Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SCL, MCT, LGW and a variety of 1W lounges in between.
Programs: BA Mucci (Seigneur et Ingenieur des Appareils Volants (Gold)), QF (WP and LTG), AA EXP, GF Gold
Posts: 3,931
Low cost FFPs
Hi,
I have had the Virgin Express FF card when they had a base here at LGW, I used the Southwest (WN) card in the states, and I am the proud(?) owner of the Ryanscare credit card. I have had the ultimate reverse BA Amex experience by actually buying a Concorde ticket with a Ryanair card. If only O'Leary knew that one!
The SW system was simple, as was the Virgin Express. Collect 20 different stamps/sectors and you were off on a free return on the network. I seem to remember that you could even hub/spoke BRU on their card.
The administration would have to be dead simple. You send in a card of 20 sectors (or whatever) and get a voucher with a code to enter via the website. Book and go. All this lounge, newspapers, drinks, nibbles, showers and all the rest is precisely what differentiates a Boeing 737 in orange/white from a Boeing 737 in white/blue/red. I would rather pay for BA but I am happy taking easyJet. I have banned my staff from flying on "a well known low cost carrier" after they failed a safety audit that we ran on them.
So where does that leave me? Virgin have gone from the UK but still do good stuff from BRU but you have to pay two lots of taxes, and the SN BRU flight from LGW leaves a lot later. I don't get to the US much without having through tickets on RTWs so WN doesn't see me so much. I have stopped flying Ryanair. Roll on those low cost FFPs with easyJet...