Comments on: Do Frequent Flyer Disaster Relief Appeals Offer Less Than They Seem? http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/2010/01/15/do-frequent-flyer-disaster-relief-appeals-offer-less-than-they-seem/ Putting a little thought into a lot of travel Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Travelling Adventurer » Blog Archive » Helping Haiti through point and miles donations http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/2010/01/15/do-frequent-flyer-disaster-relief-appeals-offer-less-than-they-seem/comment-page-1/#comment-191140 The Travelling Adventurer » Blog Archive » Helping Haiti through point and miles donations Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:06:12 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/?p=5170#comment-191140 [...] bloggers like Gary of View from the Wing and Rick over at the Frugal Travel Guy point out that the hotels and airlines aren’t being [...] [...] bloggers like Gary of View from the Wing and Rick over at the Frugal Travel Guy point out that the hotels and airlines aren’t being [...]

]]> By: Helping Haiti through point and miles donations « The Travelling Adventurer http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/2010/01/15/do-frequent-flyer-disaster-relief-appeals-offer-less-than-they-seem/comment-page-1/#comment-109061 Helping Haiti through point and miles donations « The Travelling Adventurer Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:50:35 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/?p=5170#comment-109061 [...] bloggers like Gary of View from the Wing and Rick over at the Frugal Travel Guy point out that the hotels and airlines aren’t being [...] [...] bloggers like Gary of View from the Wing and Rick over at the Frugal Travel Guy point out that the hotels and airlines aren’t being [...]

]]> By: Todd http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/2010/01/15/do-frequent-flyer-disaster-relief-appeals-offer-less-than-they-seem/comment-page-1/#comment-108329 Todd Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:59:23 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/?p=5170#comment-108329 Priority Club trumps Hilton. > Priority Club converts all points contributed into cash donations. For every 10,000 points you donate, Priority Club will send $40 to the American Red Cross. This is a great way to support the Haitian community. Priority Club trumps Hilton.
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Priority Club converts all points contributed into cash donations. For every 10,000 points you donate, Priority Club will send $40 to the American Red Cross. This is a great way to support the Haitian community.

]]> By: Samir http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/2010/01/15/do-frequent-flyer-disaster-relief-appeals-offer-less-than-they-seem/comment-page-1/#comment-108324 Samir Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:09:56 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/?p=5170#comment-108324 One thing to note is that some travel companies give without asking anything in return from their customers. Marriott gave $500,000 to the Red Cross. One thing to note is that some travel companies give without asking anything in return from their customers. Marriott gave $500,000 to the Red Cross.

]]> By: swag http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/2010/01/15/do-frequent-flyer-disaster-relief-appeals-offer-less-than-they-seem/comment-page-1/#comment-108307 swag Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:12:57 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/?p=5170#comment-108307 On AA, "the offer is 250 bonus miles for a minimum $50 donation". Even if Red Cross does have to foot the bill to buy those miles, aren't they buying at a rate of 2-3 cents per mile? So the 250 miles should cost them about $7, and leave about $43 in net dollars for Red Cross's disaster activities? Still, a good post (especially the Hilton analysis). It's important to realize how these offers are funded. Reading the airline web sites and news reports would certainly lead you to believe that it is the airlines way of contributing, not just business as usual. On AA, “the offer is 250 bonus miles for a minimum $50 donation”. Even if Red Cross does have to foot the bill to buy those miles, aren’t they buying at a rate of 2-3 cents per mile? So the 250 miles should cost them about $7, and leave about $43 in net dollars for Red Cross’s disaster activities?

Still, a good post (especially the Hilton analysis). It’s important to realize how these offers are funded. Reading the airline web sites and news reports would certainly lead you to believe that it is the airlines way of contributing, not just business as usual.

]]> By: grace http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/2010/01/15/do-frequent-flyer-disaster-relief-appeals-offer-less-than-they-seem/comment-page-1/#comment-108234 grace Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:16:55 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/?p=5170#comment-108234 Interesting. I'm not really into American miles so I went to the Red Cross website directly. Hopefully that means more of my meager donation actually helps the red cross, Interesting. I’m not really into American miles so I went to the Red Cross website directly. Hopefully that means more of my meager donation actually helps the red cross,

]]> By: Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » Charity? http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/2010/01/15/do-frequent-flyer-disaster-relief-appeals-offer-less-than-they-seem/comment-page-1/#comment-108218 Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » Charity? Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:29:58 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/?p=5170#comment-108218 [...] at View from the Wing, Gary nails Hilton Hotels for offering small cash to Haitian relief in return for big donations of frequent visitor points. [...] [...] at View from the Wing, Gary nails Hilton Hotels for offering small cash to Haitian relief in return for big donations of frequent visitor points. [...]

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