Airmiles

[bruceg1978]

Who on here has Airmile accounts?

 

I have just been reading that they are to be taken over by Avios and the benefits look to be not near as good as before.

 

Pissed off as i was not far from reaching enough to get a couple of flights to New York.

 

http://www.airmiles.co.uk/avios?from=homehero&banner=hmthefacts&pers=False

[RUL]

My mum was complaining about this the other day, I switched off really as it wasn't something that interests me.

Its defo a sign of old age collecting them, my old man has enough to travel round the world he said or the equivilent but i dont know how they work and usually switch off when he brings it up!

[King Street Loon]

Yeah I collect them.

Not that impressed with the changes tbh.

[bruceg1978]

From what ive read it looks like short haul flights to Europe look more appealing now but longer flights look more costly.

[Terrorfex]

The airline industry's a curious mix of companies stuck in the past (e.g. BMI) and those "blazing" (not a word most of their customers would use) a new business path (e.g. Ryanair). Most are coming to the conclusion though that airmiles - one of the last holdovers from a time when flying was a grandiose/novel experience - are more trouble than their worth. First, one of the most "successful" transport companies, doesn't give away bus/train rides for free because you happen to use the bus and train quite a lot.