I flew Virgin Atlantic to Newark Airport in New Jersey (a first) using my air miles. Air Miles are of the great deceits of our age. You fly with an airline, you collect their reward points and then you hope some day to have enough to maybe give your children a "free" flight or even yourself.
That's where the fun starts.
You cannot book any flight: indeed you cannot book most flights; you then have to book at least two or three months ahead to benefit as if anyone knows their schedules that far ahead these days; it's impossible to book July-September using air miles....I think you can see where I am coming from.....
My flight to Newark using my Air Miles cost me £362; granted it was cheaper than the schedule flight at just over £600 (I paid an extra £100 to sit in the Exit seats which you might think ought to be reserved for Club members).
So I was greatly interested in seeing that an American airline - South Western - has gone back to basics and said that any of its air milers can book any seat at any time as long as there are seats available. Now, thats' my kind of air miles club.
Let's see if any UK airline follows suit.