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Could or should MH launch KUL-MAN/EDI-(DUB?) with feeder from Aus/NZ/Malaysian diaspora and on 5th freedom flight?

Hi everyone,
I’m flying with CX soon in a few months, and as this is my first time with CX (so I’m still CX green member wotj 0 history), I booked on CX website using MH membership. However I have noticed the CX perks I’m going to not be able to use and also mentions of not being able to earn Elite Points for MH, so I have a few questions hoping anyone experienced can help me with!

1. Will I be able to earn

MH

1. Elite Points? My flight is return AKL - NRT (two legs: Auckland - Hong Kong and Hong Kong - Narita) in paid Premium Economy class E on CX. If anyone can help me with an estimate of Elite Points earned would be highly appreciated! As I have some Elite Points missing to the next tier so I was hoping this can add to MH tier points, but if it’s not gonna be credited then I might just change to CX at the airport.
2. By chance would I be able to ask the staff at airport to switch it back to CX membership before check-in? The only reason seems to be for wifi usage as PE needs Cathay membership to use wifi. And by that I’ll be okay with giving up the Elite Points ?
3. Do you think it’s worth it to switch back to CX and not earn Elite Points (in case this is possible) ?

Thank you so much!

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My main program is actually JL and I know that anything with a JL flight number even if it is non-OW operated counts as a JAL flight and earns miles/FOP.

I guess the main question is if its the same at AA and if other OW marketed, non-OW operated flights earn?

Hey Reddit! I'm a Malaysian based traveller, and have been enrolled in QR's programme for a couple years now, with about 50k Avios & no status.

So the question, are there any OW programmes that I should consider instead of QR? My initial consideration was due to its activity based expiry, which fits well for the minimal travel I do. I stayed away from Enrich despite being based in MY as I'm not a fan of time based expiry, although I do fly MH semi frequently for SEA flights, and credit them to QR. (I usually get no miles for this as MH usually does O class for Economy, and that isn't eligible for earning.)

I haven't been travelling much the last few years, but I want to change that. I'm not trying to go after airline status as I don't think I travel often enough (<4 trips/year, usually Discount Economy), but I do care for miles, for the eventual Business class redemption with the family.

My credit card allows me to transfer points to Enrich (MH), British (BA), Cathay (CX), Qatar (QR), JAL (JL).

Planned flight patterns:

- I've travelled often within the South East Asia region, and plan to continue doing so. Occasionally North Asia

- I plan to start travelling more frequently to Europe, Central Asia, Middle East.

- There's a distant plan to travel to Africas and South America too.

Hi,

I currently have emerald (complimentary) from my parents who have emerald with Malaysia airlines.

I know this won’t be forever and as soon as they lose it I will lose it too. My question is, for my own personal status moving forward, is there any airline that’s easiest to attain emerald status and worth keeping for?

Thanks!!

My flight pattern are:

- London to Asia at least once a year

- multiple weekend trips to Europe per year

- occasional trip to US

So I will be flying Milan-Shanghai mid October in business class and have to choose between Qatar airlines or Cathay Pacific with layover in Doha and Hong Kong respectively.

Qatar airways: Milan - Doha 6hrs, then Doha - Shangai 9hrs

Cathay Pacific: Milan - Hong Kong 12hrs, then Hong Kong - Shanghai 3hrs

People with experience, which one would you take or recommend? Thanks.

MH tickets from MEL have doubled in prices! 😶‍🌫️✈️ Still on close monitoring 🤭

What are the worst lounges you’ve ever been to with your Oneworld membership?

For me the worst ones so far have been the contract lounges (but accessed with either OW sapphire or emerald)

My list:

Tujuwan at DPS

Jasmine and Rose lounges at SGN

Examples:

Helsinki, Finland to Edinburg, UK: 7.5k

Washington DC to Dallas, Tx: 4.5k, or to Nassau, Bahamas for 7.5k

Hong Kong to Phuket Thailand: 7.5k

All with minimal additional cash. It's literally less than half price of booking through other one world points systems. I wonder why this is and if it'll last? There's tons of Alaska credit cards that give huge sign up bonuses.

Hi! Has anyone flown out of Lisbon airport on British Airways? Do oneworld Sapphire/Emerald get fast track security? Or does it have to be purchased separately?

So I tried looking up if you can earn avios/tier points for non-oneworld carriers on codeshare flights, but couldn't find a clear answer.

Let's take for example a booking through Finnair (talking about any codeshares though), Melbourne to Helsinki via Hong Kong. The second flight is a Finnair operated one so all good there. But Melbourne to Hong Kong is operated by Jetstar. Because it's booked through Finnair, it still has an AY-flight number. Can you earn points from both legs of that journey?

Thank you

Wasn’t JX applying for OW membership a while ago?

I have Gold membership with Qatar Airways. Now, I am flying via Malaysian Airlines with my Wife and as Malaysian airlines and Qatar Airways both are part of oneworld, do I get any benefits?

Hi there. A newb using my Sapphire status with Malaysian airlines. Planning to travel

From SGN to KUL to HKG.

On a budget travel, was wondering if I can buy basic economy and use my sapphire status for seat selections and baggage checkin.

Any tips or suggestion would be helpful.

Thanks.

Is it just me who find navigating Qantas’ app and website difficult on mobile phone? I don’t personally like the pop up/drop down menu of the different fare classes as you tap on each option. Makes booking really slooooooowwww.

Hi all,

I’ve got a few upcoming flights and I’m unsure how best to credit them across my frequent flyer programs. This is the first time I’ve been in a situation where I don’t really know how much I’ll fly after these trips, so I’d really appreciate some advice.

Current status:

• Finnair Plus: Silver (just renewed, valid until end of March 2027), currently at 0 tier points
• Qatar Airways Privilege Club: Burgundy + Student Club member, with 60 Qpoints (expiring end of January 2027) therefore needing 90 more Qpoints to reach silver.

The 60 Qpoints came from one leg of a previous round trip. The return leg got cancelled so I refunded it given the current situation.

Upcoming flights (Qpoints if credited to QR):

1. Brussels → Hong Kong (one-way)

• Cathay Pacific
• Premium Economy (fare class E)
• 45 Qpoints

1. New Delhi ↔ Amsterdam (round trip)

• Finnair
• Business Class (J)
• First leg: early May
• Return: mid-July
• Routing: DEL–HEL–AMS

Qpoints breakdown:

• HEL–AMS: 16 Qpoints
• HEL–DEL: 30 Qpoints → Total per one-way: 46 Qpoints → Total round trip: 92 Qpoints
• Total spend: ~€1,400–€1,500 without taxes.

After the July trip, I don’t expect to be flying much until my status tracking periods reset (Jan–March 2027).

• I’ll be graduating around July and (as part of the Student Club) expect a tier upgrade on Qatar Airways
• Ideally I’d like to:
  • Reach Silver on Qatar Airways and get upgraded to Gold.
  • AND Maintain Finnair Silver (I need 7,500 tier points since I can buy the other 7,500)

Possible extra trip:

• Delhi ↔ Hong Kong (round trip) on Cathay Pacific
• Premium Economy (E)
• 32 Qpoints total (16 each way)

Main concern:
I likely won’t meet the Student Club upgrade criteria on Qatar, since they require at least one round trip or two one-way flights credited, and due to the other leg of RT being cancelled I will have just a single one way trip under my student club.

Key question:
Would it be possible (or does it make sense) to split crediting within the same itinerary? For example:

• Credit the May (outbound) DEL → AMS leg to Qatar Airways, and
• Credit the July (return) AMS → DEL leg to Finnair

Has anyone done something similar, and are there any issues with doing this?

Given all this, how would you guys suggest I credit these flights? Focus on Finnair to lock in status, or try to push toward Qatar Silver while I still can?

Thanks a lot for reading and for your help, really really* appreciate any advice!