Hainan Airlines status upgrade after one flight

[Mattg]

I came across this interesting promo with Hainan Airlines Fortune Wings Club.

It looks like you can get an instant upgrade to Silver or Gold status (depending on the fare class booked) by booking a return business class flight with Hainan from Australia (or various other places) to China.

Hainan status comes with various benefits on Virgin Australia, including lounge access if you have gold Fortune Wings Club status.

See the Hainan Airlines website for details - https://www.hainanairlines.com/AU/GB/UpgradeMembership

Fortune Wings Club Members (Fortune Wings Card & Selected Card holders) who book flight tickets on Hainan Airlines Global Website and fly Business Class can directly upgrade to Gold or Silver status after registering on our website.

UPGRADE DETAILS
1. Fortune Wings Club Members who book flight tickets on our website and fly Business Class C/D one-way onetime (or outbound route) can directly upgrade to Gold status.

2. Fortune Wings Club Members who book flight tickets on our website and fly Business Class Z/I one-way onetime (or outbound route) can directly upgrade to Silver status.

PROMOTION & TRAVEL PERIOD
Jan 20, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019

APPLICABLE ROUTES
Round-trip of International flights from North America, Europe, Oceania, and the Middle East to China.

 

[jch]

I came across this interesting promo with Hainan Airlines Fortune Wings Club.

It looks like you can get an instant upgrade to Silver or Gold status (depending on the fare class booked) by booking a return business class flight with Hainan from Australia (or various other places) to China.

Hainan status comes with various benefits on Virgin Australia, including lounge access if you have gold Fortune Wings Club status.

See the Hainan Airlines website for details - https://www.hainanairlines.com/AU/GB/UpgradeMembership

You can get a business return flight for around $2k which would net you around 400SCs on VA, which would also get you to gold pretty quickly when combined with some domestic flying and flybuys etc.