Originally Posted by
entropy
banks? plural? You guys don't seem to get it. One bank, one issuer, and have a solid program. From what I can tell, you have "Fly Card" arrangements with a gazillion different Israeli banks. United = Chase, AA=Citi, AS=BofA, DL =AX. And those are real airlines.
And none of your US competitors expire points 3 years after earning them, only if there's no activity in the account.
Originally Posted by
entropy
well, they're not terribly good at that, are they?
On United and Delta, if you fly a lot on expensive fares, you're actually in (some cases considerably) better shape.
El Al is disgracefully mismanaged, its an embarrassment to the State of Israel.
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The move to have every issuer issue the Premium card and Diners issue the regular card is everything wrong with LY, the Israeli credit card system, and the relationship between airlines and Israeli banks.
One would have hoped that a country that knows how to connect banks and airlines, the USA, (some might even say too much,) would've gotten it right with LY.
Multiple banks is more of "attractive point conversion" and less of a credit card portfolio to be proud of (think the old UA different cards, or AA's Citi cards)