BlueBiz - New incentive scheme (worse)
Oct 3, 2018, 6:18 am
#1
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BlueBiz - New incentive scheme (worse)
Hey there!
For anyone using the BlueBiz program, I've got bad news about the new incentive scheme, effective as of 1 October 2018.
According to the new chart, EUR 7 in BlueCredits will be awarded for each EUR 200 spent in ticket fare and carrier surcharge.
Basically, for a return long-haul flight in J costing around EUR 3,000 with the old scheme one could earn EUR 140-600 in BlueCredits (depending on the specific country's earning scheme), while now it would be less than EUR 100.
A big downgrading of the whole program...
For anyone using the BlueBiz program, I've got bad news about the new incentive scheme, effective as of 1 October 2018.
According to the new chart, EUR 7 in BlueCredits will be awarded for each EUR 200 spent in ticket fare and carrier surcharge.
Basically, for a return long-haul flight in J costing around EUR 3,000 with the old scheme one could earn EUR 140-600 in BlueCredits (depending on the specific country's earning scheme), while now it would be less than EUR 100.
A big downgrading of the whole program...
Oct 3, 2018, 7:46 am
#2
Join Date: May 2015
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good to know that they simply dont care about any kind of customers
most companies ive been where they had bluebizz it was mostly for accounting and management purposes rather than earning blue points
at least in FB employees can still have miles , but i heard that in germany miles are considered as income/assets and therefore need to be declared
most companies ive been where they had bluebizz it was mostly for accounting and management purposes rather than earning blue points
at least in FB employees can still have miles , but i heard that in germany miles are considered as income/assets and therefore need to be declared
Oct 3, 2018, 8:12 am
#3
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good to know that they simply dont care about any kind of customers
most companies ive been where they had bluebizz it was mostly for accounting and management purposes rather than earning blue points
at least in FB employees can still have miles , but i heard that in germany miles are considered as income/assets and therefore need to be declared
most companies ive been where they had bluebizz it was mostly for accounting and management purposes rather than earning blue points
at least in FB employees can still have miles , but i heard that in germany miles are considered as income/assets and therefore need to be declared
Oct 3, 2018, 10:10 am
#5
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It depends on your flight path. For instance, with the old incentive scheme a long haul return flight in business class would have given you around EUR 200-600 in Blue Credits which you could spend on one or more intra-EU or intra-US flight...
Oct 3, 2018, 10:17 am
#6
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
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They were flogging BlueBiz real hard in the Air France lounge in Geneva yesterday morning. I was showered with gifts, including a notebook and a USB memory stick, despite saying I was a freelance musician. I think she thought I was joking.
Oct 5, 2018, 8:17 am
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Oct 5, 2018, 8:47 am
#9
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Oct 5, 2018, 9:19 am
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For France, if you click here (from the BlueBiz FAQ section) you get an error message:
http://www.airfrance.fr/FR/en/local/..._airfrance.htm
http://www.airfrance.fr/FR/en/local/..._airfrance.htm