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Airlines make it tougher to find frequent flyer seats
CarTrawler's annual Reward Seat Availability Survey found frequent-flyer seats available on 72.4 percent of the flights it checked, down from 76.6 percent last year. (www.cnbc.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
If they offer these deals to encourage flying more they should honour a seat booking exactly the same as a full paying passenger. May choose specific airlines with lesser deals and lesser service because of the air-points. Airline should honour what they promote to use their alliances.
The point of these programs is not to allow frequent flyer program flyer to fly anytime but only to fill seats when it is low demand season .That is why there are so many blackout dates for FFP. It's a scam so people think there getting a great deal by sticking with the same airline but really all it is they charge you points for seats they would not have sold without FFP's buying them.
After DAL bought out NWO, I was given an opportunity to convert my miles or give them away to charity. I chose the latter and now fly any carrier other than the majors.
it is sad to see how things are done to sway folks to "their" airline. nothing seems to be honest genuine practice anymore
The steady erosion of FF "benefits" coupled with the decline in actual services, the increase in fees for practically everything (bring your own toilet paper?) AND the glaring monopoly of the US majors - UGH!
I say use a card that offers CASH, then take it and buy your seat. Also some cards (Chase) offer their own travel site you can book through them but not all flights are listed. Hmmm.....take the money!!!
Absolutely! That's precisely why I gave up on Amex and flying points because they were virtually worthless. The fares kept going down as the airlines FF miles to gain a seat kept going down! Call that a deal? For whom? The airline, of course. Now I have cash back only and I can use that for a multitude of things INCLUDING airline seats on ANY airline. Way to go nowadays. I would never go back to FF miles. It only works for the real frequent flyers (trips every week or so), not the average person 1-2 times a year..