Talk:Frequent flyer program

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Contents 1 Credit card miles 2 Mile donations 3 Chart of airlines program 4 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Credit card miles

I've heard that airline rewards programs on major credit cards are not worth the hassle...by the time you acquire enough points from purchases, etc, it will cost you more in the end that it would have to simply buy the ticket outright. Plus, these programs always charge an annual fee--ouch. Are they worth having or no?

• It really depends. The argument you make, that you have to spend more with the credit card than you would if you bought the ticket outright, doesn't really work. Airline cards can be made worthwhile if you funnel your regular purchases through them -- using the card rather than cash, check, debit card, etc. whenever possible. Though lately I have started to think that non-airline affiliated cards, like CaptialOne's MileageOne, might be a better way to go, since you aren't tied to a particular airline and subject to their capacity controls for frequent flyer seats. Hawaiian717 01:26, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mile donations

This article needs information on the donating of miles to charities. It should probably go in around the part where it's mentioned that most miles go unused. Both need some citations. --Tysto 06:07, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chart of airlines program

Can somebody add a chart of airlines programs rules like: 1. Miles to get a free flight? 2. Miles expiration policy? American Airlines 25,000 3 years last activity Air Canada  ?  ? Luthunsa  ? 3 years, no extention

This is a crazy idea. There are hundreds of airlines, and each have different rules, and different miles for every destination to every other destination, and for each travel class. Lufthansa for example has different milage requirements if you live in say Germany as opposed to Austria; different rules for expiry depending on various factors (my Lufthansa points never expire for example).

Basically, there is no way to create a useful comparison table.

--kjd 04:42, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Kjd. The information is readily available from the airline websites and is not terribly encyclopedic. Dbinder (talk) 22:18, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the dissenting views above and have deleted the section in question. Jpatokal 22:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

In general, I find your attitude is destroying any value Wikipedia has. You should be ashamed of yourself. If you know Luthansa has different policy than others, add it as a footnote or add another row to the chart like "Lufthansa (if you live in German)". The main problem is that airline miles constantly change the expiration rules on miles. Wikipedia is a great place to store this helpful information. Maybe the chart is too broad in scope and it should start just with just expiration miles only so vandals like you won't delete the only thing in this article which is useful. By the way, vandal, don't delete it again until a full vote is taken.--Anonymous (contribs)

I'll ignore the personal attacks, and simply say that for such a comparison to be encyclopaedic, it would need to be very comprehensive and need constant maintenance. WP is not a database, and listing miles requirements is not like for like comparison (you earn them at different rates depending on airline/airline class/fare tariff/etc., you spend them at different rates, many airlines don't have miles and use things like points). I don't see what it aims to achieve, especially as it is guaranteed to be inaccurate at any given time. Finally, I don't recall when you need to call for a vote before making edits to an article. Now, if only I had the power to destroy Wikipedia... --kjd 01:31, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Like I said, there is nothing of value in the rest of this article. Maybe we should mark the article as an article for deletion since it has no useful information (fif the comparison chart is removed). As far as attacks go, I've spent far more time typing in stuff just to see you delete it without any justification. Remember, add stuff to wiki, don't delete it.

That's your opinion, not Wikipedia policy (or reality). By the way, WP:SIG --kjd 03:22, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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