Greetings,
Long time lurker, first time poster...
Late last year I purchased two tickets from Melbourne-Shanghai and Beijing-Melbourne for Apr 2006. Somewhat regrettably, I did not think to join the Malaysia Airlines FF program before buying the tickets, presuming I'd be able to join up later and reclaim the points. Evidently not - new members cannot do that whereas existing members can. Bugger. :x
Anyway, not sure what I would have done with the points if I'd managed to get them since I fly, oh, three times per year at best therefore I'm just not in the same league as the high-end travellers here. My question is - should I still bother joining the FF program still? Does anyone know of any benefits this might bring at Melbourne, Shanghai, Beijing or Kuala Lumpur airports? The KL airport is probably the one we'd benefit most at since we will be there for ~3-5 hours in each direction and perhaps access to a lounge or something is possible?
My reading of the KLIA website (http://www.klia.com.my/index.php?ch=62&pg=135&ac=2641&tpt_id=13) indicates this is not something we'd have access to at 'pleb' level anyway if 'Gold' in the lounge names means what we think it means (ie. "not for you, new boy").
Anyone here a member of the Malaysia Airlines FF program and lowly enough (so far as the program status is concerned! :wink: ) to be able to offer advice?
Thanks in advance!
Long time lurker, first time poster...
Late last year I purchased two tickets from Melbourne-Shanghai and Beijing-Melbourne for Apr 2006. Somewhat regrettably, I did not think to join the Malaysia Airlines FF program before buying the tickets, presuming I'd be able to join up later and reclaim the points. Evidently not - new members cannot do that whereas existing members can. Bugger. :x
Anyway, not sure what I would have done with the points if I'd managed to get them since I fly, oh, three times per year at best therefore I'm just not in the same league as the high-end travellers here. My question is - should I still bother joining the FF program still? Does anyone know of any benefits this might bring at Melbourne, Shanghai, Beijing or Kuala Lumpur airports? The KL airport is probably the one we'd benefit most at since we will be there for ~3-5 hours in each direction and perhaps access to a lounge or something is possible?
My reading of the KLIA website (http://www.klia.com.my/index.php?ch=62&pg=135&ac=2641&tpt_id=13) indicates this is not something we'd have access to at 'pleb' level anyway if 'Gold' in the lounge names means what we think it means (ie. "not for you, new boy").
Anyone here a member of the Malaysia Airlines FF program and lowly enough (so far as the program status is concerned! :wink: ) to be able to offer advice?
Thanks in advance!