Aerlingus AerClub/Avios

No need to book - itll be reflected on your boarding pass or could show your AerClub card. it will work any time you fly out of Dublin on EI.

For return only a select few airports will offer it for EI flights, even if you were connecting to a business flight from Dublin. LIN or LIS or CDG for example didnt the last time I was there. However your mileage may vary - more of a chance it’ll work with a human than the machine though because computer says no.

Ive been platinum since 2019 but i certainly wont get 600 points by end of november. Herself is due a baby so i wont be traveling as much in october and november so i may not make 300 either. Is it true they step you back to Silver for 12 months first or do you go right back to green?

Well ill still have made 10 flights easily so i should qualify for the soft landing.

Managed to sort it.

If you achieve platinum but the next year you fly very little, do you go all the way back to green or just down 1 level to silver?

Sorry this has definitely been asked before but I can’t seem to figure it out:

If my Green Tier start date is 30 December 2020 (meaning my renewal date is 30 December every year) and I earn 301 points by 1 September 2023 do I move to Silver straight away and then keep Silver until 30 December 2024 or do I just keep it until 1 September 2023 (this date becoming my new renewal date?)?

I am trying to figure out if the renewal date stays the same meaning it makes sense to move to silver soon after the renewal date so that you get the rest of that year and the year after for the tier credits…. if that makes sense

I think someone said if you do 4 return flights you soft land down to silver. Scroll back 2-3 pages as i asked the same thing.

If you accepted the J flight you'll get damn all back I think.

I might have to travel to Dallas for work and as I'm close to platinum I figure I'll try fly EI. Their website offers me EI7113 direct operated by American - if I book through EI would I get tier points or only on EI metal? Which means going through ORD or PHL. Ugh, are the tier points worth it?!

I am heading over to the US and the flights I am looking at connect via ORD, so it's EI from DUB to ORD and then United for the rest of the trip. It looks like Business is not available on the connecting flight but there are business seats on the EI leg. Has anyone got an Aerclub upgrade on the EI leg but still in ECO for the rest? Or if you request the upgrade will they say no based on the second leg of the trip not having any BUS seats available?

My Internal flight is only 90 mins so not too bothered, it's just the TA legs. I'll give it a go and see. I hear ya about Aerclub but I travel for work and they have an EI first policy, no idea why but there you go.

I've seen the 'EI metal only' point suggested on here before. It doesn't make any sense to me though that they can sell a flight with an EI number (albeit codeshare) through the EI website and not give out EI tier points. Does anyone know that this is the case for sure? I have a Houston booking in a few months' time (EI ticket on BA long-haul metal) hence the interest...

I haven't bothered with AerClub since I fell out of Gold Circle years ago. It was more trouble than it was worth for me.

Bit of a pain you can't upgrade your own seat if getting a companion ticket on a flight. Was told companion ticket has to be in the same class so can't upgrade my own seat as you can't upgrade the companion one anyway.

Also, does anyone know what baggage is like for companion tickets? Website says no checked bags but the agent said there was as I had bags on the main ticket. Or even if no checked bag, does it still have a carryon (transatlantic flight so tickets have those anyway without paying extra)