Originally Posted by
Sixth Freedom
Any one of us could die at any time. But since I am 32 I am hoping not to die yet and look forward to another 40+ years of flying.
With an average of, say, 10 CW or F sectors per year I can look forward to another 400 such flights. In that time I will surely have plenty of opportunities to spend my Avios.
Never assume that your circumstances will stay the same. You never know what might happen in your life. Do you really know what you will be doing in 5 years time? From personal experience I was flying around the world with BMI living the dream...then during one of those adventures I met her....2 years later she said yes, shipped me off from LHR to SFO and now my life is totally different..all in 3 years....so point is, you just don't know.
Originally Posted by
bernardd
In general I think BA have the balance wrong at present. There's an implicit assumption that the points are reasonably useable and offer significant value compared to buying tickets. If they become too hard or too expensive to use, as ThatT1Feeling said the customer perception is increasingly shifting to see avios as a waste of time so the value of the scheme to BA (and its credit card partners) must also dropping.
I totally agree. For me, I don't think playing the frequent flyer game is worth it any more. For some it is, however for me its not....obviously some will disagree, and for others it will still suit