MSNBC.com have FF article
Jan 7, 2001 | 10:18 am
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MSNBC.com have FF article
There is an article on the difficulties of being a FF program member on MSNBC.com today:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/510691.asp
It has a brief mention of www.saveskymiles.com
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Mark
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/510691.asp
It has a brief mention of www.saveskymiles.com
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Mark
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Jan 7, 2001 | 10:45 am
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Jan 8, 2001 | 1:52 pm
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Hello,
That guy doeesn't know anything. I clipped this from the article.
"Therefore, about the most financially inefficient way to use your miles is to use them for upgrades. In my book, its not just financially inefficient, but wasteful. The key here is to use your mileage to get a seat on the plane. Any seat. Why waste more than half the needed mileage for getting one seat just to get an upgrade on a seat you already have? You cant seriously believe that free drink was worth wasting all the mileage."
How many of us agree that upgrades are wasteful?
Richard
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That guy doeesn't know anything. I clipped this from the article.
"Therefore, about the most financially inefficient way to use your miles is to use them for upgrades. In my book, its not just financially inefficient, but wasteful. The key here is to use your mileage to get a seat on the plane. Any seat. Why waste more than half the needed mileage for getting one seat just to get an upgrade on a seat you already have? You cant seriously believe that free drink was worth wasting all the mileage."
How many of us agree that upgrades are wasteful?
Richard
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Jan 8, 2001 | 3:59 pm
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To a CO elite, using milages to upgrade in domestic flights is definitely "wasteful". CO will upgrade their elites free (based on availability)
For international flights, I rather buy a ticket and use milages to upgrade. You can get a LAX - London ticket around $500.00 and burn 50,000 miles upgrade to CO BusinessFirst which normally costs $5,000. That's 50,000 miles for $4,500.00 rather than a free coach ticket (which is only $500.00).
For international flights, I rather buy a ticket and use milages to upgrade. You can get a LAX - London ticket around $500.00 and burn 50,000 miles upgrade to CO BusinessFirst which normally costs $5,000. That's 50,000 miles for $4,500.00 rather than a free coach ticket (which is only $500.00).
Jan 8, 2001 | 5:39 pm
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"...I rather buy a ticket and use milages to upgrade. You can get a LAX - London ticket around $500.00 and burn 50,000 miles upgrade to CO BusinessFirst which normally costs $5,000..."
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Oh, if it was only true. My best guess is this nice fare is not upgradable with miles or whatever, at least it was not upgradable about a week ago. You had to get a $800-$1000 fare to get the upgradable fare class then.
MisterNice
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"...I rather buy a ticket and use milages to upgrade. You can get a LAX - London ticket around $500.00 and burn 50,000 miles upgrade to CO BusinessFirst which normally costs $5,000..."
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Oh, if it was only true. My best guess is this nice fare is not upgradable with miles or whatever, at least it was not upgradable about a week ago. You had to get a $800-$1000 fare to get the upgradable fare class then.
MisterNice
Jan 8, 2001 | 9:27 pm
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He also infers that Star Alliance members can upgrade on each others flights, which is not generally true.
I've read a few of his columns, and as best I can tell the only reason he's the "TRAVEL EDITOR" is that Miss Manners and Police Blotter were already taken.
I've read a few of his columns, and as best I can tell the only reason he's the "TRAVEL EDITOR" is that Miss Manners and Police Blotter were already taken.
Jan 8, 2001 | 9:33 pm
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Maybe I'm a little odd, but I have never used miles for domestic upgrades and I never plan to. I also consider it wasteful. Although I fly up front 95% of the time now, even when I was flying mostly coach, I never thought this was a wise use of miles for domestic flights. Most of you that are disagreeing (based on your locales) probably are thinking international upgrades, which we all know is a much better use of miles. I think the author of the MSNBC article was thinking short haul upgrades.
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Jan 8, 2001 | 11:34 pm
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Outoftown,
I find mileage based upgrades quite useful especially on promotional offers for transcon travel. Done it for friends and family when I am not travelling with them. I do get enough free sticker upgrades that I have never used miles to upgrade domestically but I have not travelled in coach years either (mostly free or earned upgrades).
I find mileage based upgrades quite useful especially on promotional offers for transcon travel. Done it for friends and family when I am not travelling with them. I do get enough free sticker upgrades that I have never used miles to upgrade domestically but I have not travelled in coach years either (mostly free or earned upgrades).