Hey guys,
I am just starting out and have been skimming through this thread and I can see there is a lot of good advice here! However I noticed it is mainly for Domestic travel, but am hoping I would be able to get some help with an upcoming trip I am hoping to take to Europe. As of May 5th I will have 100 Status Credits, with a planned trip to Queenstown planned (but not purchased as yet) in July, my trip to europe is aimed for around February 6th/10th until 21st/24th. My destination is London and obviously I would like the best value for money status credits and I'll be hoping I can then plan other tactical trips before then to maximise how the status credits will get used for membership upgrade.
The reseach I have done so far suggests that the best value seems to be booking the 1 journey in premium economy to London (flying out on a tuesday both directions) with a stop in abu dhabi, I believe this will give me 150 status credits for approx $3100. However the trips between Abu Dhabi and London I believe I will be seated in Economy as
Etihad does not have a premium economy section?
Anyway, I was hoping some more experienced flyers/researchers could help me out please with any other possible good value ways to get status credits, it would be greatly appreciated.