A general observation...
May 26, 2015 | 6:41 pm
#16
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DL, KL, AZ, etc - no F
DL miles poorly regarded
May 26, 2015 | 7:13 pm
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Yeah, and Flying Blue isn't regarded all that well as a program either. Plus I'm pretty sure KE makes you take a polygraph test, submit a blood sample and an affidavit to redeem miles.
The really flashy/blingy F stuff is ME 3, which also means AA/BA/AS.... more programs oriented towards OW and English-speaking countries (in terms of where they serve and customer base).
The really flashy/blingy F stuff is ME 3, which also means AA/BA/AS.... more programs oriented towards OW and English-speaking countries (in terms of where they serve and customer base).
May 26, 2015 | 7:55 pm
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statistics on trip reports forum would be interesting
maybe a lot of the DL earners on FT >
- more focused on status than awards
- business travelers who dont write reports
- redeem for travel for business / to family
- redeem for family / other people
- redeem for Y including domestic
maybe a lot of the DL earners on FT >
- more focused on status than awards
- business travelers who dont write reports
- redeem for travel for business / to family
- redeem for family / other people
- redeem for Y including domestic
May 27, 2015 | 3:13 am
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May 27, 2015 | 10:26 am
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I'm sure the first comment has it correct. US and AA miles are (or were in the case of US) easy to come by. Lots of people have a lot of them. And they are easy to redeem for premium cabins on a number of airlines. I've used mine for CX F to SE Asia the last couple of years (and will again this year). I'm sure that's the main reason.
I think there were a lot of *A reports for a while as well when it was easy to cash in relatively small amounts of UA miles for travel on premium airlines. And Aeroplan used to have such great, cheap F redemptions too. Now that they've devalued you see somewhat fewer *A reports.
It's great that this section is here though. Personally I am more interested in destinations than lounges, seats and menus/food. So whatever airline, doesn't matter.
My most recent travel was on paid tickets though AC to Japan which I wrote a report on and I am just back from a couple of weeks in Spain thanks to DL's cheap Z class fares to Europe. I'll write that report once I get the photos edited. (Credited the miles to AS)
I think there were a lot of *A reports for a while as well when it was easy to cash in relatively small amounts of UA miles for travel on premium airlines. And Aeroplan used to have such great, cheap F redemptions too. Now that they've devalued you see somewhat fewer *A reports.
It's great that this section is here though. Personally I am more interested in destinations than lounges, seats and menus/food. So whatever airline, doesn't matter.
My most recent travel was on paid tickets though AC to Japan which I wrote a report on and I am just back from a couple of weeks in Spain thanks to DL's cheap Z class fares to Europe. I'll write that report once I get the photos edited. (Credited the miles to AS)