Mikey_J Welcome to FT
Originally Posted by
mikey_J
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Miles that I can use for traveling, cheaper flights.
<snip>
(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in an airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
Joined Delta's Skymiles (which I'm not happy with) where I've collected 17k miles on 7 flights so far, so not even a Silver status. (I also have 4 boarding passes to use from last month on round trip flights from the UK to Australia with Emirates and Quantas, 22,500 miles in total, so thought about joining the Emirates program, although haven't done it yet.)
Generally FFP's do not get you cheaper flights. A very few ffp have points/miles & pay option, to use points/miles instead of cash, but these are a very poor use of points/miles. The main use is award flights and upgrades (from eligible fares)
For your Aust trips were the flight numbers QF or EK? See post 2 of this thread for some retro credit information. For most ffp you need to be a member at the
date of the flight. Only a very few ffp allow credit for flights
before you sign up. QF & US Airways do. Cannot find on the BA web site if BA do or do not allow retro credits. You need to something about these now, or you risk losing 22,500 miles/points/avois, or a % depending on the booking class.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...help-here.html