Because of the joining fee I decided to waste a few minutes of my time recently in Delhi and join up. As far as I can see (AFAICS?) it will get me absolutely nothing should I ever fly on an airline I have so far avoided, and therefore strangely have yet to win my virginity. Our company policy is that all air travel is paid for by a select few people in the business so they can earn mega points on their company Diners Club card. This means that when I fly on most sensible airlines I still get the points and staus credits (or equivalent) because I am the one flying. If the points accrue based on who pays for the flights then I get nothing.
To me this is the stupid aspect of the Vermin programme and clearly an ill-conceived one on their behalf. All I can see is that the process of paying for flights in the manner of my company will likely increase as not only will reward points accrue for DC spend but the payments made for the Vermin flights will be credited to the individual accounts of these relevant people who may then use them, clearly not for a DL flight, but in the luxury of an EK.
This is NOT a FF scheme, but merely an offshoot of the proliferation of credit card affiliation programmes.
Thanks for nothing Vermin tryhards.