Full service agent?: A poll
Mar 29, 2002, 6:24 am
#16
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Bay Area, UA 1K
Posts: 8
until recently, YES!!! i averaged 150k miles per year for the past 4 years. coupled with my 12 hour work days when not travelling, i would have gladly paid a professional intermediary to track those miles and maximise my opportunities for upgrades and earning mileage. heck, i didn't even have the time to discover FlyerTalk until recently!
nowadays probably NO. i'm travelling and working a little less intensely, so have more time to do more advance planning myself. plus the treasure trove of advice available here on FT....
nowadays probably NO. i'm travelling and working a little less intensely, so have more time to do more advance planning myself. plus the treasure trove of advice available here on FT....
Apr 2, 2002, 1:10 pm
#17
Flyertalk Evangelist and Moderator: Coupon Connection and Travel Products
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Milton, GA USA
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum Elite, Hyatt Discoverist, Radisson Elite
Posts: 19,040
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Apr 2, 2002, 1:26 pm
#18
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: ORD/MDW
Programs: BA/AA/AS/B6/WN/ UA/HH/MR and more like 'em but most felicitously & importantly MUCCI
Posts: 19,719
No. I have yet to find an agent who can render more competent/conscientious service than me doing it for myself.
Apr 2, 2002, 4:20 pm
#19
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NJ USA
Programs: UA MM *G. Continental *G
Posts: 860
Until United Connection (may it rest in peace) came along I used a full service agent. I was probably her best customer yet she regularly screwed something up.
The good thing about using an agent was that I could make full fare international reservations and pay for them a week or so before leaving. This was helpful since I have to carry the purchase price until I get reimbursed. She was also able to get me an upgrade sometimes, but that had already become very rare.
I don't miss using an agent!
The good thing about using an agent was that I could make full fare international reservations and pay for them a week or so before leaving. This was helpful since I have to carry the purchase price until I get reimbursed. She was also able to get me an upgrade sometimes, but that had already become very rare.
I don't miss using an agent!