Hi all,
Firstly, as I am new to this forum, apologies if I am posting in the wrong area or breaking some other unwritten forum rule...
Having recently started to panic about all the 'wasted' miles I am not claiming for business travel, and incentivised by Qantas' willingness to recognise miles not claimed for 12 months previous, I entered all my missing miles into their 'engine' overnight.
I am an Aussie living and working in Ireland and travel once a month for work. These vary between the illustrious Aerlingus trips to the UK/Toulouse to long haul to Singapore, NY and other parts of the US, on average 3 times a year. I also travel short haul within Europe personally and come home (usually Cathay) twice a year. Although, I have a feeling that my 2 most recent Cathay economy tickets have not earned any points due to designation (although the price made up for that!)
I have now discovered that although my last two (both long haul) trips in BC have given me enough SC for Qantas silver status, I have not obtained the requisite 4 qantas flights. The flights I have entered in the system have not been processed, although one was in January 08 so it falls outside the claim period for points on BA or Cathay of 6 months.
Should I see if I can stop them processing my recent flight LHR-HKG-MNL return and sign up with another program to credit those points?
I will be flying on BA DUB-LHR-NY in October on BC so may get enough status credits on another program there in addition to the recent manila trip for status and the required BA flights are easier to schedule in this part of the world. In other words should I cut my losses?
There is the additional issue of Aerlingus flights (regardless of cost) being categorised as discount economy and not counting for status credits though I can't see any airline who is giving SCs for these flights (except EI themselves).
Any advice?
Firstly, as I am new to this forum, apologies if I am posting in the wrong area or breaking some other unwritten forum rule...
Having recently started to panic about all the 'wasted' miles I am not claiming for business travel, and incentivised by Qantas' willingness to recognise miles not claimed for 12 months previous, I entered all my missing miles into their 'engine' overnight.
I am an Aussie living and working in Ireland and travel once a month for work. These vary between the illustrious Aerlingus trips to the UK/Toulouse to long haul to Singapore, NY and other parts of the US, on average 3 times a year. I also travel short haul within Europe personally and come home (usually Cathay) twice a year. Although, I have a feeling that my 2 most recent Cathay economy tickets have not earned any points due to designation (although the price made up for that!)
I have now discovered that although my last two (both long haul) trips in BC have given me enough SC for Qantas silver status, I have not obtained the requisite 4 qantas flights. The flights I have entered in the system have not been processed, although one was in January 08 so it falls outside the claim period for points on BA or Cathay of 6 months.
Should I see if I can stop them processing my recent flight LHR-HKG-MNL return and sign up with another program to credit those points?
I will be flying on BA DUB-LHR-NY in October on BC so may get enough status credits on another program there in addition to the recent manila trip for status and the required BA flights are easier to schedule in this part of the world. In other words should I cut my losses?
There is the additional issue of Aerlingus flights (regardless of cost) being categorised as discount economy and not counting for status credits though I can't see any airline who is giving SCs for these flights (except EI themselves).
Any advice?
