Finding Friends

[skyring]

OK, I'm a geek. I found a community dedicated to Frequent Flyers. Qantas, luggage, best credit card programs, upgrades - all the sort of things that I find intensely interesting. There are actually people who will take plane trips so as to retain whatever status level they currently hold and they have written programs intended to get the most status points in the shortest time for the least expense.

Glad there are people deeper into it than I am!

But i'm learning a lot.

Peggysmum, that darling woman, has been cultivating a columnist at the local paper. He asked her about book clubs and she told him about BookCrossing and before I know it he's on the phone. I've spent an hour talking to him, sent him all sorts of BookCrossing stuff, had a photographer around and I've told him about NaNoWriMo.

I don't think this chap is starved for things to write about, but he doesn't muck about!

Comments

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Of course, other airlines have different names for their levels. AA describes theirs at http://www.aa.com/content/AAdvantage/programDetails/eliteStatus/qualificationRequirements.jhtml

The thing about these loyalty programs is that it's all a bit of scam. Generally the most frequent flyers aren't paying for their own travel. But the points accrue to the individual flyer rather than the firm paying for the flights, so there's an incentive for people to make as many business trips as possible, for which the boss pays, and then use the airmiles to travel privately for free.

[whytraven.livejournal.com]

Looks like I'm going to miss qualifying for the next level up by < 3000 miles *sigh*