Originally Posted by
Raffles
...Your broader arguament does not really work for most FT'ers, though. If you travel with your job, you are going to accumulate miles and points whether you like it or not! And, as you're going to accumulate them anyway, you might as well maximise as best you can.
Good point.
You might not be surprised at the number of people that don't bother to enroll in any airline/hotel program, and don't care about amassing miles/points.
Why, just the other day, I was chewing the fat with someone who flies two-three times a year from the USA to Europa, and said person doesn't bother with the airline frequent flyer programs.