Originally Posted by krug

Exactly right Jaimito Cartero.

I saved a co-worker about £500 on a Christmas trip to South Africa, another is off on a discounted maxjet ticket to from London to Las Vegas for just £599each - his first trip in business with his new wife - and it gives me great pleasure to do these things.

But I find I try only to engage if they show interest and patience to learn - as you can come across a little weird if you hit them full on with the whole FF thing. A softly softly approach works best.

I would never explain the ins and outs of how to use priceline for instance as most people think you are quite mad (though this alone has saved me thousands over the years).

I have learned a great deal on here - have nearly a million miles across various programmes (having spent nearly 500k the previous two years), I am firmly of the school of diversify your portfolio to mitigate against airline failure and devaluation.

I try and give back by alerting others to deals where possible, both online here and in real life, but I never preach as frankly those without the intelligence to see the positives do not deserve to be excessively helped.

I view FT as enhancing my income such that I consume an additional $10,000-$15,000 per annum of travel perks, all for free. That's an amazing return on only an investment of time, with no downside risk.

Some people just don't get it. Duh!