I spoke about Aegean Airlines about six month ago. The highlights:
- Signup and receive 1,000 miles (counts toward elite status)
- Earn 3,000 additional miles to receive Star Alliance Silver Status
- Earn 16,000 more miles within 12 months of achieving Star Alliance Silver Status and receive Star Alliance Gold Status
The cool part about this status? Most report the status is good for 2-3 years, and since it is earned through an International Airline (not United/US Airways), it gains you access to any Star Alliance Lounge in the world, provided you are flying on one of their alliance airlines!
A few months ago I had to fly to New Orleans for work, and lucky enough, one of the cheapest flight options was on U.S. Airways (which earns 100% miles on Aegean). I now have 9,300 tier qualifying miles with 7 months to fly another 10,700 to gain lounge access for, hopefully, years to come!
I`m thinking a trip to the west coast for a weekend is in our future. NSPfiance and I each have a $99 companion pass on US Airways that came with their credit card, so even a $400 fare turns into a $250 fare for each of us. It also helps that most flights route through CLT. That will net close to an extra thousand or so miles.
Oh, and this came in the mail last month:
Aegean Blue Status
Free checked bags? Check. Priority security access at multiple airports? Check. Again, one of the best parts? Take a closer look at that expiration date!
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