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Originally Posted by mapleg
(Post 31088600)
Man in question has only 370k miles, yet claims flown over 1 million miles. Pretty poor earning rare considering he was saving them up for retirement. Hope his other retirement investments are handled in a more professional manner. |
Originally Posted by pitz
(Post 31098957)
Does Krisflyer sell points in their program to other businesses for distribution to customers? Can you get a Krisflyer credit card? Or is it exclusively a FFP?
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Nice thought, but...
Originally Posted by expert7700
(Post 31090278)
2yrs back, I found myself in the YYZ Signature Suite surrounded by million milers. I talked to a (retirement age) father and middle age son. Singapore and India, paid J, every few weeks. They both had over a million Aeroplan miles but had never redeemed any. I did my good dead for the year and showed them FT and the mini RTW threads. The fact that they had never expired seemed to be dumb luck rather than any planning.
I think a ton of people don't book their own flights (during work careers) and a ton of people don't check their email spam filter. The law on gift cards / points cited upthread seems to (barely) allowing expiration of points.... That needs changed to stipulate that multiple reminder methods need to be employed. Date of mailing a physical letter or post card, and email send logs should be sufficient. //oh what fun that would be to query a list of accounts that are due to expire and gift tens of thousands of them each 1 mile. :) Of course, this would totally wreck accounting forecasts for wiping poings off the books. |
Originally Posted by diburning
(Post 31098902)
1. Does Aeroplan hide the expiration date/policy or make it hard to find, or use really small font? (like Hilton) On the member's account "Overview" section, there is an "Account Expiry" section that displays a 12 Month Account Expiry "Account Expiration Date". https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...4f360d5866.png |
Originally Posted by Often1
(Post 31086366)
Maybe it would be better if the expiration were at 18 or 24 months. But, it is not. It is 12 months. None of us can account for why this particular individual let the deadline pass and why he ignored what AE says would have been two warnings. But, he apparently did. The result seems fair as does the recovery method which still gets the consumer tickets at what seems to be a decent price, if not more than he had planned.
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How is this a new story? If he had 370K Delta miles, it would have barely been enough at the saver level for a return trip in business class for him and his wife.
The way mileage programs are devaluing these days, probably in the near future 370K Aeroplan won't even get you a return ticket to Europe in business class. |
Originally Posted by smilee
(Post 31105523)
How is this a new story? If he had 370K Delta miles, it would have barely been enough at the saver level for a return trip in business class for him and his wife.
The way mileage programs are devaluing these days, probably in the near future 370K Aeroplan won't even get you a return ticket to Europe in business class. |
Originally Posted by s0ssos
(Post 31103895)
I see one expiration notice. When I get "offers" every week from Aeroplan.
Alternative snark: If you took them up on any then your expiration date would reset. More seriously, I'm not sure your point. The point expiry policy hasn't changed. The policy is the policy. There are new weekly offers. |
Originally Posted by RangerNS
(Post 31107262)
Well, until reading an offer gives you points, they still expire after a year of not manipulating points :)
Alternative snark: If you took them up on any then your expiration date would reset. More seriously, I'm not sure your point. The point expiry policy hasn't changed. The policy is the policy. There are new weekly offers. But actually, even after they "expire" you have a grace period, I'm not sure how long, but I did do a transaction after my expiration date and my miles did not expire then (this was last year though, better check again to see when they expire) |
I honestly can't believe this is still being discussed 1 week later. I can't believe it was a story to begin with.
The rules are fair and they are clearly stated. AE sends out warning messages when expiry approaches. This "million miler" goofed. Sucks to be him. His fault and not a story. BTW - Is it just me or does the fact that this is about only 370k miles detract from the already pretty weak story? |
Originally Posted by smilee
(Post 31105523)
If he had 370K Delta miles, it would have barely been enough at the saver level for a return trip in business class for him and his wife.
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Originally Posted by WaytoomuchEurope
(Post 31107778)
I honestly can't believe this is still being discussed 1 week later. I can't believe it was a story to begin with.
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To be honest, 370k after a whole-life-career-flying doesn't sound a lot. This guy must haven't been to FlyerTalk before and learn all the tricks to quickly accumulate the miles. LOL
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Originally Posted by patriwang
(Post 31108570)
To be honest, 370k after a whole-life-career-flying doesn't sound a lot. This guy must haven't been to FlyerTalk before and learn all the tricks to quickly accumulate the miles. LOL
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Originally Posted by patriwang
(Post 31108570)
To be honest, 370k after a whole-life-career-flying doesn't sound a lot. This guy must haven't been to FlyerTalk before and learn all the tricks to quickly accumulate the miles. LOL
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