When British Airways nuked their frequent flyer programme, a certain cohort of people started looking elsewhere. Considering the many options both inside and outside the oneworld alliance, there is plenty of choice.
One of the most interesting airlines to get status with is Royal Jordanian. You can qualify by flight segments, moving to Silver Jay (Ruby) with 14 flights, Gold Sparrow (Sapphire) with 30, and Platinum Hawk (Emerald) with 46. The kicker is that those reaching top tier get to have it for two full years, which is very nice indeed.
Can you get Platinum Hawk with 46 sectors?
Many airlines insist that you fly a certain number of flights on their own metal to trigger the ability to move up a tier. For example, with Aegean’s Miles+Bonus, you need to fly with them twice to move to Silver and four more times (for a total of six) to go Gold.
There used to be a similar requirement at Royal Jordanian. A single article online from 12 November 2024 pointed out this requirement had been quietly dropped. However, people noted that buried deep in the Terms & Conditions for the Royal Club programme, it still remained listed.
That was in May 2025 and after some manual claims, everything was credited by July and his status was duly upgraded. Of course, doing something like that is not for the faint hearted!
Overall Thoughts
The point of mentioning the person who did the run (which cost a little over EUR 1,100.00 for those wondering) is that you can fly with any oneworld airline and credit to Royal Jordanian. Once you rack up enough segments, you will have your status upgraded.
I doubt many people will do this, but it’s certainly a viable option for attaining status. Having flown RJ and been to Jordan I’d thoroughly recommend going… after all, you get upgrade coupons to use when you reach a decent level.
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