Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
Mikey_J Welcome to FT
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.
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Hey Mwenenzi,
Thanks for your help. I've seen some miles + cash deals that seemed pretty decent, so I thought that would be an option for me, but generally any rewards would work - I just feel I'm missing on something flying relatively much for the last few years and not taking any benefit of it.
Flights to AUS were Emirates, I guess in alliance with Qantas (both QF and EK on the boarding pass), flights back were Qantas (only QF on the boarding pass). Regarding the retro miles, the lady at the Emirates service desk in Dubai when I was flying to AUS told me that I can claim back miles from up to 6 months before and she created some Skywards Membership number for me - all I have to do is to activate it right now, if I choose to.
Thanks,
Mike