About a mile

By the goodies include:.
- Check-in counter business class, it saves time standing in line.
- Access to the bed business class, it is at long docks well - comfortable chairs, free coffee, juice, snacks, vayfay.
- Pounds of luggage ( from 5 to 15 ), t. e. when the distortion - not forced to pay.
- Supremacy unload luggage (usually your suitcase is one of the first on the tape ).
- Upgrade of the class ( if there is space in business class, then a mile and a small fee you can go change seats. at short distances is not important, but if you fly from San Francisco to Amsterdam 10 hours, then it makes sense - comfortable and tasty food ).
- To get good seats on the plane. I used to take about an emergency exit in a 20cm foot 10chasovom flight - is essential for growth of 181 cm.
- And most importantly - tickets for miles (not quite free - have to pay airport charges, but none the less).

I use KLM Flying Blue program, and.
On the card startre give Ivory, and just a few flights make it in Silver, which gives access to almost all benefits. More information can be found at. The program includes several airlines, which is convenient.
Card status is reviewed every year. You fly a lot - goes up, fly less - reduced. Status is considered or actually flown miles or the number of flights (for those who frequently fly over short distances ) for the year. Three trip to San Francisco from Kiev for the year provide the status of Gold. What's interesting, the status of Silver, and a half times increase the number of prizes miles, Gold - Doubles. Winning miles, those miles for which you buy tickets. In addition, the flight in business class - gives more miles and a half times more for the status. This I mean that if you fly a lot, you get a lot of miles. And then they can also take the tickets hotels and car rental in the. T. e. semey trip to Europe for two weeks, if the tickets, rental cars and hotel for miles, is really a pittance - the food is fuel. Obviously, this a lot on long haul flights Health spent:).
Some statuses allow to distribute their goods to one or two fellow travelers.
What a card of high status makes all the airlines are very polite ( they hope that they will like you more and you change the program), it is not a bastard Ukrainian airlines, to which I refer without exception.
Miles are credited not only for the flights, but also for the rental car from partners, accommodation in hotels - the partner program.
In addition, flight attendants see that you fly a lot and can offer you a better place if there is not any miles. One time I was released three places, so I can go (they saw on an account that I flew for 10 days, three times over the ocean, and seated two people, that I was good for them that I was very grateful, because the force was not .

What's interesting is that you record a mile to the account, regardless of who bought you a ticket, you or a company in which you work. This means that you can earn miles on working trips, and spending on private. Many people do so.

Which of the bad:.
- Tickets for miles must be taken in advance, two weeks they are no longer available.
- Cheap tickets economy class can not give miles. I do not care, I always take my tickets with open return date, they are expensive and always give a mile, those who save, I can.
t be unpleasantly surprised.
- Access to the room raised kofmforta zhlobskih does not work in airports or some type of Boryspil airport in Moscow. or if the flight serves some of the bastard partner KLM (well, for example, some avivalinii Ukrainian ).
- If the status allows the box to take only one person per company, if the three of us ride (wife and child), in Boryspil offer one to be in the main hall, while others are willing to accept ( bastards ). In noramalnyh airport just a mile from the account written off.

Despite the shortcomings, the program is very useful and tasty. Airlines can count on the loyalty of those who use them.

Written in the KLM Crown Lounge, AMS airport waiting for flight to Kiev, after a flight from San Francisco, business class, zaapgreyzhenym for miles, as the beloved KLM passenger:).