Aerlingus AerClub/Avios

How did you add your aerclub number to your ba profile?

It's an alignment across IAG. EI is moving to the same year as BA and Iberia.

Hopefully this is a step on the journey back into OneWorld next year. I just noticed that EI have numbered boarding groups at the gate to align with how OneWorld prioritise (not the old "Business/AerClub" they used to have. In Geneva I saw that the gate agent had a list of "status pax" on their monitor - something I haven't seen before.

I suspect more changes to make sure the benefits of AerClub are aligned with IAG so people don't game the system, this may well be what was behind the Credit Card fiasco as EI didn't consider the potential ramifications across IAG.

Where have you seen the numbered boarding groups? Haven't flown in 3 weeks so maybe it's a new change?

Not sure having more than two (priority+carry-on/non-priority) is a great idea. US airlines have multiple numbered boarding groups and it really slows the whole boarding process overall. Only real positive is the people on the super cheap fares end up being the ones having to check-in their carry-on. But you get that with the priority boarding setup anyway

To be fair, I think it’s supposed to be business, AerClub and status holders only and then everyone else, in an effort to avoid the priority line being longer than the regular one.

Enforcement, particularly at outstations is basically non existent so far.

Does anyone know if the free flights with the Aer Credit Card should award tier points?

not 100% sure but my expectation would be that they don’t.

Anyone notice an issue with the estore lately. I went in but all the links are to UK stores. I tried Zooplus and all prices are in £.

Will try that when I get back to the house. Thank you.

I’ve had to email Aer Club as I travelled MRS-LHR-DUB with a mix of BA and EI last Tues and the tier credits have not been applied. I since travelled with them again DUB-LHR-DUB on Wed/Thurs and the credits have already been applied. Hoping they can check I travelled and apply them as I missed out on silver with their moving of the goalposts in April and I’m once again painfully close to qualifying.

Eugh, trying to book flights on rewards.aerlingus.com using Avios points. I found everything I want and get the payment page and then theres nowhere to put in a credit card no or cvc number. I've tried on 2 different browsers Mobile / 2 x Laptop browsers & the App and its the same on each.

Edit, called the customer service and booked it that way.

Quick Question

Got the Aer Credit Card last March, got the free flights from spending the €5k in May and redeemed them in September just gone. No issues

Since May I've easily spent another 5k-10k.

My question is, will I

1. get another round of free flights from March (the anniversary date of my credit card application)

or will I

2. need to start building to the 5k from March and probably get the free flights offered in May 2025?

I assume it's option 2 but just want to hear from others who have had the credit card for more than a year

Its the card year

If you log on to the site it gives you the dates

So would be when you were approved and cards issued ,.it's 5k within that 12 month period

Granted I only have it a couple of months so maybe not the person you want to response

Definitely 6+ last couple of months on IOM route. But they've all gone to 1 now on that route.

LPL is showing 6+ for the dates in November that I checked. Haven't checked many. That's EI Regional

Seems to be just random what they release. Can't rely on it or plan

I have an aer like credit card, I am trying to book a flight with R*@nair as my family are on the same flight and the RA app keeps saying payment failed. I've used the card for other purchases today with no problems, it hardly blocks other airlines cards does it? I used it to book a flight with vueling and had no problems

Yes it worked on the laptop it was just the ra app that was being difficult for me for some reason

I got an email from Aer Lingus on the following:

I've to fly to the Seattle and will have a stopover in Philadelphia on the way and will be booking with American Airlines, will I get tier points for both legs of this flight or will I just get one when using I give my Aer Lingus avios membership for this?

It says there's a possibility to earn tier credits now. Not sure if you can get them booking directly or does it have to be a code share on an Aer Lingus ticket, I imagine it's the latter, would have to check the T&Cs.

But careful, some of these benefits and earnings are all limited to the transatlantic journey. Lounge access is an example or earning is also limited on AA.

You don't get all benefits when flying, let's see Seattle to New York alone on AA, neither will you get benefits (but Tier Points) on let's say BA from Frankfurt to London.

All this is giving you benefits on the transatlantic joint venture; this is not oneworld light or anything.

I think you were lucky with the seating. I find it frustrating that if you book a BA long-haul ticket with EI feeder legs to/from LHR you cannot select seating on the EI legs in advance or even via on-line check in. Similarly the last time I booked an EI J ticket (to IAH) with a BA long-haul segment but using my EI FF details I was unable to select seats without paying quite a lot more despite having EI-Conc and BA-gold status. I asked the BA CSD how I appeared in his pax log - absolutely no status noted whatsoever. First world problems, but the lack of proper integration so many years after the IAG acquisition of EI is maddening.

Yes it's for these reasons that I generally try and stay on BA metal all the way through if I can. I'm guessing you don't fly from Dublin hence the need to have an EI leg. The lack of integration seems very strange, particularly when it would usually mean cutting costs, they are very good at that. Though possibly there will be more movement in that direction in the coming year, with the integration of BA into T2 in Dublin, including the use of the (now really tatty) EI lounge.

BA integration goes live Dec 9th

Is there a weird invoicing structure with Plus fares?

I'm Concierge with AL, have been on 40+ flights so far this year. I was doing my expenses just now and went to the "Print Receipt" option under "My Trips". The amount shown on the receipt is different on two recent plus fares. When I rang the Concierge line, they gave me some garbled (to me at least) reasoning as to why this is how Plus fares are handled. They initially told me it was a flight change fee but backed down when I told them a) I don't get charged change fees and b) I didn't change the flights!

When I look at my email receipt there's a line item for "Extras".

I've never come across this before. Am I losing it or has AL changed something recently?!

WIth TC earning now rolled out for BA and AA for flights booked ticketed by both, does anyone know what the story is with AA flights which are booked through and ticketed by BA?

Thanks

I think the system actually checks who got on the plane. Basing that on there often being a delay applying them as Aer Lingus needs to wait for a foreign airport to send over the passenger list (whereas I presume they already have who checked in on their systems).