Mileage run - is it worth it?

[SQtraveller]

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[Kiwi]

I've got to get another 8k miles in the next few weeks or else I lose BD Gold status.
I do enjoy the benefits of Gold *A and would like to renew, but does anyone have any input as to whether it is worth doing? And if so can you recommend a cheap 8k flight (over a weekend preferably) that I can take?
Thanks

Only you can say what *G benefits are worth to you. With BD Diamond Club most likely being merged into Miles & More in the next year or so, it may well be worth hanging onto the status for a modest cost.

Where are you flying from? Any constraints (eg due to visa requirements)?

[SQtraveller]

Only you can say what *G benefits are worth to you. With BD Diamond Club most likely being merged into Miles & More in the next year or so, it may well be worth hanging onto the status for a modest cost.

Where are you flying from? Any constraints (eg due to visa requirements)?

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[jhm]

It also depends how much you fly whether *G will be useful to you.

Bear in mind also that there's a chance that LH will give SEN status to all BD *G at the time they take over DC. On that basis, you'd get another 2 years of LH SEN (*G) status.

From LHR, I'd suggest the easiest (and probably quite cheap) way to get 8k miles is a weekend in the US. I did this myself a few years ago when I found I was just short of KF ES status, I posted my first ever post on TOF and helpful people like shortfinals, jjpb3 etc suggested a quick trip to New York. I spent about 24 hours there, ate a lot and came back.

You can't do JFK nowadays since UA no longer fly this route (and I don't imagine you fancy AI). Perhaps have a look at LHR-ORD-LHR on UA - 7,905 miles according to Great Circle Mapper ?

[SQtraveller]

It also depends how much you fly whether *G will be useful to you.

Bear in mind also that there's a chance that LH will give SEN status to all BD *G at the time they take over DC. On that basis, you'd get another 2 years of LH SEN (*G) status.

From LHR, I'd suggest the easiest (and probably quite cheap) way to get 8k miles is a weekend in the US. I did this myself a few years ago when I found I was just short of KF ES status, I posted my first ever post on TOF and helpful people like shortfinals, jjpb3 etc suggested a quick trip to New York. I spent about 24 hours there, ate a lot and came back.

You can't do JFK nowadays since UA no longer fly this route (and I don't imagine you fancy AI). Perhaps have a look at LHR-ORD-LHR on UA - 7,905 miles according to Great Circle Mapper ?

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[khellek]

I was doing some searching around different forums and realise UA does offer one of the best mileage run promos from time to time.

Eg the current one is SIN-HKG (Roundtrip fares, include taxes, fees or surcharges) for SGD332!

[Kyo]

Although it's UA, I might find that very useful someday, thanks khellek!

[EWR]

I have a chance to do a mileage run to preserve my gold status too, but as I will likely be flying only once in August (from HKG), and maybe once more next April (and most likely on a OW airline cos of routing), I don't know if it's worth spending a few hundred dollars of my own money in this environment just to be able to access a lounge in HKG. I don't usually have excess baggage, and don't care for priority boarding (but do care for priority de-boarding - unfortunately, not a privilege)... so I'm thinking I should save the moola... What do you think of my assessment? Any benefits I missed out?

[Kiwi]

*G benefits are only benefits if you fly regularly. Spending money to buy benefits you won't use seems silly.

[SQtraveller]

*G benefits are only benefits if you fly regularly. Spending money to buy benefits you won't use seems silly.

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[SMK77]

How about spending 1.100 GPB for a J flight to JFK? Pricing ex Frankfurt is on the lowest level ever... If you have KF miles you can upgrade to F and celebrate your renewal with some Krug ...

I would do the milage run just for the option of getting SEN with LH - status will be valid for two years after conversion.

Ex LHR you might want to check out fares on United.

[ginkoka]

I need to do a mileage run to renew EG status... the current ex-SIN UA promo T&C says 'If passenger is a Mileage Plus member, will accrue actual flown miles.' Does this automatically mean that mileage will be credited to other Star Alliance FF programs too?

[quik!]

I've got to get another 8k miles in the next few weeks or else I lose BD Gold status.
I do enjoy the benefits of Gold *A and would like to renew, but does anyone have any input as to whether it is worth doing? And if so can you recommend a cheap 8k flight (over a weekend preferably) that I can take?
Thanks

Write to them and see if they are willing to re qualify you as *A with current miles and state that you will perhaps be flying next few months with them. Perhaps they will oblige.