Enroll or not in UA FF program
Dec 3, 2013, 5:16 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Brussels
Posts: 33
Enroll or not in UA FF program
Hi.
I am taking about 30-40 flights a year divided over 5-7 trips usually. Only few of them are with non low cost carriers are carriers with descent FF programs.
As teenager I enrolled in the TK programme as I had a flight to CPT from FRA rond trip, I flew few more times to IST with them and my flights with SN (always the cheapest booking class, so only few hundred miles each time) go to the TK programme too.
However, I am not expecting to fly much more with TK in the future, I fly there now with Pegasus all the time. I only redeemed miles once on a return ticket from IST-SZF,SZF-SAW
I got the error fare with UA: AMS-EWR Round trip.
should I get those miles on UA and thus enroll in their program or keep the TK thing? My miles on TK almost expired and i had to do a real effort to get that domestic RT with them.. not even something I really needed to (a low cost RT had cost me nearly the same as the taxes I had to pay).
What do you guys say?
I am not an export on mileage programs etc.. thanks for the help!
I am taking about 30-40 flights a year divided over 5-7 trips usually. Only few of them are with non low cost carriers are carriers with descent FF programs.
As teenager I enrolled in the TK programme as I had a flight to CPT from FRA rond trip, I flew few more times to IST with them and my flights with SN (always the cheapest booking class, so only few hundred miles each time) go to the TK programme too.
However, I am not expecting to fly much more with TK in the future, I fly there now with Pegasus all the time. I only redeemed miles once on a return ticket from IST-SZF,SZF-SAW
I got the error fare with UA: AMS-EWR Round trip.
should I get those miles on UA and thus enroll in their program or keep the TK thing? My miles on TK almost expired and i had to do a real effort to get that domestic RT with them.. not even something I really needed to (a low cost RT had cost me nearly the same as the taxes I had to pay).
What do you guys say?
I am not an export on mileage programs etc.. thanks for the help!
Dec 3, 2013, 8:06 pm
#2
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: MEL CHC
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This may help http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/star-...post-here.html
Sadly many request’s go unanswered
Do you have any miles with TK or have they expired ?
Sadly many request’s go unanswered
Do you have any miles with TK or have they expired ?
Dec 3, 2013, 8:32 pm
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Brussels
Posts: 33
This may help http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/star-...post-here.html
Sadly many request’s go unanswered
Do you have any miles with TK or have they expired ?
Sadly many request’s go unanswered
Do you have any miles with TK or have they expired ?
Thanks for the reply!
I had 16000 miles, the great share of them expiring by the end of this month.
So I spent 10k on a domestic round trip in Turkey and am left with 5k or so. The taxes on the domestic one where anyway almost as much as a low cost flight to the same airport on the same dates.. so did not win much but well.
I tried to spend it on one business flight IST-BRU or so which was like a bit more than 10k I believe but there were never seats for my days.
Could not upgrade.
I have to admit it was the first time I redeemed miles, I knew and still know very little about it.
Dec 4, 2013, 2:31 pm
#4
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Location: MEL CHC
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The extra was not "taxes" paid to a government. Most would have been carrier imposed fees & surcharges (~profit). Do not confuse taxes with carrier imposed fees & surcharges
Dec 4, 2013, 6:18 pm
#5
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Brussels
Posts: 33
okay sorry! thanks for the info.
i am not a native speaker so .. should be more careful with choosing the right word for the right thing.