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United Saver Award Restriction Removed
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>> >: I agree. I understand why the airlines like the concept of expiring > >: mileage as it can become quite a financial burden. >But they have to stick to the policy they started with.
Uh, I think all the FF program rules I’ve seen have something along the lines of ‘Conditions subject to change’… It’s nice if they give you some warning but they are certainly not required to stick to the policy they started with.
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DF> I like Delta’s policy but really think they are being too generous. DF> (ie 1 segment every 3 years to keep miles from "going poof") DF> IMHO a perfectly reasonable policy would be one segment per year to DF> "poof proof" your FF account!. What if you get assigned overseas for 18 months, and it’s to a location they don’t serve? You might not get a chance to fly them for a while. Besides, why should you complain when they’re *more* generous than you think they need to be? (Now if they’d just fix that little L class upgrade thing, say by allowing L upgrades after the 10 minute gate appearance deadline or something…) — Geographic locations in DNS! <URL: http://www.kei.com/homepages/ckd/dns-loc/ >
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>Besides, why should you complain when they’re *more* generous than you >think they need to be?
Not complaining. I’d just compromise the 3 yrs down to 1-2 yrs in return for better award seat availability. (Now if they’d just fix that little L class >upgrade thing, say by allowing L upgrades after the 10 minute gate >appearance deadline or something…)
Your "preaching to the choir" on this one!! Making PM’s sit in steerage when first has available seats is rediculous!! When I have to go L, class it ain’t on DL
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Now if they would only eliminate their silly "miles go poof" policy. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Bowing to consumer pressure, United removed Sat night and 14 day >advance notice restrictions on Saver Awards.
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> Now if they would only eliminate their silly "miles go poof" policy.
I agree. I understand why the airlines like the concept of expiring mileage as it can become quite a financial burden. I think a good compromise would be that if you are smart enough to be aware of your mileage, they allow you to call in within the last month the mileage is good and extend it for another year. Or, do like Delta and as long as you fly once every three years, the mileage does not expire. — To avoid unwanted spams, an additional letter has been added to fischer. Remove the "c" if you desire to email me.
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: I agree. I understand why the airlines like the concept of expiring : mileage as it can become quite a financial burden. I think a good : compromise would be that if you are smart enough to be aware of your : mileage, they allow you to call in within the last month the mileage is : good and extend it for another year. Or, do like Delta and as long as you : fly once every three years, the mileage does not expire. If you’re not a frequent-enough flier to earn a trip in 3 years, then you don’t fly enough to deserve one at all. That’s the purpose of the rule.
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>: I agree. I understand why the airlines like the concept of expiring >: mileage as it can become quite a financial burden. I think a good >: compromise would be that if you are smart enough to be aware of your >: mileage, they allow you to call in within the last month the mileage is >: good and extend it for another year. Or, do like Delta and as long as you >: fly once every three years, the mileage does not expire. >If you’re not a frequent-enough flier to earn a trip in 3 years, then you >don’t fly enough to deserve one at all. That’s the purpose of the rule.
What SORT of trip and for how many pax a FF can earn varies, of course. Some people would like to explore the planet, other want only to go visit Mom in Milwaukee… While the super-duper never-get-off-the-plane FF can of course earn enough miles to take the entire family to Antarctica FC every six months, the plans are presumably not made only for them or else there wouldn’t be the lower levels of membership. If I were forced to mainly use a carrier with expiring miles, I’d give up worrying about FF miles and go for the cheapest and/or most convenient flight each time I flew, regardless of carrier. (For example, I sure wouldn’t have flown US to FRA in order to get to TLV!) Obviously, carriers like United and NW and AA have no interest in my business but I’m glad that some carriers do. Just my 2 cents.
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I like Delta’s policy but really think they are being too generous. (ie 1 segment every 3 years to keep miles from "going poof") IMHO a perfectly reasonable policy would be one segment per year to "poof proof" your FF account!. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Now if they would only eliminate their silly "miles go poof" policy. >I agree. I understand why the airlines like the concept of expiring >mileage as it can become quite a financial burden. I think a good >compromise would be that if you are smart enough to be aware of your >mileage, they allow you to call in within the last month the mileage is >good and extend it for another year. Or, do like Delta and as long as you >fly once every three years, the mileage does not expire.
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> >: I agree. I understand why the airlines like the concept of expiring >: mileage as it can become quite a financial burden.
But they have to stick to the policy they started with. > I think a good >: compromise would be that if you are smart enough to be aware of your >: mileage, they allow you to call in within the last month the mileage is >: good and extend it for another year.
But that doesn’t change their financial burden. > Or, do like Delta and as long as you >: fly once every three years, the mileage does not expire.
I really wonder what Delta get out of this. becasue it is an incentive for people to donate miles to charity. >If you’re not a frequent-enough flier to earn a trip in 3 years, then you >don’t fly enough to deserve one at all. That’s the purpose of the rule.
Don’t "deserve." You deserve to be able to follow the conditions of a contract, whatever they are. > What SORT of trip and for how many pax a FF can earn varies, of course. Some > people would like to explore the planet, other want only to go visit Mom > in Milwaukee…
I prefer to get tickets that can be stretched, through the magic of stop-overs and open-jaw tickets. Indeed, it is sometimes possible to go around the world for about 50k or 60k (sometimes plus $200 or $300) or so, by doing some open jaws and stopovers through Asia. dave — Dave Case To prevent spammers, please remove the one of the Ss from my address when replying.
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Credit with coming up with a bad idea that devalued FF miles in the first place. Sounds more like the accounting group went out of control initially…..
: > Bowing to consumer pressure, United removed Sat night and 14 day : > advance notice restrictions on Saver Awards. : > : > : > — : > Hassan Alam : You got to give UA some credit for listening to their customers on this : one. I thought it was a lousy idea from the beginning. : — : To avoid unwanted spams, an additional letter has been added to fischer. Remove the "c" if you desire to email me. — Hassan Alam
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Assume this is not the last you’ll hear from the accounting group!!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Credit with coming up with a bad idea that devalued FF miles in the >first place. Sounds more like the accounting group went out of control >initially….. >: > Bowing to consumer pressure, United removed Sat night and 14 day >: > advance notice restrictions on Saver Awards. >: > >: > >: > — >: > Hassan Alam >: You got to give UA some credit for listening to their customers on this >: one. I thought it was a lousy idea from the beginning. >: — >: To avoid unwanted spams, an additional letter has been added to fischer.
Remove the "c" if you desire to email me. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->– >Hassan Alam
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Bowing to consumer pressure, United removed Sat night and 14 day advance notice restrictions on Saver Awards. — Hassan Alam
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> Bowing to consumer pressure, United removed Sat night and 14 day > advance notice restrictions on Saver Awards. > — > Hassan Alam
You got to give UA some credit for listening to their customers on this one. I thought it was a lousy idea from the beginning. — To avoid unwanted spams, an additional letter has been added to fischer. Remove the "c" if you desire to email me.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Bowing to consumer pressure, United removed Sat night and 14 day > advance notice restrictions on Saver Awards. > — > Hassan Alam >You got to give UA some credit for listening to their customers on this >one. I thought it was a lousy idea from the beginning. >–
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