that wasn't meant to be taken literally....what i meant was that your savvy frequent flyer would have by now switched to other options....maybe there are still some people who are using the jet privilege booking engine to credit miles to 9w....i actually did that recently....had to take a flight where 6e was the only option....i could have booked on the 6e website & earned nothing or for the same price i could book on the jet privilege website & earned 350 miles for the round trip ticket....i guess i'm just a creature of habit where it bugs the living daylights out of me if i fly without earning any miles on any one of the frequent flyer programs i'm a part of....

those with existing 9w credit cards would still continue to earn 9w miles....i still have my hdfc 9w card....i haven't used it in the longest time but i still have it....my brother on the other hand uses his hdfc 9w card on a daily basis....he doesn't really care about frequent flyer programs & for him it makes no difference if he continues to use this card or switches over to another one....

i have no clue what jet privilege is up to now....their redemption options are awful but they know that people with miles to burn don't have a choice....they can either use their miles against these awful rates or just let the miles expire....either way, jet privilege comes out ahead....