Originally Posted by
AJLondon
I personally am quite satisfied with redemption availability. In the last 12 months I have redeemed LHR-DEL-LHR once in F and once in J, DEL-HKG-DEL in J, BRU-YYZ-BRU in J. The dates have also been either exactly what I wanted or within +/-2 days.
Some here think 9W redemption rates are a tad high, but IMHO they are quite comparable to BAEC and LH M&M, my two other main programs. I also get a better F&J product on 9W for similar burn rates. Earn rates however are indeed somewhat lower on 9W (for eg. 225% for a Plat in 9W F, as opposed to 325% for a SEN in LH F or 250% for a BA Gold in BA F.)
I looked at the redemption rates and they are not much worse than M/M. Anyway JP is mainly for my "stray" miles which can not go to my regular programs, so tier benefits are not that material (my main motivation is to pool all these miles into one program with no status but at least some miles rather than have several programs where I have no status and few miles).
I am bailing out of CO because I already have two *A programs and can't see any sense in having a third one as well now they have left SkyTeam- which means my EK flights have no FFP (which would have earned only 150% in F with CO).