stilloutthere
May 7, 09, 8:56 pm
I got all sentimental about the 'good old days' on NWA. Then I started wondering. If one of the airlines brought back some of these old features, would passengers flock to them?
This is what I remember:
Awards were at 20,000 for domestic, and 40,000 for Asia. I don't remember what Europe was, but probably the same as Asia.
Every time you accumulated 20,000 miles, you were sent two 10,000 mile paper vouchers (OK, we don't want that back) which were good for, I think, two years. When you wanted a ticket, you turned in the correct number of vouchers.
You could use vouchers for one way trips.
There was no noticable restriction on the number of seats available for FF passengers.
You could use the miles for last minute flights. I once took a bus from Chihuahua to El Paso (OK, a bus and a couple of taxis), walked up to the NWA desk and told them I wanted the next flight to Tampa. I gave up my last 10,000 mile voucher, and I was on the next flight.
Excepting the paper vouchers, wouldn't you fly on an airline that offered these features?
This is what I remember:
Awards were at 20,000 for domestic, and 40,000 for Asia. I don't remember what Europe was, but probably the same as Asia.
Every time you accumulated 20,000 miles, you were sent two 10,000 mile paper vouchers (OK, we don't want that back) which were good for, I think, two years. When you wanted a ticket, you turned in the correct number of vouchers.
You could use vouchers for one way trips.
There was no noticable restriction on the number of seats available for FF passengers.
You could use the miles for last minute flights. I once took a bus from Chihuahua to El Paso (OK, a bus and a couple of taxis), walked up to the NWA desk and told them I wanted the next flight to Tampa. I gave up my last 10,000 mile voucher, and I was on the next flight.
Excepting the paper vouchers, wouldn't you fly on an airline that offered these features?