Can we have a US Airways Dividend Miles forum?

[smit0847]

Surely a thread with 140,000 views suggests there is a lot of interest in this FF program!

 

[kamchatsky]

Surely a thread with 140,000 views suggests there is a lot of interest in this FF program!

I don't think there is a need for it. BMI Diamond Club was previously a very popular program as well but they never have their own forum.

 

[burmans]

I don't think there is a need for it. BMI Diamond Club was previously a very popular program as well but they never have their own forum.

Personally don't think much of that as an argument, the question is whether its a good thing or not, not an equity issue (we didn't do for BMI therefore we shouldn't for US). I'm in favour (and would have been for BMI too), the fact that there has been enough interest to get 140000 view is enough to suggest this should be polled amongst members.

 

[Mwenenzi]

How many US Airways Dividend Miles thread of AFF ?
To me there is only 1 topic

If you make a case Admin will make a forum if he decides it add value to the site. But not all will add value.
I suggested the insurance & destination forums. They were up on line in hours

 

[dk4]

Unlike BMI…

I would say that US DM has fundamentally changed the way many AFFers fly.

Some AFFers have made significant financial, time and even emotional commitments to US DM.

This commitment will drive the need for more comprehensive and compartmentalised experience sharing, and easier ways for users to find this shared information. Especially considering one popular thread is now 341 pages long.

I agree that US DM now needs its own forum on AFF.

 

[serfty]

Thankyou for bringing this topic up.

This request will be discussed at the next moderators/admin review.

 

[smit0847]

Unlike BMI…

I would say that US DM has fundamentally changed the way many AFFers fly.

Some AFFers have made significant financial, time and even emotional commitments to US DM.

This commitment will drive the need for more comprehensive and compartmentalised experience sharing, and easier ways for users to find this shared information. Especially considering one popular thread is now 341 pages long.

I agree that US DM now needs its own forum on AFF.

One of the reasons the thread is 341 pages long is because everything gets thrown in the one thread so as not to clog up the Airline Frequent Flyer Programs thread.

This means it is extremely difficult to find anything in there, even with the search function. I was looking for the 800 number to call to make a booking on the weekend and it took ages trying to trawl through that enormous thread.

Surely there are more people on here with USDM miles than UA miles? They have their own forum.

 

[dk4]

While I completely agree, the hard question is – is US DM a fad?

Two important points regarding that –
1./ US DM will probably cease to exist in the short to medium term, as it is extremely likely to be merged into the AAdvantage brand.
2./ We are probably experiencing a “perfect storm” at the moment thanks to the GFC.

• US is attempting to raise cash (for some reason) so is having to make very competitive retail buy offers,
• The AU$ is trading at high levels against the US$, so increasing value on the conversion,
• Some carriers in our region have excess premium capacity, which leads to good seat availability at the moment.

The nature of AFFers’ interest in US DM, also means that there is significant cross over with the use of ANA Mileage Club, Aeroplan and MileagePlus, as well as a number of questions regarding flying Thai and Asiana (& others), and IMO it really can’t be viewed in isolation from Lifemiles.

Plus, from the AFF perspective, it also seems to be pulling some flyers away from oneworld, and onto Star for the first time, and this too is creating new enquiries.

But I agree, something needs to be done about categorising the information share, to enable easier access than having to scan through one enormous thread.

 

[serfty]

Watch this space ...

 

[burmans]

While I completely agree, the hard question is – is US DM a fad?

Two important points regarding that –
1./ US DM will probably cease to exist in the short to medium term, as it is extremely likely to be merged into the AAdvantage brand.
2./ We are probably experiencing a “perfect storm” at the moment thanks to the GFC.

• US is attempting to raise cash (for some reason) so is having to make very competitive retail buy offers,
• The AU$ is trading at high levels against the US$, so increasing value on the conversion,
• Some carriers in our region have excess premium capacity, which leads to good seat availability at the moment.

The nature of AFFers’ interest in US DM, also means that there is significant cross over with the use of ANA Mileage Club, Aeroplan and MileagePlus, as well as a number of questions regarding flying Thai and Asiana (& others), and IMO it really can’t be viewed in isolation from Lifemiles.

Plus, from the AFF perspective, it also seems to be pulling some flyers away from oneworld, and onto Star for the first time, and this too is creating new enquiries.

But I agree, something needs to be done about categorising the information share, to enable easier access than having to scan through one enormous thread.

If USDM is a fad and/or is taken over it can be removed at that time. In itself not a reason for no separate forum, some of the other airlines that have forums could theoretically be taken over too but that doesn't deny the need for people to discuss them now. As for fad, well it's a long lasting fad at 2 1/2 years now and I for one don't think that will change for at least a year!

 

[admin]

I have created a new US Airways Dividend Miles forum as suggested. See US Airways Dividend Miles

Thanks for the suggestion.

Surely a thread with 140,000 views suggests there is a lot of interest in this FF program!

 

[smit0847]

I have created a new US Airways Dividend Miles forum as suggested. See US Airways Dividend Miles

Thanks for the suggestion.

Thank you! That was so quick!

 

[anat0l]

Now that we have a US DM forum, I don't think that quite solves the 'problem' with the 140k view thread. Do we need to subdivide it, or create new threads which separate out information etc.?

 

[burmans]

Now that we have a US DM forum, I don't think that quite solves the 'problem' with the 140k view thread. Do we need to subdivide it, or create new threads which separate out information etc.?

The main thing would be to create new threads rather than continually adding to existing I think!

 

[JohnK]

Good to see a new forum added.