Let’s discuss a few quasi-private / quasi-public news items today:
Air Astana Nomad Club
I hadn’t known much of anything about Kazakhstan based Air Astana or its Nomad Club frequent flyer program until yesterday, but I’ve now investigated it because reasons. The interesting parts:
- They have paid code-share flights
- Nomad Club award tickets can only be redeemed for Air Astana metal flights
- There’s good award availability between Central Asia and major European airports
- Award prices are dynamic, but rates seem to be approximately:
- Economy: 5,000 – 15,000 miles
- Business: 15,000 – 60,000 miles
- They have interline agreements with lots of partners, but only on the earn side.
Want more? Seek your favorite feline friend coded chat room for more information. At the very least, you’ll get a cat picture out of it. They’ll also be happy to tell you about Qatar Avios, but I think that one’s slightly less obscure.
The Robot Lady
In the 2010s there were two “robot ladies” that manufactured spenders befriended. We lost one of them, Kate, in 2016, and the other slightly less famous but more prolific one continued service unabated until a couple of days ago. The signs had been there, the robot lady overlords had been threatening to cut us off since mid December, but we were unsure what the deathbed would look like.
Now that we know though, I can confidently say that there’s a difference between life support and complete robot-death, you haven’t yet found the penultimate all set. Always be probing.
Happy “one of those obscure posts that nobody can understand”-day to all those who celebrate!
Where they are today: Kate’s widower husband.