Can't believe it. Finally Aer Lingus flights allow you to earn Avios and Tier points.
One of the reasons why, until now, I avoided flying with Aer Lingus was the inability to get points [...]
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One of the reasons why, To date, I have avoided flying with Aer Lingus was the inability to obtain avios points and qualifying points for status in theexecutive club of British Airways, and finally it seems that the anomaly is over.
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It must be said that there is no official statement by the Irish airline, or the IAG group, but the BA.com website appears to be up to date in the information regarding the buildup with the Dublin-based carrier, and so it would seem, conditional obligatory, that the big day has arrived.
Aer Lingus, thanks to its strategic location, has always offered some Attractive fares for flying to the west coast of the U.S., also taking advantage of The pre cleareance that allows you not to queue at immigration and cutting the passenger even 2 hours of waiting time once they disembark in New York, Boston or Chicago, but until now IE flights did not allow them to accrue points and status, a real problem for a thousands of serial accumulators of points and miles.
Two clues make a proof:
- BA's partners page has been updated
- Aer Lingus flights have been entered into the points calculator on BA's website
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Here's what you gain by flying direct from Milan to Dublin:
A quick check reveals that there is no bonus disbursed for status, which means that the number of Avios that accumulate on Aer Lingus flights will be the same for all Executive Club members and not affected by classic bonuses related to the level possessed.
Now all that is needed to complete the package is the parity of Aer Lingus flights with Iberia/British Airways flights, i.e., the counting of these routes as qualifying flights in order to obtain the status, this is because in order to obtain the level it is necessary to also make some flights with these two companies and it's not enough to credit oneworld flights on BA's frequent flyer card.
Of course, the talk is reciprocal, and even those who want status in Aer Lingus' FF will now be able to accumulate points by flying British or Iberia.
