How Much Are Enrich Miles Really Worth?




Travelling by air is rarely considered cheap. Apart from purchasing cheaper tickets during the promotional period, there are other ways to cut back on your travelling cost. You can do so by redeeming your air miles to get free or cheaper tickets, upgrade travel classes and a list of other services.

This is a great way to save money on your travels. Earning miles was previously made available only to frequent travellers to earn frequent air miles to redeem free or cheaper flights on their consecutive flights.

These days, all you need to do is spend on your credit card in cinemas, petrol stations, or grocery stores and earn reward points that can easily be converted into air miles. There are an array of credit cards that are available in today’s market that offer this privilege but these conversion points vary among different credit cards and airlines.

How much is one Enrich Mile really worth?
It is common knowledge that you can stretch the value of your Miles by using them to redeem a long haul flight, and for the more expensive cabin class. Here’s an example to help you calculate the value of each Mile to determine if the redemption is worth your points.

If you are flying to Jakarta from Kuala Lumpur, here is the difference in the Miles values across different cabin classes.



For longer haul flight, like Kuala Lumpur to London, the breakdown is as follows



This post has been edited by kinabalu: Nov 20 2014, 08:55 AM

Yes, you have to pay surcharge by cash and not EM redemption.

Those info i dig it out from google. not my work though.

http://www.businessinsider.my/how-much-are...s-really-worth/

Get the most out of your Miles

1. Choose the suitable credit card that gives the most value for money
Different credit cards offer different rates to earn a point, which can then be converted into Enrich Miles (depending on the credit card).

Each Ringgit spent could add up to a certain amount of points. It is good to get multiple reward points for every Ringgit you spend but what is more important is how many reward points you need to acquire in order to convert it to air miles! Always look for credit cards that can offer you better air miles with their reward point conversion.



2. Redeem your air miles during non-promotional periods, for less popular travel destinations, more expensive cabin class and long haul flights

Air mile redemption is worth more when ticket prices are expensive during non-promotional periods than when the ticket prices are on offer (for the same destination). During promotional times, you most probably purchase tickets cheaper on your own rather than if you were using your air miles to redeem them.

Also, you would want to use your points wisely by redeeming air miles on less frequented or rarely discounted routes as these routes are usually more expensive and rarely have any promotions. Besides, long haul flights are typically more expensive and it would be more worthwhile to use the air miles rewards for that.

3. Remember to consider tax and surcharges before deciding to redeem your air miles

Air mile redemption is based on just the cost of the ticket, excluding tax and other surcharges. You will have to pay these regardless any promotions or redemptions. So it is always wise to calculate the difference you would pay if you did redeem or did not redeem your air miles reward. This is will tell you if it is worthwhile or not to do so.

Using the formula above, you can easily calculate whether it’s worth it to use your Enrich Miles to redeem the flight you want.

The enrich miles reward system provided by the airlines plays a significant role in your travelling expenses especially when you are an avid traveller, regardless for business or vacation. Enrich Miles also allows you to redeem on a list of best offered services for your travelling convenience. By taking advantage of this system, you could be a step closer to your dream vacation in comfort.

Hi Bro Gen-X

Here are the comparison I did for EM vs Krisflyer vs AsiaMiles (KUL - LHR Roundtrip business class)

Frequent Flyer	Miles Required
Enrich Miles	110,000
Krisflyer	160,000
Asia Miles	120,000
From	To
Kuala Lumpur	London Heathrow

Conclusion : EM is more worth for our buck.

Source :

https://www.asiamiles.com/am/en/redeem/flightawardfinder
http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/ppsclub-...age-calculator/
http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/enri...a-airlines.html

This post has been edited by kinabalu: Jan 22 2015, 07:42 PM

Sorry my bad, see wrongly. Edited to 110,000

http://www.maybank2u.com.my/mbb_info/m2u/p.../PRO-Promotions

wow congrats!

Stay one week only?

First class... wow

How much is the EM cost?

redeem now for less headache.

Need sifu tishaban to teach us more on frequent flyer.

Maybank WMC.

Maybank WMC comes into my mind first.

Do you have Maybank 2 Premier card already?
The conversion rate is the best, 4500TP = 1k airmiles.

He did explain before, you need SSN to apply for US based CC
And for US CC, there are no extra fee incur when buy in foreign currency unlike ours

EDIT:

If you dunno what is SSN, then u are not qualified for US based CC.

This post has been edited by kinabalu: Mar 13 2015, 03:30 PM

Gen-X

Dear Sifus,

I travel to Newark Liberty international airport from KLIA once or twice every year.

So far the choices I have is with BA (EWR - LHR - KUL) and cathay (EWR - HKG - KUL)

At the moment I am spoil with FF choices and cannot decide which one suits me the most.

Please advise among Enrich/Asiamiles/AAdvantage, which one is the most suitable for me?

I been to the forum there, it is quite confusing to me and will take quite some time to read through everything.

Thank you for the reply.

As some sifus mention that for cathay, it is very hard to get award ticket for its flight.
Not really familiar with BA Avios though, it will be my last choice because of the long hours of layover in LHR.
I do not have any knowledge in frequent flyer program. I m not sure which FF will get the best bang for my cash.

Hence the dilemma of choosing the correct FF miles.

Calling Enrich to book will lose the 15% discount right?

Kuching to KL only 3500 miless + RM28 airport tax

Not bad rate i think