You Know You Are Definitely Not a Frequent Flyer or FF Wannabe When........

[Renato1]

..........one is retired, has all the time in the world, and still foregos one's free Virgin return trip on the Platinum Edge card.

My wife and I have our excuses - like still getting over last year's European trip, and having to do this year's USA trip - but I don't think that would have stopped a real Frequent Flyer from claiming the free trip with seven months free in between to do so. I think I'm getting old.

Anybody else in this category?
Cheers,
Renato

 

[JohnK]

I wouldn't want to be in your situation.

Plan to fly more in retirement and I wouldn't let a free flight slip by that easily.

 

[serfty]

Not me ... I'd use it quite happily ... oops ... may e I'm posting in the wrong thread ...

 

[knasty]

You can book in a friend's name for a present?

 

[Buzzard]

My heart skipped a beat when I read the OP

 

[RooFlyer]

Maybe we can call this thread "Confessions of Australian frequent Flyers ..."

I confess that I don't 'do' "Why fly direct when you can connect". # I love flying but just don't wish to go out of my way; but then I've never needed to do a status run, either. That may change in time I guess!

There. I feel better now.

# In a moment of weakness, I confessed this to Jessica Tam at a recent Melbourne AFF dinner. The look on her face said everything.

 

[Renato1]

I wouldn't want to be in your situation.

Plan to fly more in retirement and I wouldn't let a free flight slip by that easily.

Maybe if Melbourn's weather had been lousy in April, it might have made a difference about our proposed vacation to Bisbane.
But it wasn't lousy.
Cheers,
Renato

Not me ... I'd use it quite happily ... oops ... may e I'm posting in the wrong thread ...

By the responses so far, i'm definitely the odd one out.
Cheers,
Renato

You can book in a friend's name for a present?

No, it's just for me or my wife, as I understand it.
Cheers,
Renato

My heart skipped a beat when I read the OP

I thought someone may have that reaction posting this here.
Cheers,
Renato

Maybe we can call this thread "Confessions of Australian frequent Flyers ..."

I confess that I don't 'do' "Why fly direct when you can connect". # I love flying but just don't wish to go out of my way; but then I've never needed to do a status run, either. That may change in time I guess!

There. I feel better now.

# In a moment of weakness, I confessed this to Jessica Tam at a recent Melbourne AFF dinner. The look on her face said everything.

Funnily enough, after stopping in Singapore on our way to Europe three years ago, and stopping at Kuala Lumpur last year - even though we quite enjoyed both places - we are thinking of just flying straight next time. We don't really get to seem much by way of refreshment, compared to stopping on the way back.

Status runs? I'm way to infrequent for that.
Cheers,
Renato

 

[Colin 2905]

Mrs 2905 doesn't fly as frequently as she once used to, so much so that when I recently booked her a flight to Perth and back, she deleted the booking e-mail without opening it, assuming that it was just more unwanted e-mail from Qantas.

 

[exceladdict]

..... when I paid for the majority expenses during a two month trip on Qantas Cash.

Oh, the hidden exchange fees in all of those purchases

That was pre-AFF days, of course!

 

[wandering_fred]

Mrs 2905 doesn't fly as frequently as she once used to, so much so that when I recently booked her a flight to Perth and back, she deleted the booking e-mail without opening it, assuming that it was just more unwanted e-mail from Qantas.

OTOH if I never went in and did "housekeeping" on a certain persons email, the computer disk would soon overflow...

Happy wandering

Frefd

 

[Renato1]

Mrs 2905 doesn't fly as frequently as she once used to, so much so that when I recently booked her a flight to Perth and back, she deleted the booking e-mail without opening it, assuming that it was just more unwanted e-mail from Qantas.

Ouch!
Cheers,
Renato

..... when I paid for the majority expenses during a two month trip on Qantas Cash.

Oh, the hidden exchange fees in all of those purchases

That was pre-AFF days, of course!

Yes, nasty exchange rate at Qantas Cash.

Though I remember one trip (back in 2007) where I was constantly watching the dollar-euro rate which plummeted for a while before picking up during the trip. It made staying in Prague pretty expensive compared to the rest of the trip.
Regards,
Renato

OTOH if I never went in and did "housekeeping" on a certain persons email, the computer disk would soon overflow...

Happy wandering

Frefd

I delete thousands of pieces of advertising email on a certain person's email account too.

To make things easier for me, I took her off my Outlook and put her on Mozilla Thunderbird instead.
Regards,
Renato

 

[TomVexille]

You can book in a friend's name for a present?

That is correct

 

[Quickstatus]

..when you use the FF points to buy a toaster...

 

[Renato1]

..when you use the FF points to buy a toaster...

What a waste of FF points - unless it's a really really good toaster on sale at a really really good price.

Which reminds me - I have to use up those Emirates points I have to buy something at their store. Else I lose them on the expiry date.
Regards,
Renato

 

[Mattg]

What a waste of FF points - unless it's a really really good toaster on sale at a really really good price.

Which reminds me - I have to use up those Emirates points I have to buy something at their store. Else I lose them on the expiry date.
Regards,
Renato

Do you have enough points to redeem for a Qantas flight?

 

[Renato1]

You can book in a friend's name for a present?

I didn't read the conditions correctly - yes, it can be booked for someone else. I'll ask relatives if they want it.
Regards,
Renato

 

[Andona]

..........one is retired, has all the time in the world, and still foregos one's free Virgin return trip on the Platinum Edge card.

Anybody else in this category?
Cheers,
Renato

We give our free flight to our kids, because we don't get around to using it either. So I guess we're getting too old to be dedicated FFers too

Cheers
Andona

 

[Renato1]

Do you have enough points to redeem for a Qantas flight?

Thanks - you have tweaked my curiosity on this. I have 37,700 Skyward miles, which is enough to get a return trip to quite a few places, but my wife only has 17,700 which doesn't get her as far as me. Transferring Skyward miles is expensive at US$25 per thousand.

We'll probably go to Uluru with those points - though I'd have to forego the Just Cavelli watch that I was interested in.
Regards,
Renato

We give our free flight to our kids, because we don't get around to using it either. So I guess we're getting too old to be dedicated FFers too

Cheers
Andona

I tried giving the flight away to niece, nephew, sister-in-law, but nobody wanted it.
I'll try friends next.
Cheers,
Renato

 

[JohnK]

I tried giving the flight away to niece, nephew, sister-in-law, but nobody wanted it.
I'll try friends next.

Give it away to someone on AFF in the "Free to a Good Home" forum....

 

[Renato1]

Give it away to someone on AFF in the "Free to a Good Home" forum....

Good thought. Though I've offerred it to friends by email - who still haven't got back to me.
Cheers,
Renato