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AFKL/Flying Blue is matching up to Platinum status for alienated BA elites: https://www.turningleftforless.com/flying-blue-launches-british-airways-status-match/

All EK flights in DXB begin boarding 45-60min before departure. I'm sure she'll make the connection, but no promises on overhead bag space. Assuming she's not in F. The only issue is if she arrives into, say A gates, and departs C gates - which is, at best a 20-30min event gate to gate with no...

BA (like QF), respond to media, and not to customers directly. Therefore, the best way to help BA reverse things, is to get more media noise. The easiest way IMO to do this as an individual is to do a status match using your BA status elsewhere. More status matches -> more media -> pressure on...

My kids have had status with a few airlines. Not too difficult with J/F travel. There is something magical about a 3-year-old guesting you into the lounge when their status is higher than yours.

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There is almost no such thing as a 'bad elite', especially in oneworld. There are only 2 types of bad customers I can think of, and neither would warrant BA making the changes they did. Silvers in the back of the bus..... consider this: would they fly BA if they didn't have status? Do those...

Your EK Skywards Platinum gets late check out at Marriott hotels, along with double dip-earning into Skywards. For other status match opportunities you could look at www.statusmatch.com

Skywards Platinum status takes significant spend/travel to achieve. If you're looking for a status match it might be easier to start out with what you want, versus what you can get.

You don't like pretty gold cards? Someone remove this gentleman from AFF. He is not one of us!

Heard VA Plats are now getting Gold. Lucky for those who got in early and got EY Plat. Snooze and loozze!

It looks like the free gold (plat?) offer for AU has expired and now has a US $79 application fee. As with all these kinds of promos you gotta get in early or miss out! I gave EY Plat a whirl... the F lounge in AUH has an incredible menu!

Seems like Velocity Platinums are receiving Etihad Platinum? Great deal!

And still one of the best in the world.

A dual-airline strategy can be as follows: - Retain your VA status based on domestic travel - Try Etihad for one of the 1...2...3...4.. intl trips you do each year. Their prices are typically less than every other airline and if they make it easy to retain Gold/Plat, then why not? AUH (on EY)...

More likely, they'll wake up and realise that they can charge users a fee to opt in to double status credit promotions. Our company runs that exact tech/offer for another oneworld airline, performs extraordinarily well. Qantas - send me a DM

It seems he may have won if in a court and not via tribunal. He should have consulted Harvey Specter. "In a ruling released this week, the tribunal said while it may be that Barugh’s claim was “legally correct” it wouldn’t be in accordance with justice to award him the money." “Unlike in a...

Bookmark this post. DXB is only getting more crowded. EK Plat is more akin to QF Plat1 regarding effort/cost to attain.

Think reverse. How will QR Platinums feel if VA Platinums can enter DOH F ? For the same reason, I think QF Platinums might soon feel the pinch on EK.

Etihad also removed F check-in for their Plat members, in addition to selecting free economy seats. It might be a good thing that VA is moving to QR...as I doubt EY would give more benefits to partner FFPs over their own members... One observation is that Velocity's status pegging $$ to it more...

Short-term wins on both seats and bringing booking windows forward. The hangover of those offers is felt via Jaded members looking for more 6-12 months later. This is why both airlines continually run bonus SC promos the way they do. Easy to setup. Nobody in management questions the cost of...