Your wife can book a ticket for anyone using her enrich account, not just for herself.

Unfortunately as herc says if you don't have enough from each of your Enrich accounts for a single redemption then you're out of luck, it's not possible to transfer from one TP to another person's Enrich account.

You can gain FFP via 3 ways usually:
1. bonus from CC sign up. Happens very infrequently eg. the 10k TP that you get when you sign up for the MBB Premiere cards, or 30k Enrich that you get once upon a time when you sign up for Citibank PremiereMiles

2. CC spend or other spend (hotel, car rental etc)

3. actual flying

Decide which one you'll be using the most. For the majority of people it's #2
Decide what's important to you eg. short distance regional travel, long distance travel, biz/first redemption, others.
Decide also which CC you'll be using for your spend. If you're a Singapore or Australia PR for example, your options just got bigger.

With this in mind you can decide which FFP you can optimize for eg. MH Enrich and BA Avios are best for short regional travel while AAdvantage is best for biz/first redemption on OneWorld. You can get Enrich via 1, 2, 3 but Avios is available only from 2 specifically Citibank cards or 3 when flying on OneWorld airlines and AAdvantage for most Malaysians are only available via 3 when flying MH or other OneWorld airlines.

This hobby to be honest is far too complex to just describe in a few paragraphs. I've been at it since 2008 and am still learning. Read up and ask specific questions, good luck.

It's all on the Enrich website

http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/enri...les/hotels.html

Cool, fully implemented by September too. At least I know which plane I'll choose when flying to Beijing or Seoul!

You can upgrade with Qmiles only, not Enrich.

Love the sarcastic review

QR F is nice but SQ SIN-AKL is a 12-hour flight compared to DOH-Europe which is at most 7 hours. I would choose to go to NZ again.

Anyone did EY Apartments yet?

I've never tried QR F, have been on J on their 787 which was fantastic, and on their A340 which was meh.

I definitely recommend New Zealand though, was there some years back and am definitely planning to go again. I have enough miles for SIN-AKL-SIN in J for the family but it's impossible to get more than 2 J seats on Air NZ so I might just go to New Zealand twice next year heh.

You could potentially break the journey SIN-FRA and FRA-JFK as KF allows you to do that by paying a bit extra. This might increase your chances of getting the Suites for 2.

You may not like Enrich but if you hit Enrich Gold you'll get Oneworld Sapphire privileges. Free lounges on Oneworld airlines, can't complain...

I think MAB is moving towards a short/medium haul model, with the A350 focusing primarily on their selected long haul destinations eg. LHR and SYD hence the need for only 4 A350. They apparently have options for 2 more A350s plus a pair of A330 to add to their existing soon to be refurbished A330 fleet as well. It is a huge downgrade, from roughly 2 dozen long haul 772 + A380 to about 4-6 A350 but that's what they've decided on.

I don't agree with their strategy, that MH should leave the international long haul market to SQ/CX/EK/EY/QR, they can have a better differentiator compared to competing with AK in the domestic/regional market, plus MH could potentially complement AK. But then again they have to start somewhere so the regional market makes sense in the short term.

While I agree that Enrich as a FFP is dead, it does have its benefits, particularly for short haul/domestic flights during busy seasons. For example a KUL-BKI return trip today for the first week of Feb is roughly RM1,200+ on AK/MH but only between 17-22k miles which yields roughly 5.5 sen or better per Enrich mile.

I wonder how much they'll charge for a first class ticket using Enrich. Asia to the US on Emirates is 100k Alaskan miles one way, compared to about 70k on Cathay/Korean. Emirates is a marketed as a premium product...

Etihad's new year sale is starting in 26 hours.

http://www.etihad.com/en-my/deals/promotio...omotion_id=8309

Not super cheap, Turkish Airlines had amazing sales back in December, but I think you can get some decent deals.

13,950 enrich miles is for one way.

KUL-NRT-DFW on MH is basically KUL-NRT on Malaysia Airlines and NRT-DFW on AA metal. You could do KUL-NRT-DFW-IAH technically if you need to go to Houston.

If you have 100k SPG points I would transfer it to Alaska Airlines miles, which would net you 125k Alaska miles. This, in my opinion way, is more valuable than EK or MH miles. Alaska allows you to redeem on EK or CX or KE plus a handful of others.

I only have 44k SPG points, still waiting on what will happen with the Marriott sale.

I started out with bonus points, but have racked up quite a number just by staying plus as @speedfamgirl pointed out, by knowing what to do.

For example my last stay in the US was ~$1200 for a 9 night stay. With the special bonuses that's available every quarter, plus some bonuses from my Gold status and SPG Amex I was able to net close to 13k SPG points.

If you follow some of the promos going on eg. the 2016 promo in the beginning of the year, one RM330 stay at the Aloft KL Sentral would've netted you close to 4.5k SPG points (2016 new year bonus + 2500 keyless bonus) and that's before other bonuses you may get. If you have a spouse, do it twice, then combine your accounts some time before you want to redeem anything.

I lived and worked for many years in the US. Just applied and was approved for both an IHG and HHonors card. Need to diversify now that SPG is possibly going away.

There are ways to get US based credit cards if you're not a citizen/permanent resident, however it's not quick nor is it free. This is not the forum to discuss it, will put something out in the frequent flyer specific one.


This post has been edited by tishaban: Jan 25 2016, 07:07 PM

Very likely no as Darwin seems to be a low traffic destination. I'd guess the new one would fly to Melbourne/Sydney first.

What about transferring your Starpoints to Avios? Avios redeems on MH at ok rates for domestic too.