What do you do with your expired or current airline membership cards?
I did start to wonder if I was mad hoarding all the new membership cards every year, until I got some inspiration from a few travellers at the airport proudly displaying their shiny baggage tags.
Normally I would take a picture of my card and store it on my phone, or use AwardWallet to keep a track of my membership numbers, since that's all any airport or hotel needs from you.
So this time I got out my Dremel and made my own baggage tag (of course not forgetting to drill out membership numbers and scratch off magnetic strips):
But I'm convinced there are brighter ideas out there, such as reprogramming the magnetic strips to open your garage door/change air conditioning settings / switch to your favourite TV channel.
What do you do with yours? Let us know below!
Cut them into Guitar picks
Good practical usage! I’m far too nostalgic to cut them up into small pieces though…
I would love to see a collage created from the cards. I have cards saved from when I was a pre-teen, and have a grand vision for them at some point. If you don’t bring them traveling with you.
It would be supremely awesome for an artist to create a picture for you out of all the various colors cut from different cards (the Wynn Las Vegas Red would be beautiful as some fiery eyes!)
That would be something I would be proud to frame and display.
Now that sounds like an awesome idea… and probably an artwork you can sell back to airlines!
I’ve saved them for 30 years. I have no idea why or what to do with them.
Maybe you could team up with Paul @ Padorec?