Mileage accumulation trends of Flyertalkers...
 

Looking for some answers from everyone.

Are you a business, business & leisure, or leisure flyer.

Do you have a yearly budget cap on how much you would spend for accumulating miles and points.

On an average, how many miles and points do you amass in a calender year.( 2000 and 2001 firures )

Current Airline/Hotel/Other Programs breakup of miles and points

Sounds like another journalist using FlyerTalk as a one-stop data shop... can I ask why you want this information?

Yeowch....

Me a journalist. Gimme a break. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Yea, Bourne made 97 posts so he could suck us all in. What a Joke.

I fly a mix of business and pleasure. Domestic business travel about 10+ segments a month, 60-70k a year.

Then 40-50k leisure travel and mileage runs for status and bonus.

Mix of business and pleasure. Mostly business. Did 100k+ last year; don't remember segment count. Will try to do 100k+ this year, but don't know exactly because of economy. Travel expense has been cut back by corporate.

I guess the reason for confusion was that I did not put my details in.

A leisure flyer, I rake up 30-40K by flying and another 60K + by promotions, phone companies and other methods.

I fly about 85-90% business. Every year for the past 5 years or so, my travel has substantially increased. Thus far in '01, my current pace puts me somewhere in the 350-400k-mile range by year end, maybe a bit more. I do not keep close track of my segments, as most of my trips are long-haul. My budget for the express purpose of accumulating miles and points: zero.

81k this year total. About 75/25 business/personal

~95% business flights, with a few personal flights thrown in here and there.

As per mileage programs, I put almost all airline miles (100k/year) to Am West to hit platinum. Hence, many free upgrades and a 125% mileage bonus. Sidenote: Earning miles the hard way since almost all flights are CONUS.

As per the visa, hotel, auto, dining, phone tie-ins; these all go to other airlines (SWA, UA, NW, AA). It keeps some activity rolling forward each month on each account, and allows for a FC upgrade on that once or twice per year that I fly these airlines (with the partner miles and the few miles from prior flights). Result: FC almost all of the time, regardless of the airline (SWA notwithstanding, of course).

P.S. I am tied in with UA on the dining program. I do not have any idea which restaurants participate. However, since everything is automatically posted, little surprises just show up here and there on my UA statement.

Not a bad deal, although clearly not in the marketer's minds-eye when the program was developed.

95% Business, 5% Family Fun http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

So far this year 01 Jan 01 - 30 Apl 01 as follows;

AA 36 Segs, 125,000 miles
UA 6 Segs, 10,000 miles
NW 8 Segs, 15,000 miles
DL 3 Segs, 5,000 miles
TW 1 Seg, 1,000 miles

Hilton, 14 stays, 18 nights
SPG, 9 stays, 11 nights
Marriott, 3 stays, 5 nights
WestCoast 2 stays, 2 nights
Hyatt 1 stay, 1 night

I'm on the middle level of accumulation. Flew about 50 to 60,000 business miles last year, all domestic. I am able to do the majority with one airline - American. I was flying BDL to BWI on USAIR, but I won't be able to move miles after the summer. Also took 2 "leisure" trips last year. In December I spent $200 for a milage run to put me over the top for AA Platinum.

I also stayed loyal to one hotel chain, HI, where i spent the majority of my 94 nights on the road, becoming Platinum there as well.
I've always loved the merchandise and hotel awards, but the hotel awards are now unreasonable, and even more important, there has been a big decline in quality in some properties. If I could stay at CPs only, I would stick with them.

I continue to stick with American, but this year I'm spending more time in Starwoods.

Wonder if there are any flyers who fly more for leisure than business.

I fly solely for leisure; my job does not require travel at all. I try to do everything as inexpensively as possible - travel off-peak season to Europe, sale fares domestically. I fly primarliy on CO, NW (yuck) and US. I'm shooting for elite status for the first time in my life on CO this year. I should be able to do it with one more trip to Europe. The benefits of being loyal to one airline are apparent to me now.

So far this year I've been to Reno (NW), Glasgow (CO), Denver (CO); will be flying to St. Louis (CO), DC (CO) and Brussels (US). I will also be taking my first official mileage run (CLE-TPA-IAH-LAX-IAH-SDF-CLE on CO) at the beginning of June. I'm doing the mileage run the weekend after I get back from Brussels - talk about jet lag.

Do I set a cap on how much I spend? Well, no, not really. If I find a great fare somewhere I jump on it. Most of my trips are just short little weekends to visit family and friends. I guess travelling is my "hobby" - people here at work think I'm totally nuts.

Now with the Hilton 50K bonus, I'm working toward earning that one. I've never really tried to earn elite status at a hotel. I'm going to give it a try this year.

I really just turned into a mileage junkie this year - after amassing enought points over the years on both CO and NW for a trip to Europe on each. All of a sudden, earning miles just seemed to pay off, so now I'm doing everything possible to maximize what I earn.

A big round of applause to all you seasoned FTers. I've learned so much from all of you. Just by reading these boards and registering for two bonuses on CO, I earned an extra 14,500 miles I never would have known about or been credited.

I have zero miles, and am proud of it http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

100% leisure activities. About 100,000 miles so far in US Airways. Will start pursuing miles on NW Worldperks and AF Frequence Plus programs.

No caps. I work on impulse. Yearly I accumulate about 25,000 - 30,000 miles.

[This message has been edited by aw (edited 05-03-2001).]