Liat, I'm STILL waiting for you to respond to my PM.
Also curious - wouldn't it save LY money to just get rid of the Matmid program entirely?
Originally Posted by
EL AL Rep.
Well, flying to NYC in C class will earn you 320 points per segment. If you are a FLY CARD holder you will getbetween 352 to 384 points.
So 4000/352= 11.3 and 4000/384= is 10.4.
Annnddd you pay less fuel surcharge than BA.
And then you can fly UA to NYC. A direct flight (like LY, true), with NO fuel surcharge, no $10 fee to issue the ticket, especially not for high level elites, and a r/t ticket in C costs 7 r/t C trips.
Originally Posted by
EL AL Rep.
U R right. Non of the US competitors expire points after 3 years . EL AL is not flying only to US destinations. In that aspect, you should compare EL AL to European airlines which expire points after 3 years.
BA expires Avios after 36 months of NO ACCOUNT ACTIVITY. As long as I do something like purchase miles for a few bucks, I can extend my Avios another 36 months.
This is ridiculous as there's nothing I can do to prevent points expiring. So if I don't fly enough to get a free flight within 3 years, I've literally just lost points. So it seems that it would make more sense for me to fly BA, UA, etc. since they tend to cost less than LY, (have better websites,) and my miles there don't go to waste.