miles on either
airline, and all travel on either
airline will count
towards status benchmarks on the member's choice of
airline.
But even that would not earn you that
status since the major domestic
airline programs no longer count actual miles flown
towards the
status.
These miles count
towards qualifying for Elite
Status with American
Airlines, which is their loyalty perks program for frequent flyers.
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.
As a member of Japan
Airline's Mileage Bank Frequent Flyer Programme (JMB), you earn points
towards your tier
status every time you travel on eligible oneworld flights.
world ® member
airlines, you earn miles and points
towards your tier
status every time you travel on an eligible flight.