Just had an email telling me that I can donate my Air Miles to NHS staff as part of their ‘giving back’ scheme... they will give a maximum of 6,000 to individuals. Giving back would be British Airways giving air miles to NHS staff, not asking others to do so. I have nearly half a million air miles racked up (mainly through Amex credit card purchases) and I can get maybe 10 economy flights to the US (as an example) for that. They are worth basically nothing. 6,000 will not get a flight to anywhere.
That **** show of a company should be prioritising it’s staff rather than cashing in on what they’ve given in loyalty points, to get publicity. To take advyof the current climate and try to change people’s contracts and make 42,000 people redundant to do so, then making 30,000 reapply for jobs at up to 65% pay cuts. That firm should lose the flag it carries and hang its head in shame. I’d choose carefully as a customer who I’d have a loyalty scheme with just saying!!!
I have nearly half a million air miles racked up (mainly through Amex credit card purchases) and I can get maybe 10 economy flights to the US (as an example) for that. They are worth basically nothing. 6,000 will not get a flight to anywhere.[/QUOTE] Ok your rich, we get it..
Great from BA's perspective - take miles off people who will use them and give them to people who, unless they have an existing balance, won't be able to use them until they spend some cash with BA
I’m really not and I don’t see how anything I said is interpreted like that. I’ve been racking up these points for, it must be 10-15 years now. I get 1.5 points per £ spent, 3 per £ spent on flights (of which I’ve bought many for work that have been reimbursed) My point was actually the opposite, that I’ve got what looks like a lot on paper, but that can get very little. I was merely pointing out what a crock of **** it is for BA to (as others have said) take points away from those that will use them to those that will either never use them (I think they expire if there is no balance change in 2 years) or have to put some real money to it.
Oh I am, don't worry. I started using them because of work then I just kept using them to build the points up. I'm unlikely to buy flights through them in the future, but I'll use my air miles, as long as the company doesn't go bust and nullify them all. (I was planning on saving them for retirement...)
I’ve just read the email again and it’s actually 60,000 per person. Not 6,000. Don’t know how I managed to get that mixed up. So that better, but it’s still not good. That won’t be enough for a family or even probably a couple.
I completely agree that the scheme is **** and they’re just trying to stop people who will use them from doing so. Ten flights to the USA isn’t exactly nothing though is it? You make it sound like a return coach trip to Blackpool rather than 10 flights to America, ‘economy’ (the only way I ever travel anyway) or not.
You’re right. Its not nothing. That was a bad choice of words. It quickly goes though if you want to take partner, family etc. For 10-15 years of spending (again, a lot of it reimbursed) it’s not a massive reward, but it’s better than nothing.
I've just read my comments again and I didn't say 10 flights is nothing, I said that 500,000 gets about 10 flights, so the individual points are worth basically nothing. That's what I meant to say, anyway...
