{"id":7506,"date":"2020-06-22T22:04:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T21:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=7506"},"modified":"2020-06-25T09:55:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T08:55:01","slug":"oneworld-sapphire-after-three-short-haul-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2020\/06\/22\/oneworld-sapphire-after-three-short-haul-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Oneworld Sapphire after three short-haul flights!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I thought British Airways was already very slow in publishing their COVID-19 membership extension policy, but obviously there are worse ones out there – its sister airline Iberia<\/a> hasn’t even started it yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead, Iberia has decided to run a promotion to “help”: for any tickets purchased between 01\/06\/2019 and 15\/07\/2020, and travel dates falling between 01\/07\/2020 and 31\/08\/2020, the passenger will be awarded bonus Elite Points (EP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You get quadruple points on short- and medium-haul flights (under 3,000 miles), and double points on long-haul flights (IB6XXXX). Note that only Iberia, Iberia Express and Air Nostrum operated flights are included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This chart shows the EP earned between Spain and some countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Discounted Economy<\/td>Discounted Business<\/td><\/tr>
Spain Domestic<\/td>15<\/td>35<\/td><\/tr>
Portugal<\/td>25<\/td>75<\/td><\/tr>
UK, Ireland, France, Italy<\/td>35<\/td>115<\/td><\/tr>
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Finland<\/td>75<\/td>225<\/td><\/tr>
Egypt, Lebanon, Israel<\/td>100<\/td>300<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And the EP required to reach Plata (Ruby) \/ Oro (Sapphire) \/ Platino (Emerald) are 1,100 \/ 2,250 \/ 6,250 respectively<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you fly discounted business between Spain and Germany, 3 one-ways will elevate you to Sapphire already<\/strong>, and 7 for Emerald. This is very probably the fastest way to attain Oneworld Elite status across the entire alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Departing from UK, it requires 5 and 14 one-ways respectively. The status is valid through March 2022, so around 20 months validity which is very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I’ve had a quick look and the prices are definitely not cheap – a business return from London to Madrid costs more than \u00a3300. And I’m not sure I should \/ want to fly at this moment either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So instead of extending its members’ status directly, Iberia is basically encouraging them to purchase tickets and fly – very creative…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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