1800flowers.com is my usual florist. They offer slightly more miles than ftd.com.

However, this year due to a desire to line up my order w/next month's billing cycle for the Citibank MastercAArd I have come to love, 1800flowers.com was unable to get anything to my mom in time for Mothers Day. So, I went with ftd.com and they delivered on time, as well as posted my miles quickly. And the really important thing (not the miles), Mom really liked her flowers. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

FTD has let me down too many times. A safer option is to call a local florist and see if they are willing to take the order. Not getting flowers delivered is not worth the miles.

I am not a heavy user but I have used FTD.com twice (sending flowers to Germany) and it was excellent.

Flower arrangement was huge and fresh, delivereed right to the bedside of the patient in the hospital I was sending them too within. Miles posted within a couple of days to AA.

Very pleased with the service.

When sending flowers, it is usually to someone close to your heart, be it you mother, wife, or whomever. It is an emotional purchase and one that you want to go smoothly. The flowers should arrive on time and be worth the money you paid for them.

It seems the problem with FTD.com is one of reliability. The concept is great, but the product and service is too erratic to trust.

Even for miles!

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For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

I'm surprised to hear this because the FTD network has been around for YEARS (when you would place orders with your local florist who would transmit the order to a florist in the recipient's area.) I'm surprised they've lasted so long if their service is so shoddy.

I ordered from The Flower Club a few years ago and the recipient was thrilled with their service. Has anyone used them recently? I know they still offer CO miles, and probably others.

I've had great experiences with Proflowers.com, even though I've never found any way to get miles for using them other than using my FF-earning Visa to buy their flowers.

Another reason not to use FTD,com is that you can not use internet coupon codes AND get miles. Currently there is a $10 off code ( http://www.couponmountain.com/FTD/FTD_coupon.html )
There is also one for 1800 flowers. While I love the miles, I'd rather have the cash!

I used FTD to send flowers to both my mother and my husband's mother in Austria. FTD is the only company that specifically lists Austria in their list of international destinations. I was surprised this time that the miles posted within a week (plus an AAdvantage Gold bonus). 800Flowers on the other hand, at least for me, had to be coaxed into giving me the miles...and that's after many calls.

1800flowers.com has saved my a$$ a couple of times when I was OOT on mother's day and birthdays.

I just used FTD.COM for Mother's Day and got excellent service. I messed up the delivery date (I somehow asked for June 6) and an actual human at FTD noticed that the card said Happy Mother's Day, so she phoned and e-mailed me and I was able to straighten everything out. Mom loved the flowers, so they were aces on that account too.

If I'm sending flowers, I want the highest possible likelihood of a successful delivery.

I always call a florist directly, using online info to find a florist who is located close to where the flowers will go. When speaking to the florist, I can discuss the type of flowers as well as the time/details of delivery.

I've never had a non-delivery. I've obviously missed out on several thousands of miles, but the value (to me) of assured delivery is far greater than the value of the lost miles.

I agree. Their flowers are always beautiful and they last forever. I ordered some roses for my mothers birthday from them and they lasted for 2 weeks. This was in July in Las Vegas!

Always call a local florist or have a concierge service do it. 800-FLOWERS, FTD, etc, end up charging you more for less with more complexity (resulting in more problems).

I also used FTD.com for Mother's Day with perfect results. I've used them about a dozen times and have never been disappointed. I used the FTD link on goldpoints.com for the 100 goldpoints/$ promo which was then converted into AAdvantage miles at a ratio of 8:1, slightly better than AA's promo of 10 miles/$. I'd use FTD again without hesitation.

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Glad to hear from you that said miles from
FTD posted in a couple days BUT mine is more like those that did not post that quickly..And are not posted yet. The posting for special deals should not depend on individual florists..The FTD web site
is where the orders are placed and that is where the miles should post from. The costs
to the individual florists should be included with the commission that they are charged by the web site