How many active frequent flyer memberships do you have?

dajop · #1 (**permalink**) 11th December 2005, 12:02 AM

Just curious to see how many frequent flyer programs AFF members actively participate in. By active - I mean as a rule of thumb you have enough points balance to redeem for awards (just airline programs - not including credit cards). Also, this definition would not include FF programs where you took that 1 flight 3 years ago and earned 1,256 pts but need 20,000 to make the first award booking.

knoxd · #2 (**permalink**) 11th December 2005, 03:31 AM

G'day, I have 6 active cards that all have miles..

QFF
UA
Airfrance
Emarates
Air Canada
REX

And of course I still have an Ansett card somewhere in the house..

and of course
Virgin and
Virgin Atlantic...

But these two have no miles..

Only QFF has status.. the others are all at the lowest level..
Had these for a few years.. only had one or two flights every couple of months for a few years before i joined QFF in '03...

Kiwi Flyer · #3 (**permalink**) 11th December 2005, 04:03 AM

Several of my cards have status. Some others were done to take advantage of generous promos. Other than possibly picking up a sky team FFP I think I'll cut out a couple.

oz_mark · #4 (**permalink**) 11th December 2005, 01:33 PM

QF, SQ, and MH active here.

And a little collection of dormant or inactive cards!

Lindsay Wilson · #5 (**permalink**) 11th December 2005, 04:39 PM

Hmmm, active ones (and enough to get award from):

QF (Plat)
NW (Plat)

Others (active from time-to-time):

UA (Was Gold, but now base)
SQ (always base)
AA (base)

Also have BA Exec Club (for the OLCI benefit, would never credit any flight there)

DPG · #6 (**permalink**) 12th December 2005, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lindsay Wilson

Also have BA Exec Club (for the OLCI benefit, would never credit any flight there)

Lindsay, please ignore my ignorance, but what is the OLCI benefit?

D P G

Mal · #7 (**permalink**) 12th December 2005, 09:11 PM

OLCI would most likely stand for "On-line Check-In"

https://www.britishairways.com/checkin/ciLogin.jsp

JohnK · #8 (**permalink**) 12th December 2005, 11:20 PM

I have enough points accumulated in the QF and SQ ffp's to redeem awards.

Interested to know whether anyone has enough points in their Velocity ff account yet to redeem an award flight

And to keep in the spirit of the OP only include points earned from flights not from credit cards.

Lindsay Wilson · #9 (**permalink**) 12th December 2005, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DPG

Lindsay, please ignore my ignorance, but what is the OLCI benefit?D P G

As Mal advised. Very handy when you are flying BA, as you can check-in up to 24 hours before departure (and possibly get better seats assigned, if you were initially unlucky).

dajop · #10 (**permalink**) 13th December 2005, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnK

Interested to know whether anyone has enough points in their Velocity ff account yet to redeem an award flight

And to keep in the spirit of the OP only include points earned from flights not from credit cards.

I'm getting close to a MEL-LST one way after my 3 DJ flights last week. And as a result of Velocity & the better leg room in the "suit zone", they've sold me on the one QF flight I regularly do take, but hate taking (late afternoon CBR-MEL).

Back on topic, my foray into DJ was the reason I asked the question, as I already have redeemable balances in QF, NZ & SQ , and I was thinking here I go again with DJ! Just wondered whether anyone else was doing the same. I guess having been burnt once (global rewards), it seema good to diversify if at all possible (WP renewal not withstanding!).