Advice on BD frequent flyer scheme

[KeithMEL]

I've got a nagging feeling that I'm getting a reputation here...

Why do you think I've been rather busy burning my AAdvantage miles?

[9V-JKL]

Just to confirm... is it 38K miles to BD Gold and not 55K like previously?

[token01]

if im correct Jv - it is still around 16 000 miles first required for silver then ** miles get reset then u need a further 38 000 miles for gold. Requalification is only 38 000 miles

with lifetime gold available after 10 qualification years - this is certainly manageable for lots of us i think - i mean ey star gold for life for 396 000 miles is pretty good value

i just dont kno if they will change the rules soon

cheers hope it helps if im right lol
token

[KeithMEL]

if im correct Jv - it is still around 16 000 miles first required for silver then ** miles get reset then u need a further 38 000 miles for gold. Requalification is only 38 000 miles

with lifetime gold available after 10 qualification years - this is certainly manageable for lots of us i think - i mean ey star gold for life for 396 000 miles is pretty good value

i just dont kno if they will change the rules soon

cheers hope it helps if im right lol
token

Yep that's correct - 54k the first time, then 38k to requalify.
Try getting matched to BD*G and you won't need to bother with the initial 54k, only the 38k to requalify.

[9V-JKL]

Thanks Mates for the clarification.

[DeltaFlyingProf]

if im correct Jv - it is still around 16 000 miles first required for silver then ** miles get reset then u need a further 38 000 miles for gold. Requalification is only 38 000 miles

with lifetime gold available after 10 qualification years - this is certainly manageable for lots of us i think - i mean ey star gold for life for 396 000 miles is pretty good value

i just dont kno if they will change the rules soon

cheers hope it helps if im right lol
token

Yep that's correct - 54k the first time, then 38k to requalify.
Try getting matched to BD*G and you won't need to bother with the initial 54k, only the 38k to requalify.

You guys forgot there's now "blue". So it is 3k+16k+38k=57k to qualify, 38k to requalify.

Thanks Mates for the clarification.

Hope it is not only clear now, but also correct

[DeltaFlyingProf]

I assume you know that starting from Scandinavia, you can get with cash+miles a F return to SIN for only 50,000 BD miles ? Two credit card applications and £5,000 of spending on the £60 credit card and you're there!

Are you talking about cheating? And now I am not even sure they will let you do it.
This is Z2-Z7 which is 80k miles + cash in F. Z2-Z8 would be 50k miles+cash.

[token01]

dfp cheers for that i musta read it wrong i thought it said only on the silver page that it resets then not as well on blues

oh welllll i knew i was wrong lol

thx for the correction mate btw lovely concorde photos

[KeithMEL]

Didn't even know there's now a blue 'tier'... are you sure the miles reset for that one as well? Or just a matter of achieving 3k to get a permanent card mailed out?

[jhm]

Are you talking about cheating? And now I am not even sure they will let you do it.
This is Z2-Z7 which is 80k miles + cash in F. Z2-Z8 would be 50k miles+cash.

Not cheating! I was confused when I mentioned SIN - it should have been zone 8 - "China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan", i.e. zone 1 (UK) to zone 8 (not SIN) is 70,000 miles for cash+miles in F but if you start in zone 2 (e.g. Denmark), it's only 50,000 miles for the same.

[jhm]

Didn't even know there's now a blue 'tier'... are you sure the miles reset for that one as well? Or just a matter of achieving 3k to get a permanent card mailed out?

I asked the same question on TOF and the answer was that the miles DO reset. It's not actually the "blue" tier but the "blue plus" tier - 3,000 miles required and benefits include free food on BD flights!

[jjpb3]

Didn't even know there's now a blue 'tier'... are you sure the miles reset for that one as well? Or just a matter of achieving 3k to get a permanent card mailed out?

It's "blue plus". For achieving that threshold you get a free meal on those BOB flights that BD operates, courtesy of the blue card that you show the cabin crew.

I believe DFP is correct about miles being reset at that threshold. My brother experienced that after our SIN-BKK-SIN flights.

[KeithMEL]

Kewl - cheers for the correct info.

[DeltaFlyingProf]

It is blue plus (I forgot about the +... maybe, soon, they'll have blue++ ) and I've seen a friend's account reset.

[CGK]

... and I've seen a friend's account reset.