Ma flyer pafupipafupi amawombola ma mile kuti amenye mitengo yokwera

Makasitomala oyenda pandege akulandira mphoto zambiri chaka chino, akuyang'ana kuti apewe mitengo yokwera komanso akukhulupirira kuti ma kilomita salinso oyenera.

Makasitomala oyenda pandege akulandira mphoto zambiri chaka chino, akuyang'ana kuti apewe mitengo yokwera komanso akukhulupirira kuti ma kilomita salinso oyenera.

Ndi njira zambiri zatsopano zopezera makilomita - pachilichonse kuyambira kubwereketsa magalimoto kupita ku golosale - apaulendo anzeru akuwopa kuti posachedwa kudzakhala kovuta kupita komwe akufuna, akafuna kwaulere.

"Kukongola kwa mphotho yowuluka pafupipafupi kwazimiririka," akutero a Jay Sorensen, yemwe adayendetsa pulogalamu ya kukhulupirika ku Midwest Airlines ndipo tsopano ndi mlangizi wandege. "Anthu azindikira kuti kugwiritsa ntchito mailosi kupita ku Hawaii ndi cholinga chovuta."

Chuma komanso mitengo yokwera yokwera ikhozanso kukakamiza anthu kuti awononge ndalama zambiri.

Randy Petersen, yemwe amatsata mapologalamu oulutsidwa pafupipafupi monga wofalitsa magazini ya InsideFlyer, akuti kukwera mitengo kwaposachedwa kukuchititsa okwera ambiri kuwotcha makilomita ambiri m’maulendo opita kutchuthi m’malo mopita kutchuthi ku Hawaii kapena ku Ulaya.

"Akupita ku Boise, Decatur ndi Bakersfield," adatero Petersen. Amathera mtunda wautali pazochitika zadzidzidzi zabanja kapena kukachezera agogo.

Ndege zakhala zikukweza zofunikira za mileage ndikulipiritsa zolipirira kuti zigwiritse ntchito, koma anthu ambiri akuzipezabe.

Continental Airlines inanena kuti kudzera mu Julayi, makasitomala adalandira mphotho zokwana 1.34 miliyoni chaka chino, kukwera ndi 21 peresenti kuyambira nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha.

Ku Continental, ndege yokhayo yayikulu yaku US kuti iwulule ziwerengero zowomboledwa pamwezi, akuluakulu aboma asintha mawebusayiti awo omwe amalola makasitomala kuwona mipando yomwe ilipo pamakampani omwe amagwirizana nawo, omwe atha kusungitsa ma kilomita kuchokera pa pulogalamu yokhulupirika ya OnePass ya Continental.

American Airlines ili ndi pulogalamu yakale kwambiri komanso yayikulu kwambiri yokhulupirika m'makampani, AAdvantage, yokhala ndi mamembala 60 miliyoni omwe adatenga 200 biliyoni mailosi chaka chatha.

Kugwiritsa ntchito mphoto ku America kunali kosalekeza kuyambira 2006 mpaka 2007 koma kwakwera 10 mpaka 15 peresenti chaka chino mpaka Ogasiti, atero a Rob Friedman, Purezidenti waku America wotsatsa za AAdvantage.

Monga Continental, ku America odziwika bwino apita patsogolo pa Webusayiti yomwe imalola makasitomala kuwona pang'onopang'ono nthawi yomwe angayende njira inayake komanso kuchuluka kwa makilomita angati.

"Amatha kuyang'ana kalendala ndikupanga malonda," adatero Friedman. "Atha kukhala osinthika ndikugula maulendo apandege (omwe amafunikira mailosi ochepa), kapena angafunikire kuwombola mailosi ochulukirapo kuti ayende patsiku linalake."

Mwachitsanzo, sabata yatha Webusaiti ya America idawonetsa mipando yomwe ilipo kuchokera ku Dallas kupita ku Honolulu masiku ambiri kuzungulira Thanksgiving kwa 35,000 mailosi. Koma ngati mukufuna kuyenda Loweruka, pangafunike makilomita 90,000.

Izi zikuwonetsa kuti aku America ali ndi chidaliro chogulitsa ndege za Loweruka. Oyendetsa ndege akufuna kudzaza ndege zawo ndi makasitomala olipira, koma akuyenera kuwongolera izi motsutsana ndi kulira kwa anthu owuluka pafupipafupi omwe akufuna kuwombola mailosi awo pamaulendo aulere.

Pafupifupi 6 mpaka 8 peresenti ya okwera onse amawuluka pa matikiti a mphotho, malinga ndi zolemba zandege.

Onyamula katundu ambiri aku US akweza milingo ya mtunda ndikufupikitsa nthawi yothera mu mapulogalamu awo okhulupilika.

Delta tsopano imapatsa mamembala mwayi wotsimikizika wowombola mailosi paulendo waulere koma pamtengo wa mailosi ambiri. Mwezi uno, America idayamba kulipiritsa $50 - kuphatikiza ma 15,000 mailosi - kuti akweze kuchokera kwa mphunzitsi wazachuma paulendo wandege ku United States.

"Zisankhozo sizikhala zophweka kapena zotchuka, koma chifukwa cha mtengo wamafuta, zinali zofunika," a Friedman waku America adatero za chindapusa chatsopanocho.

Zolipiritsazo ndi malamulo okhwima otha ntchito zitha kukhala zikuyambitsa kuwonjezeka kwa chiwombolo.

Shaun Black, mlangizi wa mapulogalamu ku Atlanta, adawotcha mtunda wake wonse wa Delta paulendo womwe iye ndi mkazi wake adzapita ku Greece masika akubwera. Adasungitsa mipando Delta isanayambe kukweza mafuta owonjezera pa matikiti a mphotho mu Ogasiti.

“Sitinkafuna n’komwe kutenga ulendo,” anatero Black. "Zinali zovuta kwambiri - sindikanalipira chindapusa chimenecho."

Black adati akuda nkhawa kuti Delta posachedwa ichulukitsa maulendo ofunikira paulendo waulere chifukwa anthu ambiri tsopano amapeza ndalama zambiri pogwiritsa ntchito makhadi a ngongole, kubwereka magalimoto - chilichonse kupatula kungouluka.

Theka la mailosi omwe amapezedwa pafupipafupi ndi anthu aku America amachokera pakuwuluka, ndipo theka limachokera ku kugwiritsa ntchito kirediti kadi yapadera ya Citigroup kapena kugula kuchokera kwa ogulitsa 1,000 a ndege.

Ndipo ndilo vuto ndi mapulogalamuwa, adatero Tom Farmer, yemwe amayendetsa kampani yaying'ono yotsatsa ku Seattle - mailosi ochuluka kwambiri kuthamangitsa mipando yochepa. Wowuluka kwanthawi yayitali osankhika, adakwanira.

"Pali vuto lachikhulupiriro ndi mailosi - amangonyozedwa nthawi zonse," adatero. "Anthu ambiri, kuphatikiza ine, aganiza kuti masewerawa afika pachimake ndipo akutuluka."

Mlimi adati adawononga ma 450,000 Northwest Airlines mailosi kuti asungitse mipando yamabizinesi kutchuthi chabanja chilimwe chikubwera ku Australia ndi Tahiti ndipo atsala ndi mamailosi 2,000 okha. Posachedwapa, wayenda maulendo angapo pa JetBlue, koma sakukonzekera kuwombola mailosi asanathe - "masewera" salinso oyenera, adatero.

Oyendetsa ndege akuyang'ana njira zopangira mapulogalamu a kukhulupirika kukhala osangalatsa. American ndi Southwest posachedwapa adalengeza kuti akhazikitsa misewu yosiyana yolowera m'ma eyapoti ena kuti athandize mamembala a pulogalamu kudutsa chitetezo mwachangu.

"Izi zikuthandizira makasitomala athu, makamaka apaulendo abizinesi," atero Ryan Green, director of kasitomala kukhulupirika ku Southwest. "Kafukufuku wathu akuwonetsa kuti mapulogalamu omwe amayenda pafupipafupi amakhala opambana kwambiri ndi omwe akuyenda mabizinesi."

Ndipo mapulogalamuwa nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi cholinga chomwe ndege zimawapangira - kuletsa makasitomala awo abwino kwambiri kuti asamayendetse ndege ina.

Mark Pankow, wogulitsa malonda ku Wisconsin, adagwiritsa ntchito American Airlines mailosi kuti apeze mipando isanu ndi itatu yopita ku Germany Khrisimasi yapitayi, matikiti asanu ndi limodzi opita ku Orlando mu Ogasiti, ndipo posachedwa adasungitsa maulendo awiri opita ku Costa Rica.

Ndege zina zazikulu zimapereka ndondomeko zomwe zimakwaniritsa zosowa za Pankow, koma amayamikira udindo wake wa platinamu ndi America.

"Zingatenge chochitika chosintha moyo wanga kuti ndisinthe kupita ku United," adatero. "Ndiyenera kuyendetsa ndege kwa chaka chimodzi kuti ndibwererenso paudindo wapamwamba."

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

  • Shaun Black, a software consultant in Atlanta, burned all his Delta miles on a trip he and his wife will take to Greece next spring.
  • Delta now offers members a guaranteed ability to redeem miles for a free trip but at the cost of many more miles.
  • Monga Continental, ku America odziwika bwino apita patsogolo pa Webusayiti yomwe imalola makasitomala kuwona pang'onopang'ono nthawi yomwe angayende njira inayake komanso kuchuluka kwa makilomita angati.

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