you can claim retrospective miles from other airlines up to 6 months back....

yes, as part of oneworld alliance....

http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/enri...r-airlines.html

The link will tell you the class of travel and the percentage miles awarded....

I thought 25k elite miles needed for upgrade to silver?...

No....elite miles are actual flown miles....whereas enrich miles can be converted from other affiliated programmes like CC....

Need to fly....buying ticket no points unless you actually use the ticket to fly....

Other way is have 30 elite sectors....ie fly 30 economy sectors or 15 business sectors...so people doing frequent short flights can also qualify without needing 25k miles....

Open jaw is a return ticket that lands in one and return from another city....useful if you have a ground itinerary and you don't need to retrace your path to arrival city....

Eg. Last CNY, the tour we went on landed in BCN and departed from MAD....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jul 7 2016, 08:14 PM

Don't know how mh has been getting away with imposing 'surcharges' over what is standard in their paid tickets....

But redeeming other airlines with enrich will mean calling them, and no discount on points required...might as well redeem into Asia miles....

Then no more advantage doing on line with mh any more....

i just checked...still got the 15% discount on miles....for booking beyond august....where did you see this info about withdrawal of the disount?

i have lots of miles, and need to redeem a few tickets for december, but cannot do now, as it is not confirmed...can only decide end next month...

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1. When will the15% off online redemption be discontinued?
The 15% off online redemption will no longer be applicable effective1st August 2016.
2. How do I enjoy Enrich miles discount with the discontinuation of 15% off online redemption?
As our valued Enrich member, you will enjoy a better reward from Enrich through our
redemption campaigns throughout the year.
3. Why is the 15% off online redemption discontinued?
With Enrich quarterly and frequent redemption promotion offers throughout the year, the 15%
off online miles will no longer apply.
4. Is there a replacement for 15% off online redemption?
No. Prevailing redemption miles offer will apply from time to time.
5. Will there be other exclusive discounts I can enjoy on online redemption activity?
No. Prevailing redemption miles offer will apply from time to time
6. Does Enrich have the right to cease the 15% off online offer anytime?
Yes
7. Is the discontinuation of the 15% off online redemption permanent?
Yes as this has been offered since 2009.
8. Does it impact the Cash + Miles redemption?
Yes, member will no longer get the 15% off online discount for Cash + Miles redemption online.
9. Does it impact other Enrich services eg. Enrich Express, Enrich Transfer and Enrich Extension?
No, currently the 15% off online discount does not apply for this Enrich Services
10. Is there a difference in redemption miles if member perform redemption online or offline
effective 00:00 on 1st August 2016, Malaysian Local time (GMT +8)?
No. Only the channel of redemption will be different as follows:
a. Online redemption will have members logging in to his/her Enrich account to redeem.
b. Offline redemption, members may contact our Call Center or approach our ticket office
for the redemption.
11. What is the last date for members to redeem at 15% off online?
The 15% off online will end 23:59, on 31st July 2016 for all redemption booked and ticketed on
Enrich online.
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yes, it will indeed be discontinued from bookings made after 1 august...

"better" awards just mean the usual awards they push on and off, for the unpopular destinations....mostly useless ones, to me anyway...

so those with confirmed trips, better book now to get some points discount...i may have to just take a chance and book the december trip, since it's 90% confirmed anyway....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jul 22 2016, 02:27 PM

yes....i think i will move towards other programmes...unfortunately it is very difficult to get confirmed seats with sq...always waiting list....

not greedy lah....they are loosing money big time....and i think a significant percentage of their front cabin is taken by low return redemption passengers, not those high yield full price ones...

They want you to pay for your tickets lah, not redeem...hence make it less attractive for redemption....

i have never booked, nor will ever book, a redemption ticket based on a waiting list....that to me is too uncertain, and should you fail to get a seat, you are stuck with extortion prices at the last minute....

the good thing about enrich is, you will almost always get a redemption seat, even at the last minute, although you may need more miles....

sq to australia in december is already on waitlist!!!....so NOT an option at all....

Redemption tickets also have tiers, so as the cheaper tickets are redeemed, the higher category tickets will them come into availability, requiring higher miles...this usually occur during peak seasons like school holidays and festivals, northern hemisphere summer etc...

But you are right, you can almost always get a cheapest tier redemption ticket....so either there aren't that many people redeeming, or they allocate more seats for redemption...I suspect the later, as mh's front cabin product isn't very competitive....

They are trying to fill up empty seats....when it's close enough to know they will not be able fill the aircrafts....while wanting to make as much as possible...

They used to do the aa way, sell cheap early...but lately, you only get them discounting a few weeks before....so nowadays i don't book early....

just as for sq, cx's asia miles is all "full" and "waitlist"...can't find any confirmed ticket at all...

i thought december may be peak for australia...but checking other dates even in october reveal no confirmed tickets...

whereas i easily find lots of mh seats in december...

It is still worth it if redeem for business class seats.. .. economy, not much advantage....

That will be multiple sectors and needs 2 sets of miles....if it's to nrt or kix, I advise redeem mh sibu-japan, same miles required as kul-japan.... effectively you get sin-kul free....