Loyalty and Pigs

This post might be seen as a blatant plug for one of our client’s products but it genuinely didn’t start as that.

It started with an email this morning – 7.20am - which informed me I had accrued enough Flying Club miles for a free return trip to the US in the Upper Class cabin of Virgin Atlantic.

Now, for those who don’t know, Upper Class is V nice so I was naturally delighted … especially as this seemed to vindicate my decision around 18 months to pay for the black fee-based credit card that VAA had launched (double miles per £ spent) rather than the free white card.

So, given it was only this weekend that we decided we needed a holiday, I thought I would have a look at where to go (availability of reward seats permitting).

So off to Google - 7.25am – to look at the weather in the US only to find that the EU health minister has advised against non-essential travel to the US due to swine fever (a H1N1 strain of flu apparently) hitting 81 people out of a population of 109 million in Mexico.

An over reaction? Or a reason to head to Wales for a break instead?