MANY THANKS FOR YOUR REPLIES. I TOO MISS PA! DOES ANYONE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS VERY PRECISE QUESTION: ALMOST ALL CURRENT FREQ FLYER PROGRAMS USE A CREDIT CARD OR SIMILAR CARD WHICH USES A MAGNETIC STRIPE TO RECORD OUR FLYING MILES, PURCHASES, ETC. I AM IN A DEBATE--I CONTEND THAT THE ORIGINAL WORLDPASS PROGRAM ISSUED US A SIMPLE IMPRINT CARD--IE, NO MAG STRIPES, SO THAT ANY REDEMPTION OF MILES HAD TO BE BY PAPER COUPON. IS THAT RIGHT?

ALSO, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN WORLDPASS BEGAN TO LET US USE OUR MILES FOR HOTELS, RENTAL CARS, ETC, --IE, FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN UPGRADES OR FREE TICKETS ON PA ITSELF?

I REALIZE THAT AT THE END OUR MILES WERE TRANSFERRED TO DL, BUT MY QUESTIONS HERE ARE CONFINED TO THE PERIOD PRIOR TO 1988.

PLEASE HELP ON THIS BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND MY OLD WORLDPASS FILES.

MANT THANKS!

Many of us have good memories of Pan Am, They were "America" for many around the world. I bought a ticket to fly them from LA to Berlin via LHR and back from CDG. United purchased the LHR routes before I left. I ended up flying LA-JFK-LHR-Tegal on UA. On the way back flew the oldest 747-200 on Pan Am from CDG to JFK to LAX. I think NY to LA was an A310.

Will look for my card.

PS. Please don't type in all caps, it sounds like you're yelling.

[This message has been edited by LA2CDG (edited 07-01-2003).]