Oneworld Emerald Status With One Trip Using Malaysia’s Current Promotion

Yesterday I wrote about the incredible triple miles promotion that Malaysia Airlines’ Enrich program is offering. As long as you book by October 15, 2018, and travel by March 31, 2019, you can receive triple elite qualifying and award miles on all Malaysia Airlines marketed and operated flights.

That’s a really generous promotion. As I mentioned in the post, you could potentially earn their top tier Platinum status (which earns you oneworld Emerald) with a single roundtrip flight in first class between Kuala Lumpur and London. However, the fares in that market are outrageously expensive.

So there’s another option for earning oneworld Emerald status with a single trip in business class for a fairly reasonable price. Specifically, you can fly roundtrip from Tokyo Narita to London Heathrow via Kuala Lumpur for under $2,800 in business class.