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 Malaysia Airline Enrich Miles, Get the best bang from your CC points :)

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post Jun 22 2014, 06:42 PM

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QUOTE(tishaban @ Jun 22 2014, 03:04 PM)
Absolutely correct. A handful of routes are mostly empty on C/F but in general KF is never ending waitlist.

The best so far is CX but Maybank TP doesn't transfer to Avios or Asia Miles. Only Citibank does.
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HSBC does Asia Miles too. And there's always American Express Membership Rewards... (people who have the charge cards give little shits about weekend 5% cashbacks laugh.gif)
Earn/burn ratio on AM/Cathay is horrid (except for Economy). 125% on J, and no tier benefits? Kedekut la.

None of the Asian FFPs are that great with mileage (compared to AAdvantage or the old MileagePlus), but you live with what you get.
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post Feb 21 2015, 05:16 PM

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QUOTE(tishaban @ Feb 21 2015, 10:50 AM)
What is your objective? If you're planning to redeem for award tickets and those 130k miles are not deep discount economy I recommend banking those miles with AAdvantage. AAdvantage has a far better redemption rate compared to Qatar or MH.

One way business KUL-LHR/CDG/AMS = 55k AAdvantage or 75k Qmiles
One way business KUL-JFK/LAX = 55k AAdvantage (~$50 in taxes/fees) or 95k Qmiles
One way first class KUL-JFK/LAX = 67.5k AAdvantage vs. 142.5k Qmiles
One way business DOH-KUL = 30k AAdvantage (~$25 in taxes/fees) or 50k QMiles

I've booked the last two before, planning to go to Europe sometime this year with my leftover AAdvantage miles. Taxes and fees are also pretty reasonable.

The key thing is your 130k miles flown on either MH or QR are not deep discount economy which only earn 25-50% miles.

This is basically what I'm doing for work for the past 6-7 years. Happy to answer questions if you have any.
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Not to mention if you have elite status with AA, you get a multiplier on miles earned. 2X for EXPlat or Plat, and 1.25X for Gold. Applies to not just AA, but a whole load of airlines.

Note 1: If @redbull30 has it, get a "Platinum challenge" from AA- you have to pay some money and fly 10k worth of points on AA/BA/QF in 3 months but you get status for the whole year or more, which means 2X the miles from Oneworld airlines.

Note 2: AA is really stingy on MAS/CX promo fares. They earn 0.
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post Feb 21 2015, 09:55 PM

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QUOTE(tishaban @ Feb 21 2015, 05:43 PM)
Good point on the status challenge although I always thought that you'd have to on AA metal only for those miles so it may not apply to much to most people here.

Agreed on promo fares, but if I recall MH doesn't award Enrich on promo fares either.

Overall though I can't complain about AAdvantage, still makes more sense to me overall if the primary way of collecting miles is flying.
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MAS used to give 50% for OQN (both Promo and MHBasic), very soon to be 25%.
AA is great for FFers but in general Oneworld is very premium travel oriented.
Unless you consistently do a lot of business travel, a bigger portion of the miles will have to come from CC.

(BA Avios is a good backup/complementary program but only the Citibank card can post to it. The Maybank cards post to programs with relatively bad earn/burn so the good rates are pretty much offset.)
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post Oct 30 2015, 11:17 AM

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QUOTE(athlon @ Oct 30 2015, 10:42 AM)
thanks but should i call enrich or cx for the upgrade? i have the cx tickets already
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You can't upgrade CX tickets using MH miles. Oneworld doesn't have intra-alliance upgrade opportunities. (Star has it)
Codeshares are even murkier territory tbh because MH might not have access to CX's business inventory, etc.

Only CX bookings in YBHKML fares can upgrade using Asia Miles.

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post Oct 30 2015, 03:35 PM

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Malaysia Airlines' award chart specifically excludes codeshare flights, though.

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post Nov 2 2015, 04:44 PM

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QUOTE(tishaban @ Nov 1 2015, 04:58 PM)

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.
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Just FYI- the local Amex cards that use Membership Rewards also allow you to credit into BA Avios.
The Amex Gold Credit card with waived annual fee and 5x category spend is a decent sweet spot.


Unpopular opinion, but Oneworld airlines are pretty bad for earning miles if you fly in economy.
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