Hi fellow FFers,
Just want to see if you concur.... that personal status "top-up" run, just to achieve / keep a status for future benefits especially for Y travel is a waste of money, I believe for most of us
1. work pays for J travel, in this case all the benefits such as lounge access / priority bags / additional bag allowance / seat selection are already there.
however my point is if you need to achieve / keep a status using personal money so you can travel Y better later, that is not worth it, for example if you spend 1,500 - 2,000 to achieve / keep a status so you can have lounge access / seating preferences when flying Y personally, the same can be done via paying for lounges and buying better Y seats.
1,500 to 2,000 can be a lot of paid lounge access / paid exit row seats.....
what I have experienced is that even as a WP / OWE, the lounges worldwide can be disappointing even for OWE, and the seating in Y is not always guaranteed !
however cash can buy you these....
I have tried the OWE lounge in LHR T5 and the *A Gold lounge in SIN, they are terrible...
Just want to see if you concur.... that personal status "top-up" run, just to achieve / keep a status for future benefits especially for Y travel is a waste of money, I believe for most of us
1. work pays for J travel, in this case all the benefits such as lounge access / priority bags / additional bag allowance / seat selection are already there.
however my point is if you need to achieve / keep a status using personal money so you can travel Y better later, that is not worth it, for example if you spend 1,500 - 2,000 to achieve / keep a status so you can have lounge access / seating preferences when flying Y personally, the same can be done via paying for lounges and buying better Y seats.
1,500 to 2,000 can be a lot of paid lounge access / paid exit row seats.....
what I have experienced is that even as a WP / OWE, the lounges worldwide can be disappointing even for OWE, and the seating in Y is not always guaranteed !
however cash can buy you these....
I have tried the OWE lounge in LHR T5 and the *A Gold lounge in SIN, they are terrible...