Talk:FlyBuys (Australia)

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This page seems to get alot of revision and cleanup tags, although not much revision or cleanup. Flybuys is not a huge topic altough given its popularity I think it certainly belongs in Wikipipedia. I'm not sure what additional info users think should be added ? Andypasto 08:51, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I wonder how easy it is to actually get the rewards within the 3 year time limit on the points 202.191.106.109 09:39, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

That's a very valid point, and one that I think needs to be addressed within the article to conform to the NPOV requirements. There are certainly a lot of people (myself included) who feel that Fly Buys are largely a waste of time, and it's nearly impossible to get enough points to actually use them for anything. I don't personally know of anyone who's ever managed to get enough Fly Buys to redeem them for something substantial like a flight to another major city, and Current Affair TV shows here sometimes run stories to that effect when it's a slow news week. Not sure where you'd get any hard data on that, though... --Commander Zulu 11:53, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Although looking for public reference, I believe nearly five million awards have been received by FlyBuys members, so the claim that "Fly Buys are largely a waste of time" is contentious. I wouldn't accept slow news days on a Current Affair as a guide to popular opinion. Murtoa 13:46, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I would agree with Commander Zulu, in that the points themselves must be paid for by higher prices, the advertising and promotion of the campaign, as well as additional costs involved adds further costs that will only be passed onto the consumer, and there is the added hassle of signing up, using your card every time you shop, and so on. The points themselves are not identified clearly enough with a dollar value (I think it is around $0.20 per point in NZ), and I believe companies supporting the program may actually have to buy their points, which they then add to the price of the product purchased (so if that is the case you may well be paying in full for the points you earn), so after all the hassle I don't think it's really worth it. Not when you might never be able to redeem your points in time. That and the market distortion it creates. Richard001 09:52, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Zealand FlyBuys

I think this page needs to be re-written to include the New Zealand Flybuys program flybuys.co.nz Details of Loyalty New Zealand Limited the operated are contained in the NZ company's office register. Abeorch 08:33, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

There would be merit in setting up separate FlyBuys (Australia) and Fly Buys (New Zealand) entries. Both program are significant in their respective constituencies. Murtoa 08:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I've added a little about the New Zealand site (first sentence, pictures, external links). Should we set up separate articles or keep it in one? I'm not sure if the two are related in any way, if they are not then they should probably be split, but I would wonder why they had the same name then, surely one the name would be under copyright?
Edit: Loyalty Pacific Pty. Ltd. is the company behind Australian FlyBuys, while the copyright of the NZ site is owned by Loyalty New Zealand Limited - which I imagine is the NZ branch of the same business. It seems they are owned by the same company, so perhaps the article should be kept as one?
Further edit: After a little digging around on the Fly Buys site I found this information:

Loyalty New Zealand Limited manages Fly Buys – the largest and most comprehensive multi-participant loyalty programme in New Zealand – on behalf of its shareholders.

The company is jointly owned by:

So it appears it is a completely different company. Perhaps a new page under Fly Buys could be created, with maybe a clarification message at the top of each article? Richard001 08:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

They are separately run programs. The only connection is that Loyalty Pacific licenses the use of the FlyBuys trade mark to Loyalty New Zealand. There should be separate entries for each program. Murtoa 03:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC) Have made alterations reflecting this (preparatory to separating pages). I plan to rewrite adding history and NPOV elements also. Murtoa 04:54, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Splitting Australian and NZ pages

Does everyone agree that this article should be split into two articles: Fly Buys and FlyBuys using Template:Split-multiple--58.164.104.131 08:50, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Not sure it's quite as simple as that, but happy to be pursuaded otherwise. The complication is that the Australian version was called "Fly Buys" (with the space) from 1994 to 2003 until they changed it to "FlyBuys". Some references to the Australian program still cite the old spelling, but this I guess will fade in time. The NZ program has been "Fly Buys" throughout. The alternative would be to have both spellings point to a single page, with links from that to separate entries for the Australian and New Zealand programs. Murtoa 22:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree with your point, and suggestion to make a disambiguation page. Also the New Zealand Fly Buys card front is the same as the old Australian Fly Buys front.--58.164.104.131 07:13, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Have compiled additional content for both and intend to publish with disambiguation soon. Murtoa 14:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Have now set up separate pages with a disambiguation page and moved NZ content. Also now expanding Australian content Murtoa 11:48, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

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