View Poll Results: Which describes you?
I "hoard" my miles and points for later day use.
149
70.62%
I "use" my miles and points for instant gratification.
62
29.38%
Voters: 211. You may not vote on this poll
Poll: Are you a hoarder or a user?
May 31, 2005, 10:39 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: SoCal; DO-RAGS: Old Gold tagged, PIP, LatPass 1/2, AA 4MM, HH LT Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LT Plat, Omni
Posts: 9,180
Poll: Are you a hoarder or a user?
Have you used more points and miles than are presently accrued in your accounts?
May 31, 2005, 11:03 am
#5
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,290
Hoarder - been collecting since 1999, but have used only 80k miles for 2 awards to Europe!
Great use of miles though: I did YUL-ORD-LHR-CDG... (rail)AMS-MXP(rail)... FCO-LHR-YUL for 40k miles, and also got the coveted ORD-FCO award on AAdvantage.
Great use of miles though: I did YUL-ORD-LHR-CDG... (rail)AMS-MXP(rail)... FCO-LHR-YUL for 40k miles, and also got the coveted ORD-FCO award on AAdvantage.
May 31, 2005, 11:06 am
#6
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: El Paso, TX, USA
Programs: Kicked out of all of them
Posts: 32,554
Hoarder.
I don't fly as much anymore, and I have 14,000 miles in HP that I am ready to trade in for magazines
But I digress, in the 3 years that I have been doing the miles thing, I have accumulated close to half a million miles, but only used 120,000+
I am saving them for vacations with my baby girl that is soon to arrive
I don't fly as much anymore, and I have 14,000 miles in HP that I am ready to trade in for magazines
But I digress, in the 3 years that I have been doing the miles thing, I have accumulated close to half a million miles, but only used 120,000+
I am saving them for vacations with my baby girl that is soon to arrive
May 31, 2005, 11:46 am
#9
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MN, USA
Programs: NW plat
Posts: 297
I'm a giver. I hate to use the miles myself because I am always thinking about earning EQMs to maintain my elite level. I use them occasionally for trips where they make a lot of sense (like $1200 or 35,000 miles to Peru), but mainly give them to friends and family who are not stuck in the elite trap or use them to bring a companion.
May 31, 2005, 11:50 am
#10
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Chicago
Programs: Formerly: UA 1K, SPG Gold, Marriott Silver, FT Addicts Anonymous; Currently: Grounded
Posts: 829
I would say I am a hoarder, who is unfortunately spread thinly across three programs. US, UA, and DL. I haven't hoarded much, but I hold enough for a couple of int'l awards in each except UA; however, I have never redeemed an award.
May 31, 2005, 12:25 pm
#13
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: USA
Programs: UA Platinum, 1MM
Posts: 13,460
I'm a hoarder especially on UA. I definitely think I should shift to user to burn some of my many miles. However, I hate using miles on cheaper flights where the value isn't over 2 cents/mile.
May 31, 2005, 12:30 pm
#15
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 1,751
User.
Although since the late 1980's I've earned the better part of 3 million miles I've never spent more than 35K miles on any one award as all of my redemptions are for coach "saver" type free roundtrips either within the 48 states (typically 25K miles) or to/from Hawaii (35K miles). As soon as my balances reach these mileage thresholds I typically make an immediate redemption to zero out the account.
PS: Not one single mile of my 3 million has been used for an upgrade - I know some FTers cringe at the thought of the indignity of having to sit in the back of the bus but burning miles for upgrades is a total waste in my book
Although since the late 1980's I've earned the better part of 3 million miles I've never spent more than 35K miles on any one award as all of my redemptions are for coach "saver" type free roundtrips either within the 48 states (typically 25K miles) or to/from Hawaii (35K miles). As soon as my balances reach these mileage thresholds I typically make an immediate redemption to zero out the account.
PS: Not one single mile of my 3 million has been used for an upgrade - I know some FTers cringe at the thought of the indignity of having to sit in the back of the bus but burning miles for upgrades is a total waste in my book
Last edited by yanxfann; May 31, 2005 at 3:57 pm