Historically many airlines have a requirement of somewhere around 100,000 miles per year to achieve top tier status. This can vary significantly around the world, though I’d say that’s about average. Nowadays some airlines have introduced status tiers above these traditional top tiers ones.
Continue reading: Finnair’s New Platinum Lumo Status Requires 450,000 Tier Points Per Year
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Doesn’t seem so hard to get... once a month to NY in C and you’re done. Maybe just shows how generous earning currently is on Finnair? Easier than quite a few top tier currently. I’m just surprised so few qualify...
Qantas have Platinum One tier as well, that requires 3,600 status credits (3x as much as Platinum requires to requalify) including 2,700 flown on QF coded flights.
I've been a Platinum one from 2015-2017, then I decided to downgrade to Platinum (still oneworld Emerald)
The hardest base tier oneworld Emerald to achieve is, still: Marco Polo Club Diamond (which I also have), they're asking for 1,200 club points (HKG-JFK in paid F one-way earns you 240 status credits in QF, but earn only 170 club points on CX's own program!?)
Lucky, throw some love at Marco Polo Club Diamond Plus. As G mentions above Diamond is already pretty hard, one of if not hardest in OW. But Diamond Plus is capped at 1pct of Diamond members, and is determined on cash spend on CX / KA metal only. Depending on the year spending requirements are generally between $125-250k USD/ year (on CX / KA only, other OW doesn't count). Read through the CX FT forum for some details.
A touch easier to achieve than BA GGL, though the requirement to earn so many tier points on FinnAir is more challenging than BA.
The key is not the amount of miles but number of flights.
A lot of people quality for Finnair status with number of flights. People shuttle to Stockholm on a weekly basis, or need to attend meetings somewhere in Europe frequently, or simply live outside of Helsinki and suddenly you've got a domestic sector as well. With four flights per trip, Platinum is relatively easy to get with just 19 trips.
Key goal for Finnair here is loyalty. Right now one people may prefer Finnair but they don't mind flying other airlines. This is targeted to people who fly a lot -- so that they'd fly mostly with Finnair for some special treatment.
There's also the historical element. A lot of Finns switched to e.g. BA and AA FF programs for easier status. Finnair was stingy and people are just slowly returning.
Weird that the comparison charts shows that only Platinum gets oneworld first class lounges considering Gold is also Emerald.
@Wayne Kao if you're talking about Finnair, Gold is NOT OW Emerald, it's OW Sapphire.
KLM have introduced the Platinum Ultimate recently, 360.000 level miles in 2 years.
Lucky, I'm surprised you left this out. In addition to the upgrades, Lumo also gets to gift AY Gold (OW Sapphire) to TWO different people. Don't know what the T&Cs are around that, but seems like a pretty great benefit. At a minimum, worth the value of 2 admirals club memberships!
Straight from Finnairs website
"You have access to the Finnair Lounges and Premium Lounge when travelling on Finnair flights (AY code on the ticket), regardless of travel class. This benefit applies to you and four guests travelling on the same flight. At Helsinki Airport, you are welcome to use our lounges regardless of the operating carrier by showing your Platinum Lumo card and boarding pass. At other airports, the lounge benefit applies only to the lounge printed in your boarding pass and only when travelling on Finnair flights. See all lounge services"