Your frequent flier account... It's just been revoked. (Trees And Things)

port1080: Re: flying has depreciated in value.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:39:41 EST

I have not, but my wife went on a university sponsored trip to Europe a few years ago (right after the Euro really started appreciating against the dollar, so they were on a budget) and she spent some time in youth hostels. The Europeans really know how t

thefadd: Re: flying has depreciated in value.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:18:53 EST

Have you ever stayed in this one?

thefadd: Re: flying has depreciated in value.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:12:22 EST

There are some really nice beds out there. I don't know what kind of bed you have at home but I'd never put a ton of thought into it until I ran into some really nice ass beds at a couple.

skeeter1: Re: flying has depreciated in value.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:11:41 EST

"Is there really that much difference between a $1000 night hotel room and a $300 a night room?"

Hell, I'd settle (and have many times) for a $50 room at a Super-8, Motel6, Red Roof Inn, HoJo... I've been in all of them, and if it's clean,

wetkarma: Re: flying has depreciated in value.

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:45:31 EST

Is there really that much difference between a $1000 night hotel room and a $300 a night room? As long as there's a decent mattress on the bed and the sheets are clean, I don't see there being all that much difference.

Yes and no. Mostly no

port1080: Re: flying has depreciated in value.

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:51:25 EST

The ability to guarantee leverage myself into a $1000/night room for 35000 hotel points is far more useful than questionable availability on a flight I can buy for $300 bucks.

Is there really that much difference between a $1000 night hotel ro

pO157: It's how the airlines make $$$. OfficeSpace style.

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:51:49 EST

Honestly dude they make more money selling magazine subscriptions than they ever did slinging IniTech executives around the country.

What are you going to do with your 40 new subscriptions to Vibe?

thefadd: Re: Screw FF Miles...

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:01:10 EST

By the same token, if you got a gift card for Christmas, you'd better use it up pronto.

Unless you live in California where it's illegal to expire them.

I think I actually just got an email from Continental or one of my ff accounts that

skeeter1: Re: Screw FF Miles...

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:08:58 EST

"That is just stupid and likely to piss off their best customers -- the guy who needs to get from NYC to Boston or something with no more than a days notice."

Back when I was writing for a magazine in NYC but living in Cleveland, we often had to

wetkarma: flying has depreciated in value.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:04:38 EST

The thing about the modern flying experience is that (with the exception of select international airlines), flying on a specific airline is a commodity experience. I travel a lot and I've been treated exactly the same by all the airlines. Frequent Flyer po

skeeter1: Your frequent flier account...

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:37:36 EST

Well, I don't fly much any more, but the FF miles aren't much different than gift cards. The busi

pO157: Re: Screw FF Miles...

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:42:07 EST

Actually, people like you are who they want. They WANT to use the miles to attract people, have banks pay for the right to branding credit cards, and then pay the airlines for miles they pay out as rewards, have retailers pay to pass out miles to customers

thefadd: Re: Screw FF Miles...

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:38:28 EST

The airlines are a very competitive industry and I can see where rewards for frequent and corporate customers would engender loyalty and help maintain a consistent customer base. Personally, I don't fly that much but I've got multiple frequent flyer accoun

port1080: Screw FF Miles...

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:33:14 EST

...just give me cheap, efficient service. Maybe that's impossible these days, with the new security overhead and the rapidly fluctuating but always increasing cost of fuel, but that's what I want and I think I'm not alone. It's no coincidence that the ai