Comments on: Don’t Be Loyal to Frequent Flier Programs

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:46:22 +0000

In reply to Dave B. I'd fly them more but they don't really codeshare with anyone I fly so I never get any good miles.

By: Dave B

Dave B — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:08:30 +0000

I really like Emirates for service level and reasonable prices so exclusively fly with them now. Their FF programme is a bit weird as you earn 2 sets of miles- one that goes towards status and 1 that goes to free stuff.

Status- very hard to gain levels

Free flights- pretty easy to acheive

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:27:34 +0000

In reply to gresu. It always worth signing up. 4 flights on one alliance might get you some status depending on how many miles each flight is.

By: gresu

gresu — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:53:38 +0000

this year i will be making (dont laugh) four international flights (us to eu), in your opinion, is it worth it to sign up to FF or is that just not enough travel ?

By: George

George — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:09:53 +0000

I should not that there are cards for even those with troubled credit. There are US banks that do secured cards for AeroMexico, Korean, Avianca, amoung others. This is not a bad thing for many people, you put a deposit, that earns interest and build credit at the same time.

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:16:13 +0000

In reply to Frank. Wait you can't use your points to book your ticket? Seems kind of weird.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:43:13 +0000

Talk about how things can change in the middle of your plans…

My wife and I recently got the Chase Visa card and got 100,000 free air miles with British Airways, enough–we thought–for two round trip coach tickets from California to Europe. But, now they are in the midst of becoming Avios points and even the airline doesn’t know how that will effect our plans.

By: marcia

marcia — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:45:39 +0000

Hey NomadicMatt, that’s a really great article. I think the important point is, what’s your prefer. If you are travelling casual, take the Airline you like, I think the most will take the cheapest. And if you are flying for business, I think you have no choice 😉

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:54:19 +0000

In reply to Francis Tapon. While I didn't mention it, I know it. Sometimes the mileage needed to book a flight can change mid-reservation (happened to me once with AA)! It took me ages to find a BA flight to redeem miles on too. Just another pain in the neck.

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:52:44 +0000

In reply to Tim L.. Since I'm in airports so much, lounge access is the most important thing I want while I travel. It's a life saver when you are in an airport every other week.