neil_gardner
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Received a letter in the post the other day. Summary of changes are
1) Any status miles earned in one year over and above 55,000 are autoamtically converted to additional destination miles for redemption (effectively 2 for 1 earn rate)
2) Monthly bonus for BMI flights moved to 35% of monthly earn. *A remains at 25%.
3) Silver Card for partner at 16000 destination miles if you achieve 55000 status miles in a year.
4) Lifetime gold if 10 consecutive gold years.
5) Auto-upgrade on both paid flights and award flights (BMI flights only). This may have already been there but I am not sure.
It looks like they are trying to create a pseudo-platinum level within the limitations of the *A 3 tier system. That's a good move as I am sure there are plenty of folks out there like me that do one trip a year in paid J which earns them the 38,000 to retain gold. I may nowthink about flying more SQ over QF.....it depends on how close I am to QP.
For me, 1) is the most valuable ; 2 is worth less as I never fly on BMI - am currently living in Melbourne. SQ and UA allow me to retain gold.
3) is redundant as my wife is already BMI Silver - thanks to her annual trip home to UK with SQ.
4) Could be very useful - not sure how it copares to Lifetime Gold wtih Qantas
5) Like 2), as I never fly BMI isn't much good - but I am sure very valuable for others.
Cheers
1) Any status miles earned in one year over and above 55,000 are autoamtically converted to additional destination miles for redemption (effectively 2 for 1 earn rate)
2) Monthly bonus for BMI flights moved to 35% of monthly earn. *A remains at 25%.
3) Silver Card for partner at 16000 destination miles if you achieve 55000 status miles in a year.
4) Lifetime gold if 10 consecutive gold years.
5) Auto-upgrade on both paid flights and award flights (BMI flights only). This may have already been there but I am not sure.
It looks like they are trying to create a pseudo-platinum level within the limitations of the *A 3 tier system. That's a good move as I am sure there are plenty of folks out there like me that do one trip a year in paid J which earns them the 38,000 to retain gold. I may nowthink about flying more SQ over QF.....it depends on how close I am to QP.
For me, 1) is the most valuable ; 2 is worth less as I never fly on BMI - am currently living in Melbourne. SQ and UA allow me to retain gold.
3) is redundant as my wife is already BMI Silver - thanks to her annual trip home to UK with SQ.
4) Could be very useful - not sure how it copares to Lifetime Gold wtih Qantas
5) Like 2), as I never fly BMI isn't much good - but I am sure very valuable for others.
Cheers