United Booking with VA Gold

[Jusrus]

Hi team,
Just booked United economy 3 pax return Madrid-NYC for March.
Obviously no alignment, but they are a Singapore Airlines partner.
I think best action is to create Singapore KrisFlyer accounts, then move points (presume I can't move status credits) across to Virgin from there?
Any advice appreciated!
Thanks
JR

 

[Isochronous]

Agreed.

 

[henrus]

I think best action is to create Singapore KrisFlyer accounts, then move points (presume I can't move status credits) across to Virgin from there?

You will lose some points in the process. Currently it's 1.55 Krisflyer miles to 1 Velocity point (with a minimum transfer amount of 5000 miles).

What fare class did you book? The cheapest fare types as a roundtrip (MAD-EWR direct) wouldn't earn over 5000 miles and you can't pool or transfer Krisflyer miles between accounts.

If you've got K class which is the cheapest that showed on the United website then you'd only be earning 1789 Krisflyer miles.

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[Jusrus]

You will lose some points in the process. Currently it's 1.55 Krisflyer miles to 1 Velocity point (with a minimum transfer amount of 5000 miles).

What fare class did you book? The cheapest fare types as a roundtrip (MAD-EWR direct) wouldn't earn over 5000 miles and you can't pool or transfer Krisflyer miles between accounts.

If you've got K class which is the cheapest that showed on the United website then you'd only be earning 1789 Krisflyer miles.

Where to Credit | Calculator

www.wheretocredit.com

Thanks for the intel here - you're right - now only 25% on the cheapest class K flight, so not worth the hassle. At least I save myself some admin?

 

[henrus]

Thanks for the intel here - you're right - now only 25% on the cheapest class K flight, so not worth the hassle. At least I save myself some admin?

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Yep not worth the hassle... although it wouldn't hurt to set up a united account and credit the points. United miles don't expire anymore so they might come in useful sometime in the future (although you can't transfer points between account without an expensive fee).

United award flights start from 5000 miles for domestic flights in the US/ Japan and 8000 miles in other places.